Sticks and Stones

I don’t wanna be a burden

It’s too often you see me hurting

You know I try to fight

But now it’s every night you watch me cry

My mind creates these situations

That align with my own expectations

Of things going wrong

When clearly you have been here all along

You know the mask I wear

I put it there to save you from the storm outside

I feel it near

Sticks and stones been breaking my bones for too long

Poking at my brain to make me feel like something’s wrong

I went back to therapy

Confront the darkness I can’t see

Don’t wanna feel this guilt

When the flowers you gave me wilt, I’ll grow my own

You know the mask I wear

I put it there to save you from the storm outside

I feel it near

Sticks and stones been breaking my bones for too long

Poking at my brain to make me feel like something’s wrong

Playing hide and seek with a chemical I know is a stranger

They’ve built themselves a home, these sticks and stones

Every time I, every time I

Every time I fall

You remind me, you remind me

What I’m fighting for

Sticks and stones been breaking my bones for too long

Poking at my brain to make me feel like something’s wrong

Playing hide and seek with a chemical I know is a stranger

They’ve built themselves a home, these sticks and stones

They’ve built themselves a home, these sticks and stones