Don't look on, take me back again
We'll make a memory out of it Imagine Dragons – Not Today
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And Daddy made a soldier out of me (Ooh) Beyoncé – Daddy Lessons
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Coming home late and smelling of another woman’s perfume are both common tropes of a love affair. You can find this theme in Meghan Trainor’s “Lips Are Movin,” Britney Spears' “Perfume,” and Garth Brooks' “The Thunder.”
Bey falls into the role of the cheated-on lover. Being cheated on can make anyone feel worthless, even if they’ve made songs about being flawless and are known to the world as a queen. Nobody’s perfection can make them immune to feeling terrible.
Garth Brooks song called “the thunder rolls”
Often when someone is cheating on their partner, they will gaslight them. This can leave the cheated on partner feeling as if they can’t trust themselves, so the realization that “something don’t feel right because it ain’t right” can be a huge relief and allow the person cheated on to once again trust their feelings again.