Mockingbird

People still say
That I can't be taught
A mangy mutt who bleeds ice
Dredged from below

My love is a cage
Twisted by all these vices
A tightrope that feels like a noose
Hell it's a resurrection

My name carries
A price and a promise
For my heart has gone rogue

Mockingbird
That's all it ever was
Never terrified but even still

Why can't you just stop me

Beelzebub, I hear him
Hit my knees in times of trouble
Descending into hysterics
On the highest high

Slaughter and pillage
Either too much or not enough
Holy man breaks my back
I regret for a moment

My name carries
A price and a promise
For my heart has gone rogue

Mockingbird
That's all it ever was
Never terrified but even still

Why can't you just stop me

Knee all busted
My teeth knocked out
Lawman and all kick my hide
Swear I'll die tonight

Last rites are said
I try to cry but I just can't
My hell is over, thank god for that
Before I go answer this

Why couldn't you just stop me