Lyrics
[verse]
Magazine says starve yourself and smile
Be a trophy, be a headline for a while
Flashing lights but nothing left to say
Is this really what they mean by okay
[chorus]
I don't wanna be a cardboard cutout girl
I'd rather be the one who shakes the world
No I won't fake it just to fit the mold
I'll take my brain over the story that gets told
[verse]
Fake tan, fake laugh, a fake little life
Chasing headlines like they're the answer to it all
But I want brains behind the eyes I meet
Not another empty crown that comes with feet
[chorus]
I don't wanna be a cardboard cutout girl
I'd rather be the one who shakes the world
No I won't fake it just to fit the mold
I'll take my brain over the story that gets told
[bridge]
Where'd the fighters and the thinkers go
The ones who built things, the ones who'd let it show
I want a girl who reads the news at night
Not one who's only famous for a fight
[chorus]
I don't wanna be a cardboard cutout girl
I'd rather be the one who shakes the world
No I won't fake it just to fit the mold
I'll take my brain over the story that gets told