Charli XCX

Songwriter: Charli XCX

[Verse]
You like late, late nights
Champagne life
Plastic friends hangin' at your party
Camera flash like the paparazzi
Posted up, watch the lights get started
Fake love kills, bright green bills
Throw 'em up, make it rain, so boring
Tryna tell me the same old story
Sick and tired of the same old story

[Pre-Chorus]
Living your life in a picture
Photoshop, put it online
Chandeliers swing in the kitchen
But you're out telling a lie

[Chorus]
You're generation braindead
And you think you're ridin' high, high
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive

[Verse]
You like late, late nights
Champagne life
Plastic friends hangin' at your party
Camera flash like the paparazzi
Posted up, watch the lights get started
Fake love kills, bright green bills
Throw 'em up, make it rain, so boring
Tryna tell me the same old story
Sick and tired of the same old story

[Pre-Chorus]
Living your life in a picture
Photoshop, put it online
Chandeliers swing in the kitchen
But you're out telling a lie

[Chorus]
You're generation braindead
And you think you're ridin' high, high
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive

[Bridge]
You like perfect boys, perfect girls
Fake it till you make it in the perfect world
Now tip the axis and do a twirl
Now, rip your dress up and dance on the table
Still, the glass cracks
Like the mirror on your bathroom wall
Imagine if you lost it all, yeah
Did you think about the rise and fall?
Are you in it till the curtain call? Ahh

[Chorus]
You're generation braindead
And you think you're ridin' high, high
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive

[Outro]
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Generation braindead
(Oh-ohh-woahh)
And you think you're ridin' high, high
(Oh-ohh-woahh)
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive
(Oh-ohh-woahh)
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Oh-ohh-woahh
Generation braindead, yeah, you're living but you're not alive

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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