Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: folk
Song Meaning of “Cruel and Thin” by Sun City Girls
Cruel and Thin by Sun City Girls is a song about the cruel, cold, and unforgiving nature of life. The lyrics tell a story of a woman in a bad relationship, trapped in an unhappy life full of pain. She is struggling to cope with the harsh realities of life, dealing with the cruel and “thin” portrayal of people in the world around her. The chorus somberly exclaims:
“It’s cruel and thin/ The way that we live/ And nobody cares/ In vain we give”.
The song’s narrator seems to be saying that life can be cruel “thin”, as in fragile and bleak, and that it can be too easy to slip into a downward spiral of despair and hopelessness. In the end, no matter what we do, life will continue on without us, and nobody really cares what our motivations and desires are.
The chorus is a reminder that we need to find the strength and courage to keep going, even when it feels like everything we do is in vain. We are not alone, and no matter what life throws our way, we have the power to rise above it and find our own place in the world.