Sticks and stones won't break my bones
And words will never hurt me
You,
you work so hard to play the part
But I see straight through your house of cards
The wall's so thin,
they're caving in
So come on, tell me again
Who's powerless,
powerless?
I'm powerless,
it ain't adding up,
adding up This story ain't adding up
Who's powerless,
powerless?
It's not me, it never was And I'm rising up
Oh,
I hope,
I hope it burns I'm gonna teach you lessons you never learned
You wanna break a heart that is stronger than your own
And be more than sticks and stones
Sticks and stones won't break my bones
And words will never hurt me I,
I won't back down,
so run your mouth
Let's see how quickly your breath runs out If you want more,
I'll give you more
So come on, tell me again Who's powerless,
powerless?
You told me I'm powerless,
it ain't adding up,
adding up
This story ain't adding up Who's powerless,
powerless?
It's not me, it never was And I'm rising up
Teach you lessons you never learned You wanna
break a heart that is stronger than your own You're
gonna need more than sticks and stones I know,
I know you'll see You'll never have the height to measure
up to me You wanna crawl your way out the grave you made
your home You're gonna need more than sticks and stones
Sticks and stones won't break my bones And words will never hurt me
Oh,
no,
there you go again Little boy playing a man
Try to fool me, but you can't Oh,
no, there you go again
Begging for your innocence I won't ever make amends
Oh,
I hope, I hope that burns
Teach you lessons you never learned
You wanna break a heart that is stronger than your own
You're gonna need more than sticks and stones I know,
I know you'll see
You'll never have the height to measure up to me
You wanna crawl your way out the grave you made your home
You're gonna need more than sticks and stones