Whenever I create a new song, I start with the chorus. I write a couple lines along with the melody and base the rest of the song on that tune. I know it seems unconventional, but it’s how my brain works. It’s better to start off with a strong foundation and establish the rest later.

I’ve never thought of uploading my music. My songs simply serve as a creative outlet whenever I have a lyric stuck in my head. The lyrics of this song, in no way, represent how I feel personally. However, it does hold a message that is close to my heart and helped me when I was overwhelmed with all the expectations that were put on me.

When it comes to producing music, I am not an expert. In this instance, I sat by my piano and played chords that went with the song’s melody. There are a lot of audible mistakes and disturbances, but being able to play around with the notes and rhythm was very relaxing.

Verse 1: Everything that I’ve been told all throughout my life has finally taken its toll cause I just wanna die.  Now why should I be feeling this, aren’t I still a child? And I have nothing left to give. I just feel so tired. 

Chorus: Oh, I just hate that saying cause sticks and stones may break my bones but words just seem to hurt the most. Oh, I may be sensitive, but you don’t see how inside I’m dying. My eyes are just not crying on that scene cause every single phrase you say breaks me down in every way, so I will make you pay, replace that pain I feel every single day. Locked up in this dark place while your heads all turn away from me.

Verse 2: Shut out the pain, don’t show the signs, It’s best to be ignored. But I don’t wanna cry no more cause that’s just getting old. And all the words that have been said, and all the lives it’s stole.

Chorus: Oh, I just hate that saying cause sticks and stones may break my bones but words just seem to hurt the most. Oh, I may be sensitive, but you don’t see how inside I’m dying. My eyes are just not crying on that scene cause every single phrase you say breaks me down in every way, so I will make you pay, replace that pain I feel every single day. Locked up in this dark place while your heads all turn away from me.

Bridge: Ropes tied, lives go by, so don’t cut them short. It hurts more than you think cause words have a meaning. Oh, I just hate how that saying goes.