Their words are sticks
Their lies are stones
You wish they’d leave you well enough alone
You’ve learned to take it but
You can’t help wondering when it’s going to stop
You tell the spiders in your cupboard that you do not care
But I know better
‘Cause I’ve been there

Under the stairs
Trampled underfoot
Neglected and forgotten
Feeling rotten
And like nothing good could ever happen.
But Harry don’t despair
For change is in the air:
A correspondence on its way to you
Addressed ‘Under the Stairs’

Your Uncle Dursley
Seems in such an awful hurry
To get you and his whole family out
So you can’t find out what it’s all about
Those crazy owls letters dropping letters by the dozens at your door
All say ‘to Harry’
Kinda scary
You’re not hidden anymore

Under the stairs
Trampled underfoot
You feel forgotten
And so rotten
Yeah, like nothing good could ever happen
But Harry all that’s changed
Someone out there knows your name
They knew somehow that you’ve been waiting there
Underneath the stairs

Counting down the seconds 'til another birthday
Really, just how much could one year change?
‘Harry, yer a wizard’ is what the stranger says
But what it sounds like when it hits your ears
Is ‘I’m finally going to make it out of here…’

Under the stairs
You don’t have to hide away
I see you grinning
Head is spinning
Your adventures are all just beginning
It won’t be easy
But it’s worth it, you will see
Magic awaits you if you dare
To come out from under there
You will never again have to live
Under the stairs

Nobody should ever have to live under the stairs.
Nobody should ever have to live under the stairs.