Shot down by your bullets They shatter my faith and my bones If you listen to words, it hurts They creep right under my skin, it cuts so deep Can't you understand I don't want battles, battles, battles? And if you lay them in my hand, I won't fight battles, battles, battles Tell me why we work so hard to break these bones Can we try to lay down these sticks and stones? Sticks and stones We crash and fall together, so sad We don't remember While we're tearing us apart But I can feel the cracks, the cracks in my heart Can't you understand I don't want battles, battles, battles? And if you lay them in my hand, I won't fight battles, battles, battles Tell me why we work so hard to break these bones Can we try to lay down these sticks and stones? Sticks and stones Why does it have to be so hard to surrender? Well, we got nothing left, nothing left to lose, lose Can't you understand I don't want battles, battles, battles? And if you lay them in my hand, I won't fight battles, battles, battles Tell me why we work so hard to break these bones Can we try to lay down these sticks and stones? Sticks and stones Sticks and stones Sticks and stones

Heaven sent this little twitch in my eye I suppose it's just the tip of the ice This feeling's so strong, oh Mama knows that it ain't no surprise If I let go, your words will take on new life What you're saying ain't wrong, no When you take me, I won't go Hesitation overload Bodies break with sticks and stones Incinerate or I won't go Heaven knows these little tricks of mine Won't let go, I'd better make up my mind Before this feeling is gone, no Ooh When you take me, I won't go Obliterate and overthrow Bodies ache from sticks and stones Hesitate and I won't go Oh, how this feeling is strong And what you're saying ain't wrong I suppose I'll let go When you take me, I won't go Hesitation overload Bodies break with sticks and stones Incinerate or I won't go

I liked you You showed me These calls must continue Time is collapsing in my head I built all the walls you can't come in You were the one that called me last I highly doubt this thing will last Sticks and stones They hurt When you shoot them through the phone And you dragged my name through dirt And it hurts to be left here all alone Elegant thoughts I will not share My symphonic silence I hope you can bare it baby I liked you You showed me Exactly who i don't wanna to be Sticks and stones They hurt When you shoot them through the phone And you dragged my name through dirt And it hurts to be left here all alone I'll always look for you I'll always look for you No stone was Left unturned You were the one that called me last I highly doubt this thing will last Cause you were the one that messed up Sticks and stones They hurt When you shoot them through the phone And you dragged my name through dirt And it hurts to be left here all alone Sticks and stones get shot Through the telephone With instant results We're both left alone

I'll stay for a moment Or hang for a while You tell me what you want to Stay here or walk for miles I could be hard or I could be weak I could be anything you need Yes, I will always be good company I could be off or I could be on I could be anything you want Yes, I will always be Yes, I will always be good company I've heard jokes And secrets, too And I've made promises to folks And I've followed my words through I could be hard or I could be weak I could be anything you need Yes, I will always be good company I could be off or I could be on I could be anything you want Yes, I will always be Yes, I will always be good company I could be right or I could be wrong You could turn back or come along What lies ahead I cannot guarantee We could be last or we could be first We could move on or in reverse But either way I'll be your company But either way I'll be your company I could be hard or I could be weak I could be anything you need Yes, I will always be good company I could be off or I could be on I could be anything you want Yes, I will always be Yes, I will always be good company

Four long years I don't know where I've gone But I'm awake now, so withdrawn Like pennies on the beach King kills pawn No one sheds a tear Life goes on And the world gets colder every year And you decide when you come and go And you kept me wondering if you'll let me know And I've waited in the shadows down below And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering All my thoughts, crowd my head And sweat inside my mind Perspiration drips And waters down the time Like sea glass tumbling All your dreams, lost among the wind Get trapped inside my net And I'll place them, in the sauna in my head Where they'll melt together there Where they'll melt together there And you decide when you come and go And you left me wondering if you'll let me know And I've waited in the shadows down below And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering

Lay on down and l hit the lights Close my eyes on a quiet night I feel a dream and l'm sleeping, too Hearin' little drops on my windowsill I know that sound, the smell of dotting rain She moves my weather vane She is the storm and the calm that proceeds The howling wind and the still air in-between And l see the clouds rollin' in With a force to knock me down And pick me up again She calls in quick no warnin' signs The lightning strikes from wild skies The things l hope are waterproof Are tested as she rains through my roof All l can do is wait for it to pass Hold on and hope to last She is the storm and the calm that proceeds The howling wind and the still air in-between And l see the clouds rollin' in With force to knock me down And pick me up again Now the streets are flooding and the powers out No use runnin', I'm in it now I pull my hatch and l batten down I face the storm and l hold my ground She is the storm and the calm that proceeds The howling wind and the still air in-between And l see the clouds rollin' in With a force to knock me down And pick me up again And when she leaves L want her back again Her storm, l took comfort in Mmm, l took comfort in, mmm

I hear the commotion, and that's okay 'Cause we're in motion, I can feel the sway There's nothing to fear my friend, oh no It's the natural rattle When the ground is shaken, and the thunder roars I wouldn't worry, it's just a storm I just let my body pulse To the natural rattle So unwind, but don't unravel We can't help but be a little fragile Through the clatters and sudden crackles Are the sounds Of the natural rattle Vibrating us all The natural rattle Vibrating us all I hear the rocket all day and night The world is noisy, and that's alright Every sound is just a piece Of the natural rattle So unwind, but don't unravel We can't help but be a little fragile Through the clatters and sudden crackles Are the sounds Of the natural rattle Vibrating us all The natural rattle Vibrating us all

When the roof falls in, the sky begins to pour* All the ground erodes away with rushing water The tide comes in and swallows up the shore All the land disappears, we walk no longer, we walk no longer [Chorus:] We float upon a broken ocean Where nothing ripples in its wake We float but nothing stays in motion 'Til the broken ocean breaks When the lesson's learned and written on a page I'll buy the book to watch it burn and save the ashes For soon arrives an age, a loss of innocence when we get judged in every way That stop the splashes, stop the splashes [Repeat Chorus:]