Charli XCX

Released: December 7, 2017

Songwriter: Joel Amey Joff Oddie Theo Ellis Ellie Rowsell Charli XCX

Producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen Post Precious

[Intro]
What if it's not meant for me?
Love...
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love)

[Verse 1]
I’d like to get to know you
I'd like to take you out
We'd go to the Hell Mary
And afterwards make out
Instead I’m typing you a message
I know I'll never send
Rewriting old excuses
Delete the kiss at the end
When I see you, the whole reduces to just that room
Then I remember and I'm shy and gossip's eye will look too soon
And I'm trapped and overthinking
And probably self-doubt
You tell me "get over it"
And to take you out
But I can't I'm to scared
No, I really have to go
The doors are closing and you were waving
I'll never let it show
And you won’t wait, and I won’t mind
I'm better on my own
Work better on my own, yeah
I work better on my own

[Chorus 1]
What if it’s not meant for me?
What if it's not meant for me?
What if it's not meant for me?
Love...
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love)

What if it's not meant for me?
What if it’s not meant for me?
What if it's not meant for me?
Love...
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love)

[Verse 2]
A few days passed since I last saw you
You've taken over my mind
I'm telling all the jokes you told
Pretending that their mine
I wanna tell the whole world about you
And it's a sign
I'm losing self control
It's you, it's you, it's you a thousand times
I got a smile, I got a smile, I'm like a teenage girl
Mights as well write all on my notebook, yeah, you rock my world
You do, you really do
I'm better off with you
I'm better off with you
I'm better off with you

[Chorus 2]
What if it's not meant to be?
What if it's not meant to be?
What if it's not meant to be?
Love...
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love)

What if it's not meant to be?
What if it's not meant to be?
What if it's not meant to be?
Love...
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love, love)
(Love)

[Bridge]
Tearing my muscles and rolling so hard
Tryna' chase something
Feelings that kill me
No, don't turn me down
No, don't turn me down, no, don't turn me down
No, you know I keep on pushing and pulling at heart strings
Yeah, symphonies, orchestras, screaming, I'm crying so loud
Promised I cried for you like a star
I cried for you like a star
I'd shine for you like a star
Silver and gold in your arms
Yeah, I burn for you in the dark

(Me and you were meant to be...)
You and me were meant to be be
You and me were meant to be be
You and me were meant to be be in love

Love...

Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer-songwriter known for her eclectic style. She began making music at fourteen, and her debut release was a 2008 limited-edition album aptly titled 14.

By 2010, Charli signed to Atlantic Records, and released her debut single “Stay Away” in May 2011. She released her “real” debut album, True Romance, in 2013. The record met critical acclaim but failed to attain much commercial success. Charli’s true breakthrough came with the release of hit collaborations like Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” and Icona Pop’s “I Love It.”

In April 2014, Charli found solo success with “Boom Clap,” which was featured on the soundtrack of The Fault in Our Stars. It’s now certified triple platinum in the United States and gold in her native United Kingdom. Her sophomore album, Sucker, was a pop-punk oriented effort and enjoyed more success than her debut. “Break The Rules,” “Doing It” (featuring Rita Ora), and “Famous” all performed well on the UK singles chart.

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