[Verse 1]
Trisha and Sherri under blanket caves
Flashlight kingdoms, little girl brave
Laughin’ at the monsters underneath the bridge
Swore if trolls came close they’d run together, kids
Pinky promises in the midnight dark
Trading little secrets, carving up their hearts
Thought the world was magic, thought the world was kind
Never knew the monsters grew in human minds
[Pre-Chorus]
New school hallways split us into different worlds
You found a cruel crowd, I stayed a quiet girl
Then one night the shadows started calling out my name
And every secret weapon sounded just the same
[Chorus]
Trolls aren’t born beneath the bridges
Stone grows slow inside their chest
Every laugh cuts off the feeling
Till there’s almost nothing left
You knew every hidden scar
Every place that hurt the most
Now I’m barely here at all
And you’re a troll with a heart of stone
[Verse 2]
Fake accounts and whispers glowing in the dark
Screenshots burning little holes into my heart
Everybody laughing like a blood-red fairytale
While I disappear behind another pale excuse
“How’d they know?” I cried into my bedroom floor
But somewhere deep inside I think I always knew before
Only childhood angels know where all the secrets hide
Only old best friends can cut that deep inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Every cruel word made your soul a little cold
Brick by brick your gentle heart was turning into stone
And I faded smaller every single night
A ghost behind a glowing light
[Chorus]
Trolls aren’t born beneath the bridges
Stone grows slow inside their chest
Every laugh cuts off the feeling
Till there’s almost nothing left
You knew every hidden scar
Every place that hurt the most
Now I’m barely here at all
And you’re a troll with a heart of stone
[Bridge]
We used to scream at fairy tales
Now you became the thing we feared
You typed the words nobody should hear
“No one wants you here”
And after all the tears went dry
After all the damage done
There were never really winners
Just two little girls undone
[Final Chorus]
Trolls aren’t born beneath the bridges
They’re made somewhere along the way
One turns cold enough to hurt you
One just slowly fades away
Now the blankets and the flashlights
Feel like stories someone stole
All that’s left of us together
Is a ghost… and a heart of stone
ElCeviche
