Traitor

Album: Baptized (2013)
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Songfacts®:

  • Chris Daugtry wrote this with former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi (Pink's "Sober," Carrie Underwood's "Undo It") and producer and musician Jake Sinclair (Chiddy Bang's "Handclaps & Guitars," Panic! At the Disco's "This Is Gospel."
  • Daughtry told The Hollywood Reporter about this angsty song:"I can't really talk about what it's about but the fans will probably know very clearly what it's about," he said. "You have people in your life that you think you know -- they look you in the face one minute, and the next, you've got a knife in your back."

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