Taylor Swift Cruel Summer
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Fever dream high in the quiet of the night You know that I caught it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price You know that I bought it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) Killing me slow, out the window I'm always waiting for you to be waiting below Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes What doesn't kill me makes me want you more And it's new, the shape of your body It's blue, the feeling I've got And it's ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer It's cool, that's what I tell 'em No rules in breakable heaven But ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer with you Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine I'm not dying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times We're not trying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) So cut the headlights, summer's a knife I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know, oh It's new, the shape of your body It's blue, the feeling I've got And it's ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer It's cool, that's what I tell 'em No rules in breakable heaven But ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer with you I'm drunk in the back of the car And I cried like a baby comin' home from the bar (Oh) Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you And I snuck in through the garden gate Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh) And I scream, "For whatever it's worth I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?" He looks up, grinnin' like a devil It's new, the shape of your body It's blue, the feeling I've got And it's ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer It's cool, that's what I tell 'em No rules in breakable heaven But ooh, whoa-oh It's a cruel summer with you I'm drunk in the back of the car And I cried like a baby comin' home from the bar (Oh) Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you And I snuck in through the garden gate Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh) And I scream, "For whatever it's worth I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?" (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
"Cruel Summer" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Swift wrote the song with St. Vincent and producer Jack Antonoff. "Cruel Summer" combines synth-pop, industrial pop, and electropop; the production incorporates synthesizers and distorted vocals manipulated by robotic voice effects.