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Cruel
Country
Cruel was released on April 25, 2025 by MusicByMBW as a part of the album Between Us
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Release DateApril 25, 2025
LabelMusicByMBW
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM106

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jackson Miller
Jackson Miller
Guitar
Ty Brooks
Ty Brooks
Acoustic Guitar
Ben Foster
Ben Foster
Drums
Emily Carter
Emily Carter
Fiddle
Samantha Hayes
Samantha Hayes
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Walton
Mark Walton
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Walton
Mark Walton
Producer

Lyrics

It wasn't an unknown, no mystery here
My songs drew the map, my heart's truth was clear
Each line held a key to the parts that I hid
You seemed not to listen...
But maybe you did?
There were so many songs where my hopes reached so high
Where I spoke thoughts aloud,
Where I asked you to try
And I sang of "one day where together we'd stay"
Not sure why you lingered, if there wasn't a play?
The words are all there love, they sing out your name
Each song burns with anguish, all pleading the same
Do you hear them?
Do you fear them?
Do they play in your mind?
Accept me or reject me,
Be cruel to be kind
Soft words were discouraged, my heart couldn't speak
You said I was dramatic,
Did it made me look weak?
I thought that with time you might pull back that line
But you'd scoff if a stranger believed you were mine.
But my tunes held my words, love, not just some stranger's song
If I mattered, don't you think that you'd listen along?
If you heard them (or didn't), you still chose to stay.
If you knew how I felt, how could that be OK?
I know you love music and sing all the time
The harsh cutting truth?
You didn't like MINE.
You'd walk from the room if I played just one verse
It wasn't just boredom, it was something
Much.
Worse.
The words are all there love, they sing out your name
Each song burns with anguish, all pleading the same
Do you hear them?
Do you fear them?
Do they play in your mind?
Accept me or reject me,
Be cruel to be kind
You once said to me that I only cared,
That being in love wasn't something we shared.
One day when it's quiet and you've time to lend,
Please sit with my music - from beginning to end
Just be open and listen, don't push it away.
It wasn't just caring
That you let walk today.
I wish things went different,
I wish you had tried,
But NO answer was YOUR answer.
So for me
And my tired heart,
I was cruel to be kind.
Written by: Mark B Walton
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