Lyrics & Translation
Embark on a linguistic and musical journey with "Cruel" by Snakehips and Zayn. This song offers a great opportunity to explore contemporary English vocabulary related to love and escapism, set against a backdrop of modern anxieties. Its blend of soulful vocals and electronic beats makes it a captivating listen, and understanding the lyrics provides insight into the universal theme of finding solace in another person during turbulent times. The collaborative and remote nature of its creation also tells a story of modern music production.
[English]
Cop radio screaming,noise and tears,
death on the TV,
and then there's you.
It's fucked, it's crazy,
I can't concentrate.
Just see your outline, mhh.
Back where we left off,
watching take your dress off.
I've been by myself remembering you.
Your body hurts me,
looping round like CCTV.
In all this bitterness you stay so sweet.
Inside you're cruel, woah,
sipping all my love for you.
Inside you're cruel, woah,
maybe I'll fine something good.
Some picked up the party, all
Then an actress go,
and then there's you.
Venus in converse,
you put a spell on me.
And you looked at the bathroom's door for us.
Back where we left off,
watching take your dress off.
I've been by myself remembering you.
Your body hurts me,
looping round like CCTV.
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Cop radio screaming, noise and tears,
➔ Present Continuous Tense
➔ The phrase 'screaming' highlights the use of the present continuous tense to describe an action happening now.
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It's fucked, it's crazy,
➔ Present Simple Tense with Adjectives
➔ The adjectives 'fucked' and 'crazy' are used with the present simple tense to describe a general state.
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Just see your outline, mhh.
➔ Present Simple Tense with Modal Verb
➔ The phrase 'Just see' uses the present simple tense with an implied modal verb to express a suggestion or observation.
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Your body hurts me,
➔ Present Simple Tense with Transitive Verb
➔ The verb 'hurts' is a transitive verb used in the present simple tense to describe an action affecting the subject.
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Inside you're cruel, woah,
➔ Present Simple Tense with Be Verb
➔ The phrase 'you're cruel' uses the present simple tense with the be verb to describe a characteristic.
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Venus in converse,
➔ Prepositional Phrase
➔ The phrase 'in converse' is a prepositional phrase used to describe the location or state of Venus.
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And you looked at the bathroom's door for us.
➔ Past Simple Tense with Possessive Apostrophe
➔ The phrase 'bathroom's door' uses the possessive apostrophe to show ownership, and the past simple tense describes a completed action.
