[00:18.241]I hadn't dreamed in years
[00:20.322]My nights had become lonely jump cuts to morning
[00:24.229]And then I saw Miracle dance
[00:27.911]Pulled from my dream by a siren
[00:34.658]The kind of fantasy I'd spend my life in
[00:40.916]Where she made me skin my knees at her shrine then
[00:47.646]She kicked me in the teeth for my crying
[00:55.164]Hooked me on a leash and then she tied it
[01:01.392]Tightly to a tree where her little dogs piss
[01:09.750]On a night like this
[01:12.093]When a dream of her is ripped away
[01:14.719]Close my eyes and say
[01:21.502]"Try to stay cruel for me"
[01:23.329](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[01:27.779]Just for another minute
[01:35.004]Try to stay cruel for me
[01:36.848](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[01:41.278]And though I don't deserve it
[01:48.054]Try to stay cruel for me, yeah
[01:51.885](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[01:55.004]One night, I watched her pulling bits of wig from her braces
[01:58.137]After she'd cleared all the bills from the stageI nearly approached her then'
[02:03.370]Til I saw her face almost grateful in the mirrored wall
[02:07.316]And I wished it would fall and shatter
[02:22.190]Tonight I'll try again
[02:35.015]Hey, grab the cash I've been saving
[02:41.290]Hobble to the club, start waiting
[02:47.565]Drink a few to keep my courage from waning
[02:54.380]She pounces on the pole and starts her flailing
[03:02.254]I'm soaked in sweat, my chest is aching
[03:07.743]The metal on her teeth flashes like a beacon, yeah
[03:16.654]I wave my cash at the stage
[03:19.022]She smiles, touching my handI recoil and say, "Huh"
[03:28.310]Try to stay cruel for me
[03:30.933](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[03:34.870]Yeah, no smiles, no mercy
[03:41.402]Try to stay cruel for me, yeah
[03:43.231](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[03:48.459]Can't take no more pity, yeah
[03:54.682]Yeah, you gotta stay cruel
[03:57.038](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[04:00.957]Yeah, just like when I'm dreaming, huh
[04:08.240]Try to say something cruel
[04:10.048](Cruel for you, baby, cruel for you, honey)
[04:14.487]Or I'll be lost, please
[04:19.452](You put that cash in my hand, I'll be cruel for you)
[04:25.161]I'm ready
[04:26.472](Cruel for you, honey)
[04:28.042]I'm your limping slave, yeah
[04:32.731](Come on, you weak little man, I'll be cruel for you)
[04:36.620]No kindness, no tenderness, no (Cruel for you, honey)
[04:42.344]Just cruel
[04:46.467](You put that cash in my hand, I'll be cruel for you)
[04:48.788]Try to stay cruel, I wanna taste that
[04:50.592](Cruel for you, honey)
[04:53.713]Meanness you sing about, huh
[04:59.144](Come on you weak little man, I'll be cruel for you)
[05:02.284]Yeah, try to stay cruel for me
[05:06.202](Cruel for you, honey)
[05:07.771]I want your leather, your steel, your heavy heel