Cruel
Track 32 on NOW That’s What I Call Music! 95 [UK]
Cruel Lyrics
[Verse 1: ZAYN]
Cab radio screamin', noise and tears
Death on the TV, and then there's you
It's fucked, it's crazy, I can't concentrate, I just see your outline Mmm
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, watch you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
[Chorus: ZAYN]
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Verse 2: ZAYN]
Some prick at the party, all scripts and boasts
A dead-eyed actress girl, and then there's you
Venus in Converse, you put a spell on me
And you're lockin' up the bathroom door for us
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, watch you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
Cab radio screamin', noise and tears
Death on the TV, and then there's you
It's fucked, it's crazy, I can't concentrate, I just see your outline Mmm
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, watch you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
[Chorus: ZAYN]
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Verse 2: ZAYN]
Some prick at the party, all scripts and boasts
A dead-eyed actress girl, and then there's you
Venus in Converse, you put a spell on me
And you're lockin' up the bathroom door for us
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, watch you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
[Chorus: ZAYN]
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Bridge: ZAYN]
Who do you love? Who do you love?
Who do you love? Who do you love?
Just see your outline
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, help you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
[Chorus: ZAYN]
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Outro: ZAYN]
Sunrise in Hollywood, we ain't slept for days
Perfect disaster, me and you
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Bridge: ZAYN]
Who do you love? Who do you love?
Who do you love? Who do you love?
Just see your outline
[Pre-Chorus: ZAYN]
Back where we left off, help you take your dress off
I've been by myself, remembering you
Your body hurts me, loopin' 'round like CCTV
In all this bitterness, you stay so sweet
[Chorus: ZAYN]
It's such a cruel world
Savin' all my love for you, girl
It's such a cruel world
Maybe I found somethin' good, girl
[Outro: ZAYN]
Sunrise in Hollywood, we ain't slept for days
Perfect disaster, me and you
About
Genius Annotation
British electronic R&B duo Snakehips teamed up with Zayn Malik for “Cruel,” a soulful mid-tempo New Jack Swing-inspired single that Snakehips originally teased with a cryptic tweet:
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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
What did Snakehips say about "Cruel"?
What does he mean by "saving all my love for you?"
Genius Answer
“Love” being sexual activity, it means abstaining from sex until he gets to be with a certain person. It’s likely a reference to the popular Whitney Houston song “Saving All My Love for You,” in which Houston yearns for a man who’s married to another woman.
- 3.Rockabye
- 4.Closer
- 5.Cold Water
- 6.Side To Side
- 8.My Way
- 9.Starving
- 11.Sexual
- 12.Alarm
- 14.Final Song
- 16.September Song
- 17.Mercy
- 19.Hurts
- 20.I Believe In You
- 21.All We Needed
- 22.One Dance
- 23.Let Me Love You
- 24.That’s My Girl
- 25.Find Me
- 27.The Mack
- 28.Sunshine
- 29.Ain’t My Fault
- 31.Millionaire
- 32.Cruel
- 33.False Alarm
- 34.Love On Me
- 37.So Good
- 39.Sweet Lies
- 40.Ain’t Giving Up
- 41.Dangerously
- 42.Trouble
- 43.Tilted
- 44.Perfect Illusion
- 45.This Town
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Released on
July 15, 2016
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