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A portrait of infidelity caught mid-motion. The narrator packs a bag and leaves, but temptation pulls him back; he finds himself at the airport, in a car park, in a stranger's bed, reaching for the clock as if time itself might break the spell. The song moves through these moments with the precision of a short story, each verse a small scene. Squeeze builds the tension through specificity: toothbrush, flannel, new shoes, a case. The chorus arrives like a confession, the same four lines repeated until they feel less like a hook than a mantra, a truth the narrator cannot quite believe. The song appeared in re-recorded form on 'Spot the Difference', a retrospective collection released in 2010. It has also circulated through film and television soundtracks, and as downloadable content for music video games, reaching audiences across decades. The original version remains a fixture of the band's catalogue, but this version carries the weight of time and reflection, a song about betrayal performed by musicians looking back at their own past work.
"Tempted" is a single by Squeeze, from the album Spot the Difference, released 2nd August 2010. The track is 4:01 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below.
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