Paroles

[Intro]
They said words don’t leave a scar
But I’ve got bruises where the silence was

[Verse 1]
You threw your shade like it was light
But I still flinch in midnight fights
Your voice was sharp, a velvet blade
I wore your love like a masquerade

You laughed while I dissolved in shame
And called it strength to play that game
But every joke cut deeper still
And left me bleeding on the hill

[Chorus]
Sticks and stones still break me
But your words, they remake me
I wear the pain like armor now
You can’t unwrite me anyhow
I’m not immune, I’m not okay
But I survived the things you’d say

[Verse 2]
I built a wall of clever lines
To hide the cracks in my design
I smiled through storms I couldn’t name
And danced inside the quiet flame

You said I’m “too much” when I spoke
Then blamed me when the silence broke
I learned to shrink, to disappear
But now I scream so you can hear

[Chorus]
Sticks and stones still break me
But your words, they remake me
I wear the pain like armor now
You can’t unwrite me anyhow
I’m not immune, I’m not okay
But I survived the things you’d say

[Verse 3]
I traced your lies like sacred text
And prayed for peace that never left
I begged for truth in every fight
But you just gaslit out the light

I’m done pretending I’m not torn
I’m done with shame I didn’t earn
I’m done with silence dressed as grace
I’m done erasing my own face

[Bridge]
So speak your truth, but know this well
I’ve walked through every kind of hell
And though your words still echo loud
I rise beneath their heavy shroud

[Verse 4]
I’m not your mirror, not your muse
Not here to soften every bruise
I’m not your canvas, not your cure
I’m not the storm you can endure

I’m just a soul that learned to bend
But never broke, I never end
I’m just a voice that found its tone
And sings the pain I used to own

[Outro]
Sticks and stones still break me
But I’m the story they couldn’t fake
I’m the truth they couldn’t take
I’m the wound that learned to ache
And still became the song...