Cruel, also known as Cruel Rule, is an unreleased song by Marina Diamandis, intended for her fourth studio album, LOVE + FEAR.
The song was written by Marina but any co-writers are unknown, and Noah Breakfast is speculated to have produced the track.
Background[]
The metadata of the instrumental gives an export date of February 15, 2017;[2] and the demos were exported in Logic Pro X 10.3.1 which was available from February 21,[3] until July 18, 2017.[4]
Connections[]
- The theme of "a million dollars" (million dollar jewel) links the song to:
- Forget: “If I'll ever get to Heaven, when a million dollars gets you there."
- Gold: “I don't care that everybody knows, I'm a million dollars in the hole."
- Venus Fly Trap: “I earned it all myself, and I'm a millionairess."
Official Versions[]
| Version | Released on | Date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [5] | Final [Inst.]
|
N/A - Unreleased | Leaked: 10 Sept 2019 | 3:01 |
| Demos | ||||
| [6] | Demo 1 | N/A - Demo | Leaked: 18 Dec 2020 | 3:03 |
| [7] | Demo 2 | N/A - Demo | Leaked: 18 Dec 2020 | 3:03 |
| [8] | Demo 3 (Chorus only) | N/A - Demo | Leaked: 18 Dec 2020 | 3:03 |
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Rolling hard with my best friend
I love myself tonight
Blazing, clear-cut confidence
We’ve only got one life
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m livin’, I’m livin’
I’m livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
[Verse 2]
I can look you dead in the eye
And hope to God you die
I don’t wanna see my friends
Go down ‘cause of your lies
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m livin’, I’m livin’
I’m livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
[Verse 1]
Going hard with my best friend
We're out to own the night
Blazing, clear-cut confidence
We’ve only got one life
[Pre-Chorus]
We're livin’, we're livin’
We're livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take us all for fools
Shining like million dollar jewels
We live our life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I'm not going to live forever
So I won't let nobody in my way, my way
I gotta put myself together
'Cause I gotta be ready for the day, the day
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
[Verse 2]
I can look you dead in the eye
And hope to God you die
I don’t wanna see my friends
Go down ‘cause of your lies
[Pre-Chorus]
We're livin’, we're livin’
We're livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take us all for fools
Shining like million dollar jewels
Living our life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
[Verse 1]
Rolling hard with my best friend
I love myself tonight
Blazing, clear-cut confidence
We’ve only got one life
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m livin’, I’m livin’
I’m livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I'm not going to live forever
So I won't let nobody in my way, my way
I gotta put myself together
'Cause I gotta be ready for the day, the day
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
[Verse 2]
I can look you dead in the eye
And hope to God you die
I don’t wanna see my friends
Go down ‘cause of your lies
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m livin’, I’m livin’
I’m livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
[Chorus]
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
References[]
- ↑ https://tunebat.com/Analyzer
- ↑ https://dbree.org/v/83bb76
- ↑ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/21/logic-pro-x-minor-update/
- ↑ https://synthanatomy.com/2017/07/apple-released-logic-pro-x-10-3-2-update-3-new-drummers-additive-effects-for-alchemy-more.html
- ↑ Date of Leak: https://dbree.org/v/934ae9 Original File: Cruel v.2.mp3
- ↑ Date of leak: https://dbree.org/v/df9f0b Original file: Cruel New Verses 1.2_1.mp3
- ↑ Original File: Cruel New Pres.mp3
- ↑ Original File: Cruel No Verse 1.mp3
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| Discography | |
| Releases | LOVE + FEAR ♢ LOVE + FEAR (Acoustic) |
| Tracklist | Handmade Heaven ♢ Superstar ♢ Orange Trees ♢ Baby ♢ Enjoy Your Life ♢ True ♢ To Be Human ♢ End of the Earth ♢ Believe in Love ♢ Life Is Strange ♢ You ♢ Karma ♢ Emotional Machine ♢ Too Afraid ♢ No More Suckers ♢ Soft to Be Strong |
| Non-Album | |
| Pre-Break | Holiday ♢ Absent Love ♢ Cause I'm A Woman ♢ Cruel ♢ Doubt Your Love ♢ Worth It ♢ The Art of Letting Go ♢ There's Nothing Wrong With You |
| Post-Break | If It's Worth It ♢ Demons and Angels ♢ Please Don't Call Me ♢ Water Under the Bridge ♢ What I Wanna Do |
| Unleaked | Beautiful World ♢ Unknown Song ♢ Unknown Song (w/ Lizzo and James Flannigan) |
| Misc | If I Left The World ♢ About Love ♢ Etsi Einai I Zoi ♢ Only Want You ♢ With a Little Help from My Friends |
| Other Eras | |
| Mermaid vs. Sailor • The Family Jewels • Electra Heart • FROOT • LOVE + FEAR • Ancient Dreams • Sixth Studio Album (Upcoming) | |