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Rihanna – Unfaithful lyrics
Story of my life,
Searching for the right,
But it keeps avoiding me
.
Sorrow in my soul,
Because it seems that wrong,
Really loves my company.

He's more than a man,
And this is more than love,
The reason that the sky is blue.
The clouds are rolling in,
Because I'm gone again,
And to him I just can't be true.

And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful,
And it kills him inside,
To know that I am happy,
With some other guy.
I can see him dying.

I don't wanna do this anymore,
I don't wanna be the reason why,
Everytime I walk out the door,
I see him die a little more inside.
I don't wanna hurt him anymore,
I don't wanna take away his life.
I don't wanna be...
A murderer.

I feel it in the air,
As I'm doing my hair,
Preparing for another date.
A kiss upon my cheek,
As he reluctantly,
Asks if I'm gonna be out late.
I say I won't be long,
Just hanging with the girls,
A lie I didn't have to tell.
Because we both know,
Where I'm about to go,
And we know it very well.

'Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful,
And it kills him inside,
To know that I am happy,
With some other guy.
I can see him dying.

I don't wanna do this anymore,
I don't wanna be the reason why,
Everytime I walk out the door,
I see him die a little more inside.
I don't wanna hurt him anymore,
I don't wanna take away his life.
I don't wanna be...
A murderer.

Our love,
His trust,
I might as well take a gun and put it to his head,
Get it over with.
I don't wanna do this,
Anymore, ooooooh, anymore.

I don't wanna do this anymore,
I don't wanna be the reason why,
And everytime I walk out the door,
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore,
I don't wanna take away his life.
I don't wanna be...
A murderer.

Oooh.
A murderer.
No, no, no.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Songwriters: Mikkel Eriksen, Shaffer Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen
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    Unregistered
    This is one of my favorite songs she is such a honest girl and will only lie if she has to I love her. She is always so honest in her songs and explains the meaning really well. We also always are going to make mistakes she really loved him but she didn't know how to say it she happy with another man but hopefully she told him in the end.
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  • ChrisFishA-CrossRiff
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    ChrisFishA-CrossRiff
    The piano-driven ballad is about a woman who is in a relationship with a man, but is having an affair. "I'm referred to as a murderer in that song. Meaning, I'm taking this guy's life by hurting him, cheating on him. He knows, and it makes him feel so bad. It's killing him to know that another guy is making me happy…we always put it out there that guys cheat. And finally someone put it in perspective: Girls cheat too." [3] Rihanna said on an August 26, 2006 review that "Unfaithful" was birthed out of a relationship she outgrew when she was fourteen. She was quick to add though that the relationship was not physical.[4] For radio airplay, the word "gun" (in the line "Might as well take a gun and put it to his head, get it over with") in the song is edited out.
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    edithcana
    I had a boyfriend before. He really loves me but I don't know why I can't love him back. I was not able to broke him up 'coz I know that he will be hurt but time comes that my conscience bother me for many times, so even if it hurts to say "I will set you.I did'nt deserve your love", I have to say it. I know that being unfaithful as pretending that you can love him back is more hurting than being honest as telling him the truth that you can't love him in return. . Yes its hurts! But we have to accept.
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    candy_girl
    She has an honest boyfriend but she is the one who is unfaithful to him. She goes to dates with the other guy and tell him that she will hang out with her friends. She also knows that eventhough he knows she doesn't go with her friends, he pretends like he doesn't know it and lets her go. And these things kills him bit by bit and she feels like she is a murderer.
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  • hot_chique08
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    hot_chique08
    Been there. Done that! To be with some other guy for more fun and kilig moment lang but truth is games doesn't last long. Sometimes girls pa ang mas nasasaktan. (biliss ng Karma! Haha)
    at the end of the day, I still realize dun paren ako bumabalik sa taong.
    Totoong mahal ako. Strong feeling of guilt can kill you esp kung alam mo he's still gon love you no matter what!
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    Oznerol84
    The meaning in this story is that she decides to cheat on her present bf while having another relationship with the other guy that gave her the note. She is singing about him knowing that she is cheating on him and she doesn't want to hurt him but because she knows that she's hurting him emotionally and mentally so basically you can say she's a murderer but she doesn't want to. This song reflects a lot in life because in life, you have to sometimes make difficult choices between two things that you love a lot.
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    blezel
    Ang sakit ng katotohanan tlaga. We all have faults, mistakes and it's all because of maling akala. We thought we cud find what we'are looking for with some others, but at the far end, the one we left at home is really the one that we wish to have for the rest of our lives. Usually, we didn't realized everything until huli na ang lahat. And doon, regrets will come. Therefore, we should value the one we have ryt now before it's too late!
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  • t
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    TomMolinaro
    I have a different take on this song. I think it's evil. Of course I don't blame the songwriter or Rhianna. I'm just talking about the song itself. The singer/narrator of the song almost sounds like she's the victim because she can't "get things right." However, she's a mean bitch, as she continues to pour salt in the wounds of her boyfriend. She knows that he knows she's a cheater, but he does nothing to stop it. There can be only one of two reasons why this is so, One, the boyfriend is so much in love, he overlooks the girl's nasty behavior because he's just not able to let her go. Two, he is a masochist and actually likes being cuckolded. In that case, the girl can't be blamed for bad behavior, because she is actually doing him a favor by playing into his fantasy. However, there is nothing in the song that implies that situation. So we'll assume the first scenario is true. In that case, the girl is totally selfish and evil. She knows that "it's killing him inside" but she continues to cheat and inflict physic pain. The decent thing to do would be to break off the relationship and leave the guy in peace. But she's not really a decent person.
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    HawthorneHeightsBaby2
    "injuredhart07" I love you to peices! You're right that is true sacrifice when you can let someone theoretically murder you, and just sit by and watch it happen, only because you love them. I've had to do that before as well, and it truly sucks bawls! Believe me. But it's what we do for the one's we love. . Think of it this way though.
    If you love them enough you would let them go, wouldn't you?
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