"Love’s A Scam" Copyright by John Paragreen 2/11/25

Overwhelmed by passion,
blinded by emotion,
I surrendered my heart,
with complete devotion,
But deception crept in (Consider deleting 'But')
And ruined the plan (Letting your Singer-Character 'own' the plan might be more interesting. "my plan".)
I didn’t know
That Love’s A Scam. (This is a Refrain-Type Chorus, as opposed to a Stanza-Type Chorus.)

I feel so empty and foolish,
that I need to hide.
I’ve lost confidence!
I’m shattered inside!
Shaking my head,
gold ring in my palm; (I like 'hand' here too, for that Hard-Rhyme setup. Scots 'palm' will work in Scotland though.)
I wish I’d known,
That Love’s A Scam.

Bridge
Broken promises and fake excuses;
They kept it all concealed!
My whole world crumbled,
when the truth was revealed.
(Your Bridge is kind of anti-climactic. A Bridge mostly works with the variation of Melody, different from the Melody of the Verses, something to renew listener interest, to break the Repetition. The words, ideally, are somewhat pivotal, turning the storyline to enable the Repetition of the Musical Movement of the Verse a third time to finish the story. I wonder if "When the SCAM was revealed' would be better.)

The burden of misery,
is a terrible sight
I keep the curtains shut,
and use the table light,
nursing my pride,
the best I can.
Now I know
that Love’s A Scam.
(A final Musical component, a Coda, would just Repeat, perhaps,
Now I know,
that Love's A Scam.
Now I know,
that Love's A Scam.)

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