I toed the line, was calm and kind Still they betrayed me So I must teach them to hate me The price I pay to get my way Wish you'd have known me when only kindness controlled me Needles that sting They tell you a thing You have to be cruel to be kind Well, I have to be cruel to be cruel And I'm cruel all the time The dark descends The present tense draws in to meet me Soon sightless silence will greet me The wind protests that he knows best He can't deceive me Soon all my troubles will leave me Needles that sting They tell you a thing You have to be cruel to be kind Well, I have to be cruel to be cruel And I'm cruel all the time