Linaé - Cruel Game

[Intro] Mm-mm… It was always a game. You just thought I didn’t know. [Verse 1] Rules dressed up as touch Every move — a quiet cut You smiled like a prize was near But I was the wager, year by year I played soft to learn your hand Watched the tells you tried to plan You called it passion, called it fate But I saw the mirror — too late [Pre-Chorus] Now I trace the scars like steps Each one marked where I forget But memory’s cruel — it keeps the score And I don’t lose anymore [Chorus] Cruel game — you deal, I bleed But I learned the rules beneath the need You play to own, I play to see Now every trick rewrites me You thought I broke — I became The coldest mind in this cruel game [Verse 2] I danced quiet in your storm Bent my spine to match your form But bending breaks a certain way And I don't fold when I decay You turned guilt into a thrill A silent test of strength and will But I stayed — not for you To prove that I could make it through [Pre-Chorus] No rescue line, no open plea Just silence sharper than cruelty And in the hush, I took my aim — Checkmate heart, cruel game [Chorus] Cruel game — you deal, I bleed But I learned the rules beneath the need You play to own, I play to see Now every trick rewrites me You thought I broke — I became The coldest mind in this cruel game [Bridge – Spoken] You move pieces I move silence You bluff, I build You play hearts — I erase the field [Final Chorus] Cruel game — no end, no name But I walked out — just not the same You thought you won, left me tamed But I set fire To the whole damn frame I learned to bleed, without the shame — Now I own the cruel game [Outro – Instrumental] [Long ambient outro – piano + glitch textures, no vocals]