I-I-I-it's a knife when you know
They're waitin' for you to choke
It's a knife when a journalist does a misquote
It's a knife when a friend is
suddenly steppin' on your throat
It's a kni-i-ife when they say
That you've been doing things you don't-don't-don't
It's a knife when your old friends
Hate your new friends
When somebody says: Charli, I think you've totally changed
It's a knife when somebody says
They like the old me and not the new me
And I'm like: Who the fuck is she?

'Cause it's a knife when you're finally on top
'Cause logically the next step is
They wanna see you fall to the bottom
It's a knife when you're finally on top (On top)
'Cause logically the next step is
They wanna see you fall-fall-fall

I-I-I-it's a knife when, it's a knife when
It's a knife when
(When, when, when)
All this sympathy is just a knife when
(When, when, when)
It's a knife when, it's a knife when
(When, when, when)
All this sympathy is just a

It's a knife when you know
They're counting on your mistakes
It's a knife when you're so pretty
They think you must be fake (Mm)
It's a knife when they dissect your body on the front page
(Mm-mm-mm-mm)
It's a knife when they dissect your body on the front page
It's a knife when they won't believe you
Why should you explain? (Yeah)
It's a knife when the mean fans hate the nice fans
When somebody says
Ari, I think you've totally changed (No shit)
(It's a knife) When somebody says
They like the old me and not the new me
And I'm like, "Haha, who the fuck is she? "

'Cause it's a knife
When you're finally on top (On top)
'Cause logically the next step is
They wanna see you fall to the bottom
It's a knife when you're finally on top
(On top, ooh)
'Cause logically the next step is
They wanna see you fall, fall-fall

I-I-It's a knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a knife when (When, when, when)
All this sympathy is just a knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a knife when (A knife)
All this sympathy is just a kn—

(All this sympathy is just a knife)
All this expectation is a knife
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
All the things I've said are just a knife
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
All this expectation is a knife (Mm-mm)
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
Yeah, mm
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
(Mm, yeah, mm-mm) All this expectation is a knife
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
(Mm, yeah, mm-mm) All the things I've said are just a knife
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
(Mm, yeah, mm-mm)
All this expectation is a knife-knife-knife-knife-knife
When did it get so hard?