Taylor Swift doesn’t hold back on Lover album cut “Cruel Summer,” which is currently No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the song, Swift paints the picture of an emotional night out, singing, “I’m drunk in the back of the car/ And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)/ Said “I’m fine,” but it wasn’t true/ I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you.” She’s clearly wrestling with strong feelings, so she does what she does best: puts it all in a song.
Check out the lyrics below.
In the quiet of the night
You know that I caught it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
Bad, bad boys
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 coming 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 screamed for whatever it’s worth
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?
He looks up, grinning 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 coming 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 screamed for whatever it’s worth
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?
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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift