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Simultaneous Betrayal

from Skin: Deep by Penelope Swales

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Simultaneous Betrayal
© Penelope Swales 2007

Oh, my love
Your shamefaced note came creeping
Into my letterbox,
Didn’t say a thing
I hadn’t already been hearing
I’m not stupid
Even if I am a little foolish
But that’s ok.

So you’ve fallen out of love
Or that’s what you’re saying now
You make it sound just like an accident
But I feel that it’s a choice somehow
I’m not naïve
You’re not saying anything to me
I haven’t said to someone else by now

If you can’t be loved you can at least be graceful
If you can’t have the feast, well you can still be tasteful
And throwin’ good love after bad for you
Would just be wasteful

Oh sweetheart
I could say I told you so
But where’s the sense in that
I’d just make myself sound shallow
And if I ever felt our love might not make the grade
Well, I kept it to myself and gave it my best shot anyway
Yeah, and that’s ok

Yeah, sure, that’s okay, it was worth every moment
Yeah, I mean it – and that’s a big statement
And I sure as hell hope you’ve got the good grace
To appreciate it

Oh sweetheart,
Silence isn’t honesty
Or maybe it is
Any road, you got your point across to me yeah
Now you apologise for cowardice
Sure, fire away
But I’ve been over this whole scene this many a day
And I bet we both know you wouldn’t be so
Contrite if it really mattered to you anyway.

If I can’t be loved
Well, I can still be gracious
If I can’t be intimate
Then hell, I’ll be spacious
Your defection relieves me of my conscience
After all that erotic excellence
Well, I guess it’s not so very surprising
We had simultaneous betrayal at the end
Yeah, I guess it’s not so very surprising
We had simultaneous betrayal

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from Skin: Deep, released July 1, 2007
Vocals, guitar - Penelope Swales
Bass - Dale Jones

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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