Mockingbirds Lyrics

Lyric discussion by LZMJJPJ 

Cover art for Mockingbirds lyrics by Mark Lanegan

What a beautiful song and sound. Easily one of the best song of the 90's.

To me, the First part is his bruised Self talking to the Evil voice in his head. By this point he has become so used to that voice, that it sounds beautiful to him now, as it calls him towards it. Second part is him, stuck in between the Visions of his own destruction ahead, like many before him AND the battle with his Desire (which, before was Pleasure) to keep wanting to be in the negative and not face It. In the final verse, it feels like his inner Spirit is telling him that there is no point in trying to kill that Evil voice as it will always be there and it's always been dead and doomed to begin with. No matter what...Time will still keep going. So both the voices play their Parts in the mind, sounding like mockingbirds. Two open paths to choose from. Time to Contemplate now and choose.

I love this song.

My Interpretation