Ella Red - Sticks and Stones Lyrics

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 expectation
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 want to 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