Lyric discussion by COMBOily 

Cover art for Cradle lyrics by Joy Formidable, The

so i think it's about a relationship. in the beggining it says "I can see he says what he means" (maybe 'i love you')
Then "I can't say what he means when he says that" (she cant say 'i love you' back to him and mean it) "I'll pretend a pretty pretend" ( so she'll pretend to love him) "When all I wanna see is the end of this" (end of the relationship?)

That's the impression I get. And then she says something nasty to him.

ok - i am with y'all sorta...but her viscous tongue cradles just one what?

i can see two ways to interpret the line

"My vicious tongue Cradles just one "

1) she's normally mean to people, but she can't seem to break up with this guy for some reason. she's cradling him. 2) she was really mean to him, but that's because she was looking out for herself.