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Artist: Foxes
Canonical path: /foxes/cruel
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Cruel
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Cruel
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Tell a lie
Tell a lie that makes me want to stay
Give me something out of nothing, if it's not too late
If it's real
If it's real I guess I'll feel the pain
Coming closer, out of focus
Oh, and it's hard to
It's hard to love someone who can't be loved (can't be loved, can't be loved)
But it's what you do
It's what you do
Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel (you're so cruel)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
This love I can't undo, can't undo (can't undo)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
Losing me
Carelessly you sacrifice
Give me something out of nothing, if it's not too late
Did you steal
Or borrow me and all my life?
Coming closer, out of focus
Oh, and it's hard to
It's hard to love someone who can't be loved (can't be loved, can't be loved)
But it's what you do
It's what you do
Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel (you're so cruel)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
This love I can't undo, can't undo (can't undo)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
All I do is pray and it's keeping me awake
When I try to leave, I think that you need me, do you?
Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel (you're so cruel)
'Cause I'm still bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
There's a line that pulls me back to you
There's only so much I can do
A bind that holds the spark
Wrapped around my heart
There's only so much I can do
When you got me bound to you
Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel (you're so cruel)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
This love I can't undo, can't undo (can't undo)
'Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
All I do is pray and it's keeping me awake
When I try to leave, I think that you need me, do you?
Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel (you're so cruel)
But I'm still bound to you, bound to you (bound to you)
I'm still bound to you, bound to you
I'm still bound to you, oh
I'm still bound to you, oh
I'm still bound to you
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