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 walls so thin
They're caving in
So come on, tell me again who's

Powerless, powerless
You told me I'm powerless
It ain't adding up, adding up
Your story ain't adding up
Who's powerless, powerless?
It's not me, it never was
And I'm rising up
Oh, 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
You're gonna need 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 war
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
Your story ain't adding up
Who's powerless, powerless?
It's not me, it never was
And I'm rising up
Oh, 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
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
Sticks and stones
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 (Ooh)

Oh no, there you go again
Begging for your innocence
I won't ever make amends (Ooh)

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
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