sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande

Charli Xcx

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?