Surprise, Surprise

The speaker responds to rumors that a lover has been lying and claiming the speaker was deeply attached. Instead of sounding heartbroken or shocked, the speaker insists they already knew the truth. The repeated “surprise, surprise” has a sarcastic tone: the betrayal is presented as no surprise at all. The mood mixes irritation with self-protection and confidence.

“Wrapped up in you” means strongly emotionally involved, but the speaker denies having been that attached. “I could see it in your eyes” suggests that the other person’s expression gave away the deception; it may be an observation or simply a confident accusation. “Talking jive” is informal language for speaking nonsense or trying to deceive someone. Together, these phrases show the speaker portraying themself as alert to lies rather than fooled by them.

There is a tension between the speaker’s apparent detachment and their repeated complaints about being deceived. They say they were not deeply invested, yet they return several times to the fact that the relationship had been going well and that the lover went “fool[ing] around.” This could suggest hurt beneath the bravado, or it may simply be a way of dismissing the other person’s behavior. The lyrics do not tell us how much the speaker truly cared.