The girl thinks she can control the boy. Sovereignty is basicly power, and fairy tales, maybe she wishes she could control him, or have him "whipped" persay.
The second verse is basicly saying that she has him so locked, he's not allowed to do anything without her.
In the chorus, he sings about him being free of her "rule" and being alive, not her zombie anymore, and it doesn't matter what she says or tells him to do, because he's not listening anymore.
The last verse is just saying that even if she claimed her way was "right" or "true", he didn't believe in it, because he didn't believe in her. And she didn't matter anymore, because now that she doesn't have him to boss around, she's over.
The girl thinks she can control the boy. Sovereignty is basicly power, and fairy tales, maybe she wishes she could control him, or have him "whipped" persay.
The second verse is basicly saying that she has him so locked, he's not allowed to do anything without her.
In the chorus, he sings about him being free of her "rule" and being alive, not her zombie anymore, and it doesn't matter what she says or tells him to do, because he's not listening anymore.
The last verse is just saying that even if she claimed her way was "right" or "true", he didn't believe in it, because he didn't believe in her. And she didn't matter anymore, because now that she doesn't have him to boss around, she's over.