I'm Not The Only One Lyrics

Lyric discussion by luckydudedave 

Cover art for I'm Not The Only One lyrics by Sam Smith

Speaking from experience I can tell you that this song is simply about betrayal and how painful it is to live with the knowledge that your significant other yearns for another. No secret is ever such and when the truth is revealed it is so agonizingly painful. Being betrayed by the love of your life is so hard to recover from, especially if their charade continues and they have no intention of letting up. Being in love with someone who’s betrayed you and continues to do so regardless of your feeling slowly destroys your mind and soul. You begin to blame yourself and wonder how you had failed. A betrayer will try to tell you that you are crazy and that it’s all in your head – that YOU are imagining things. They will tell you what you want to hear to appease you, all the while they are only biding their time until they can talk or be with their lover. With their secret exposed, they will turn it all around on you and blame you for their transgressions. They will blatantly lie right to your face to appease their own selfish needs. You soon become numb and try to push the thoughts and memories into the dark recesses of your mind. It is easily one of the worst feeling when you are held hostage by your heart for you will soon become a hopeful fool with the hopes that someday, perhaps tomorrow, that it will all be over – that they will come to their senses and that their heart will truly be yours… but that tomorrow may never come. In a nutshell, that’s what this song is all about.

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