Nelly Furtado

Released: March 31, 2017

Songwriter: Arlissa Patrick Mascall Jamie Scott Mark Taylor Nelly Furtado

Producer: Mark Taylor John Congleton

[Verse 1]
Shot down by your bullets
They shatter my faith and my bones
If you listen, the words, they hurt
They creep right under my skin, they cut so deep

[Chorus]
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
Oh, tell me why we work so hard to break these bones
Can we try to lay down
These sticks and stones?
Sticks and stones

[Verse 2]
We crash and fall together, so sad
We don't remember why we are tearing us apart
But I can feel the cracks, the cracks in my heart, whoa

[Chorus]
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
Oh, tell me why we work so hard to break these bones
Can we try to lay down
These sticks and stones?
Sticks and stones

[Bridge]
Why does it have to be so hard to surrender?
When we got nothing left, nothing left to lose, lose

[Chorus]
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
Oh, 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

Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. The songstress is well-known for hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “Promiscuous”.

She began her career in 1996 contributing vocals to Plains of Fascination’s “Walkin' 4 The Streets” and forming Nelstar. After leaving the group, Furtado released her debut single “Party’s Just Begun (Again)”.

Her debut album Whoa! Nelly was released in 2000 to worldwide success with hits such as “I’m Like a Bird”, “Turn Off the Light”, and “…On the Radio (Remember the Days)”. It received four Grammy nominations and one of the singles won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It’s sold nine-million copies worldwide to date. Folklore is Furtado’s second album released in 2003. The album was not as successful as the previous one due to change in sound. “Try” and “Powerless (Say What You Want)” were the only top-ten hits from the album.

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