In "Brain," Chrissy Chlapecka trades thought for survival, offering her body while surrendering her mind to escape pain. The bargain turns grotesque when emptiness becomes a kind of rebirth, dying into the role of a lobotomized starlet who stays easy to love by staying dumb. Fame, beauty, and a skinnier nose are all sellable, but intelligence only gets in the way. The repeated trade of brain for body lands as a hollow victory, alive only after the self has been carved out.
Brain Lyrics by Chrissy Chlapecka
What should I feel
What should I show
What would you pay
For video
Silicone dreams
What do I know
Who should I play
Gimme a role
Pretty over being smart
A social superstar
Write it I’ll play the part
Let me keep my body
You can take my brain
If I’m empty headed
I won’t feel the pain
Let me keep my body
You can take my brain
Ayyyy
Ayyyy
I became alive
On the day I died
Miss lobotomized
I I I I
I became alive
On the day I died
Miss lobotomized
I I I I
I can sell fame
I can sell clothes
I can sell a brand new
Skinnier nose
I know enough
Never too much
If you keep me dumb
I’m easy to love
Pretty over being smart
A social superstar
Write it I’ll play the part
Let me keep my body
You can take my brain
If I’m empty headed
I won’t feel the pain
Let me keep my body
You can take my brain
Ayyyy
Ayyyy
I became alive
On the day I died
Miss lobotomized
I I I I
I became alive
On the day I died
Miss lobotomized
I I I I
