8 Songs About Being Led On

When you spend a lot of time with someone and that someone starts leading you to believe you are a couple but they don’t really want to be full that, then you are being led on. People do it for a wide variety of reasons such as fear of commitment, using you to get something, physical intimacy etc. Below is a list of songs that talk about being led on:

1. Ed Sheeran – Dive

The song talks about relationships and the disappointment they can bring. He talks to a potential partner and asks her to be true to him because when he chooses to start something with someone, he dives right in.

 

2. Halsey – Sorry

Halsey goes into how her insecurities made her push her lover away and she apologizes for leading him on. She also worries if she will ever be able to let anyone close to her again.

 

3. Nicki Minaj, Skylar Grey – Bed Of Lies

The track addresses rumors regarding her previous boyfriend Safaree. She accuses him of leading her on through all his lies and taking advantage of her rise to success.

 

4. Beyonce & Shakira – Beautiful Liar

Lyrically the song talks about two women who discover they have been cheated on by the same man and instead of wasting their time on him they decide he not worth fighting over.

 

5. Camila Cabello – I Have Questions

In the track, Camila is describing someone whom she trusted and made her feel safe but later did something bad.

 

6. Kehlani – Nights Like This

The song discusses themes of dishonesty and misleading relationships.

 

7. Lauv & Lany – Mean It

The song describes the feeling of wanting to mean more to someone who only sees you as a second choice.

 

8. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep

Lyrically, we get to see a message of heartache and resentment. The song was able to peak at #24 on the Hot 100.