Cruel

**Cruel** is a song by The Veronicas from their self-titled third studio album.

In Australia, "Cruel" debuted and peaked at number 53 on the Australian Singles Chart, becoming one of their lowest charting songs to date.

Background

"Cruel" was co-written by The Veronicas duo, along with Rob Ellmore, Leah Haywood (of production team Dreamlab) and Daniel James, with Dreamlab producing the track. Discussing the recording with BuzzFeed, Jessica described the track as, "sort of like the inner workings of our mind and it encompasses everything that a Veronicas song is, which is like, the sound is very upbeat song, but the lyrics are a little bit bitter."

### Music video

The music video for "Cruel" was shot on a film set in the Mojave Desert in Los Angeles. Filming commenced on 19 January 2015 and concluded on 23 January. The video was uploaded to YouTube on 28 February 2015. Lisa met her husband to be on the set of the music video.

The Veronicas - CruelCruel
## Lyrics

Wish I could say you're not the one
My heart hangs on, you're having fun
We can't be lovers and we can't be friends
But I still want you and I can't pretend
It fuckin' kills me that we're done
A little twist of the knife, yeah
A little salt in the cut, yeah
A little thorn in the side and it stings like hell
Feels so, cruel
The way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you lookin' like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
I'm making out like I don't care
But in her sleep I'd cut her hair
We can't be lovers and we can't be friends
But I still want you and I can't pretend
The way it hurts, it's just not fair
A little twist of the knife, yeah
A little salt in the cut, yeah
A little thorn in the side and it stings like hell
Feels so, cruel
The way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you lookin' like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
Once upon a time I thought that we were going strong
What we had would never move, no it would never fall down
No I've never been so wrong
No I've never been so wrong
Once upon a time I used to dream I'd be your wife
I could hear the bells were ringing I was dressed in white
No I've never been so wrong
No I've never been so wrong
A little twist of the knife;
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you lookin' like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you lookin' like that oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it in to winter
You're so cruel...