Betrayal

(wang chung / peter wolf)

We met as friends of friends while still at school

I was all you ever really knew

When we met it was like a dream

For all i knew we could not fail

But now i know of your betrayal

Living in the older part of town

I worked all hours i could to bring us 'round

Your career was alive for you

But deep inside i watched it fail

And now i know of your betrayal

Your betrayal

If only i could hold you close

But now i know how love grows frail

When i asked if you'd leave me

Or 'bout the boyfriends you'd had

You said you'd stay with me always

And that you'd never be bad

But i would notice a smile

That you would hold within

As if your vanity flirted

With your knowledge of sin

Now you're quiet and cold

Your eyes just stare into space

And if i ask you to talk

You just dissemble your face

And the smile that i hated

Is now a frown of denial

And that's how i know of your unspoken betrayal

Oh, that's how i know of your unspoken betrayal

Now i wish that i'd set you free

But i was terrified that i would fail

And now i know of your betrayal

Your betrayal

If only i could hold you close

But now i know how love grows frail

Oh now i know of your betrayal

Now i know of your betrayal