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Songs about Betrayal and Double Crossing

Et tu, Brute? Trust is the strongest bond between humans, and yet it is also the most fragile. Trust the wrong person too far, and you can literally get stabbed in the back. Or put all of your faith in the wrong lover, and they can betray your faith when they dirty deal you. Whenever we're deceived, it stabs especially deep.

These songs are all about people who bet three chips on the wrong number, picked the wrong pony, or trusted the wrong sweet face. Most of them are now singing the blues, perhaps poorer but certainly wiser. In between you might find the occasional song with the villain gloating over the sham they're about to pull or just pulled.

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  Adia Sarah McLachlan

  "I leave you with your misery
  A friend who won’t betray
  I pull you from your tower
  I take away your pain"

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  Angels Within Temptation
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  Apologize OneRepublic
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  Apologize Timbaland
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  Backstabber Eminem

  "Dealing with backstabber's there was one thing I learned
  They're only powerful when you got your back turned
  I yearned for the day that we finally met again
  So I can give him a taste of his own medicine"

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  Backstabber Kesha

  "Girl, you're such a backstabber
  Run your mouth more than anyone I've ever known
  And everybody knows it"

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  Backstreets Bruce Springsteen
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  Bad Blood Taylor Swift
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  Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood

  "Right now he's probably slow dancing with a bleach blonde tramp
  and she's probably getting frisky.
  Right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink
  'cause she can't shoot whiskey"

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  Betrayal Switchfoot
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  Betrayal Is A Symptom Thrice
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  Betrayed Metal Church
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  Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze
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  Broken & Betrayed Pop Evil
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  Call Me When You're Sober Evanescence
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  Cornflake Girl Tori Amos
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  Cry Me a River Justin Timberlake

  "You don't have to say, what you did,
  I already know, I found out from him,
  Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
  And don't it make you sad about it"

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  Dogs Pink Floyd
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  Everybody's Fool Evanescence
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  Fake Love BTS
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  Falling Out Ween

  "Always thought of you as my big brother
  Never knew we couldn't trust each other
  Two faces I could see, as you shook my money tree
  There's no more 'you and me' let it be"

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  Found Out About You Gin Blossoms

  "All the lines you wrote to me were lies
  The months roll past the love that you struck dead
  Did you love me only in my head?"

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  Friend of Mine Lily Allen

  "I can hear you chatting shit,
  I hear it every night.
  And you think you’re being really cool,
  You’ve been doing it since we were both at school,
  Now who looks like a fool"

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  Fuck and Run Liz Phair
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  Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal They Might Be Giants
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  I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page
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  I'm Not The Only One Sam Smith

  "You and me, we made a vow
  For better or for worse
  I can't believe you let me down
  But the proof's in a way it hurts"

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  In Pieces Linkin Park
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  In The End Linkin Park
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  It's not Me it's You Skillet
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  Karma Tom Walker
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  Kim Eminem
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  Liar Liar Christina Grimmie
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  Love the Way You Lie Rihanna
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  Makes Me Wonder Maroon 5
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  Mercy Brett Young
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  My Best Friend's Girl Cars, The
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  My Immortal Evanescence
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  Never Let This Go Paramore
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  New Divide Linkin Park
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  Operator Jim Croce

  "She’s livin’ in LA
  With my best old ex-friend Ray"

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  Over You Daughtry
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  Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan

  "You got a lotta nerve
  To say you are my friend
  When I was down
  You just stood there grinning"

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  Restless Within Temptation
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  Set Fire to the Rain Adele
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  Seventy Times Seven Brand New
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  So What Pink
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  Somebody That I Used to Know Gotye
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  Take A Bow Rihanna
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  The Betrayal Attack Attack!
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  The Cross Within Temptation
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  The Document Speaks For Itself A Day to Remember
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  The First Cut Is The Deepest Sheryl Crow
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  The First Cut Is the Deepest Rod Stewart
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  The Game Metallica
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  The Great Betrayer Cherri Bomb
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  The Kill 30 Seconds To Mars
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  The Last Song I'm Wasting On You Evanescence
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  The Long Black Veil Johnny Cash

  The judge said “son, what is your alibi?”
  “If you were somewhere else, then you won’t have to die”
  I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
  For I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife

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  There's No I in Team Taking Back Sunday
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  Treat You Better Shawn Mendes
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  Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Meat Loaf
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  Untouchable Face Ani DiFranco
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  Wake Up Call Maroon 5
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  Walking the Floor Over You Pat Boone
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  We Used to Be Friends Dandy Warhols, The
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  What Have You Done Within Temptation
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  When the Wild Life Betrays Me Jimmy Buffett
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  Where Did You Sleep Last Night Lead Belly
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  Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Nirvana
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  Where is the Edge Within Temptation
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  You Found Me Fray, The
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  You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi
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  You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse
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  You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette
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  Your Betrayal Bullet For My Valentine
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  Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams
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  Your Love is a Lie Simple Plan

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