The Night Will Only Know Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tiran 

Cover art for The Night Will Only Know lyrics by Garth Brooks

"What i have to wonder is the woman that found them... just coincidence or was that maybe the guy's wife and they just tried to make it look like suicide?"

There are four people in the song. The people having sex in the car, who are cheating on their respective spouses. Then there's the murderer and the victim. I think those two were in a relationship, and she cheated on him, so he kills her and makes it look like a suicide. That connection isn't really stated, but it fits thematically I think. The people having the affair in the car don't come forward so the murderer is never caught.

What I want to know is what

"But another crime was committed And it's never been admitted Have the guilty been acquitted Lord, the night will only know."

is referring to.