They say that if you love it, let it go

And if it comes back, you know

You know, it's yours

But they don't live life in this goldfish bowl

They just assume that they know

They know it all

So tell me, is this how it ends

Trial by fair weathered friends

So if this is over

Before we begun to

Show each other lovin'

How could we know

When the mockingbirds, they cover the sun

Its over before it's begun

Those sticks and stones they throw my break-a-bones

They say shit that they want us to believe

Unless those words come straight from your soul

Then they will never hurt me

Never thought they'd taken you in

Can't believe it's happened again

So if this is over

Before we begun to

Show each other lovin'

How could we know

When the mockingbirds, they cover the sun

Its over before it's begun

There are so many hearts

That have been torn apart

And the question that you need to ask

We let the mockingbirds have the last laugh

Cause if this is over

Before we begun to

Show each other lovin'

How could we know

When the mockingbirds, they cover the sun

Its over before it's begun

Its over before it's begu