“Cut You Off” is a midtempo track from Selena Gomez’s third studio album, Rare. The song is about someone moving on from a past relationship and feeling better about themselves.
It was revealed by the co-writer Liza Owen via Instagram that the song was written about an “asshole boy who shall not be named.” This led to many speculating it was about her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber. Interestingly, “Cut You Off” is the only explicit track released on Rare.
Lyrics of Cut You Off
Pull up to the mirror, staring at my face
Gotta chop-chop all the extra weight
I've been carrying for 1460 days
Gotta, gotta, gotta clean my slate
And I might as well just tell you while I'm drunk, yeah
The truth is that I think I've had enough
Professionally messing with my trust
How could I confuse that shit for love?
So I gotta get you out my head now
I just cut you off
You out my head now
I just cut you off
When I'm without you
I don't overthink it, I just carry on
Get you out my head now
I just cut you off
I imagine all the endless places I could know
With a drop-drop and I let you go
All the possibilities I got from head to toe
Yeah they'd, yeah they'd, yeah they'd start to show
And I might as well just tell you while I'm drunk, yeah
The truth is that I think I've had enough
Emotionally messing with my health (ha)
How could I confuse that shit for love?
So I gotta get you out my head now
I just cut you off
You out my head now
I just cut you off
When I'm without you
I don't overthink it, I just carry on
Get you out my head now
I just (I just), I just
You out my head now (I just)
When I'm without
You out my head now
So I gotta get you out my head now
I just (I just), cut you off (yeah, I cut you off)
You out my head now
I just cut you off
When I'm without you
I don't overthink it, I just carry on
Get you out my head now
I just, I just (yeah)