Mockingbird Lyrics

Oh, the mockingbird he followed me from tree to tree

Saying, "You are nothing like what I think you should be"

And when his words would cut like daggers he would take no blame at all

See, the mockingbird knew nothing that could ever harm him

More than all the empty space left in his heart

And all the buckshot in the world could never break his fall

And when I trip on lowly branches

Then he picks on lower fruit to bring me down

And every day he gives no answers

Only offers speech so senseless and so loud

The mockingbird would follow me from tree to tree

Bombarding me with all his insecurity

'Til nothing's left of me that isn't shattered and unclean

But in breaking down everything that I called myself

I found a new identity in something else

And learned what sticks and stones and all those weapons really mean

And when I trip on lowly branches

Then he picks on lower fruit to bring me down

But now I realize what he's after

And his unchecked words no longer seem so loud

Oh, the mockingbird still follows me from tree to tree

Crying, "Why are you not paying any mind to me?"

I hope that one day he will see the error of his ways

His insults and attacks are growing tired and sad

I don't know if he knows just what effect he's had

But maybe he will meet his own mockingbird one day