Charli XCX - Sympathy Is a Knife Ft. Ariana Grande

[00:05.79] I-i-i-i-it's a knife when you know they're waitin' for you to choke

[00:09.79] It's a knife when a journalist does a misquote

[00:13.52] It's a knife when a friend is suddenly steppin' on your throat

[00:16.94] It's a knife when they say that you've been doing things you don't

[00:20.96] It's a knife when your old friends hate your new friends

[00:24.09] When somebody says: Charli, I think you've totally changed

[00:27.52] It's a knife when somebody says they like the old me and not the new me

[00:32.41] And I'm like: Who the fuck is she?

[00:34.41] 'Cause it's a knife when you're finally on top

[00:37.86] 'Cause logically the next step is they wanna see you fall to the bottom

[00:41.86] It's a knife when you're finally on top (on top)

[00:44.94] 'Cause logically the next step is they wanna see you fall, fall, fall

[00:48.50] I-i-i-i-it's a knife when

[00:50.81] It's a knife when

[00:52.49] It's a knife when (when, when)

[00:54.65] All this sympathy is just a knife when (when)

[00:58.27] It's a knife when

[01:00.00] It's a knife when (when, when)

[01:01.91] All this sympathy is just a

[01:04.00] It's a knife when you know they're countin' on your mistakes

[01:06.87] It's a knife when you're so pretty they think you must be fake (mm)

[01:10.32] It's a knife when they dissect your body on the front page (mm, ooh)

[01:14.33] It's a knife when they won't believe you, why should you explain? (Yeah)

[01:17.63] It's a knife when the mean fans hate the nice fans

[01:21.16] When somebody says: Ari, I think you've totally changed (no shit)

[01:24.99] (It's a knife) when somebody says they like the old me and not the new me

[01:29.33] And I'm like: Who the fuck is she?

[01:31.76] 'Cause it's a knife when you're finally on top (on top)

[01:34.45] 'Cause logically the next step is they wanna see you fall to the bottom

[01:38.65] It's a knife when you're finally on top (on top, ooh)

[01:41.52] 'Cause logically the next step is they wanna see you fall, fall, fall

[01:45.53] I-i-i-i-it's a knife when (it's a knife when)

[01:47.82] It's a knife when (it's a knife when)

[01:49.54] It's a knife when (when, when)

[01:51.54] All this sympathy is just a knife when (it's a knife when)

[01:53.83] It's a knife when (it's a knife when)

[01:56.70] It's a knife when (woah)

[01:58.70] All this sympathy is just a

[02:02.14] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:03.86] All this expectation is a knife

[02:05.87] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:07.55] All the things I've said are just a knife

[02:08.98] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:10.70] All this expectation is a knife (mm)

[02:12.69] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:14.56] Yeah (mm)

[02:15.92] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:17.84] All this expectation is a knife (mm, yeah, mm)

[02:20.02] (All this sympathy is just a knife)

[02:21.39] All the things I've said are just a knife (mm, yeah, mm)

[02:23.28] (All this sympathy is just a knife) (mm, yeah, mm)

[02:24.88] All this expectation is a knife, knife, knife, knife, knife