Charli XCX
Cross You Out lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:29
Built a world
All in my mind
All on my own
Will I survive? Oh
Century of tears
Sadness was my only smile, yeah
Thought I'd fall apart
But you're gone and I'm doing fine
I'm screaming out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
Melt me down
One piece at a time
I say these eyes were shut
I wasn't mesmerised, no
Century of tears
Sadness was another denial, yeah
Thought it fell apart
But now you're gone, I'm doing fine
I'm screaming out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
I've become someone better
I've become someone better
Yeah, yeah
Now I look in the mirror
And I learn I'm so better
Yeah, yeah
I've become someone better
I've become someone better
Yeah, yeah
Now I look in the mirror
Feels so good to forget ya
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
Ooh, ah-oh, ooh
When you're not around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
We're around, when you're not around
And I'll finally cross you out
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Key vocabulary
- built
- made with materialsA1
- mind
- think or rememberA2
- piece
- part of somethingA1
- time
- measured momentsA1
- say
- talkA1
- eyes
- see organsA1
- down
- not up; sadA1
- one
- a single numberA1
- someone
- a person (not named)A1
- world
- Earth; everyone around usA1
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About this song
Charli XCX is an English pop and hyperpop artist, born in 1992 in Essex, and known for writing and producing much of her own material as well as collaborating across mainstream and underground dance scenes. She is particularly associated with early breakthrough singles like "I Love It" and later left-field work such as the hyperpop-leaning Vroom Vroom era and the 2024 album BRAT.