Name: You Didn't Have To Be So Cruel
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Description: The second installment of Ben's "12 Months/12 Songs" project, "You Didn't Have To Be So Cruel' paints a melancholy portrait of a fracturing relationship. Written, produced, all instruments and vocals by Ben Vogel.

You Didn't Have To Be So Cruel

by Ben Vogel

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The second installment of Ben's "12 Months/12 Songs" project, "You Didn't Have To Be So Cruel' paints a melancholy portrait of a fracturing relationship. Written, produced, all instruments and vocals by Ben Vogel.

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Blank smiles on the canvas
Harsh words in the candlelight
Frail souls, much too tired to put up a fight

Cracked glass on the table
Beside an empty frame
One more sacrifice to a dying flame

Oh we give away our hearts
At the risk of being fooled
Before the lonely teardrops start
You didn't have to be so cruel

Ghosts of conversation
Still linger in the air
Haunt the fragile truce in this bed we share

As we lay there in silence
Cut by the traffic sounds
There's no stopping the fall when you're halfway down

Oh we give away our hearts
At the risk of being fooled
Before the lonely teardrops start
You didn't have to be so cruel

Once more, but this time with feeling
We've memorized this play
Each line delivered exactly like yesterday
Except a little more blasé
When there's nothing left to say

Still we give away our hearts
At the risk of being fooled
Before the lonely teardrops start
You didn't have to be so cruel

And maybe I'd do it all again
For a heart I thought was true
Now as you turn and close the door
You didn't have to be so cruel

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released February 23, 2024

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Ben Vogel Coeur D'Alene, Idaho

Anchored by his soulful voice and fleet-fingered guitar, Ben Vogel’s songs seem to exist slightly out of time. Neither driven by nostalgia for the past, nor beholden to any modern trend, Vogel wraps disparate strains of rock, pop, R&B, and jazz into his own quietly unique style. ... more

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