by Modest Mouse on album Night on the Sun

You were right, I'm hanging 'round because Light and sound won't separate us from them You were right, I'm underground because Slight of hand won't separate your body from the dirt you're standing on

by Modest Mouse on album Lampshades on Fire

Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark At home with the ghosts in the national parks Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers Giant ol' monsters afraid of the sharks And we're in love with all of i

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio Oh, it should've been, could've been worse than you would ever know Well, yo

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Ice-age heat, wave can't complain If the world's at large, why should I remain? Walked away to another plane Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand I move on to another day To a whole new to

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Well, well, well, well We spun like birds on fire Right down towards the residence And I, I took all that I desired Even crooks have to pay the rent We swam like rats on fire Right, right down the r

by Modest Mouse on album The Lonesome Crowded West

Eating snow flakes with plastic forks And a paper plate of course, you think of everything Short love with a long divorce and a couple of kids of course They don't mean anything Live in trailers with

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Woke up this morning and it seemed to me That every night turns out to be A little more like Bukowski And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read But God who'd wanna be? God who'd wanna be such an assho

by Modest Mouse on album No One's First And You're Next (EP)

Well, I took off runnin' at the greatest speed I didn't bother lookin' to either side of me Well, I didn't see, I just didn't see What was really goin' on The truth had stopped and the skyline rose E

by Modest Mouse on album The Moon And Antarctica

Everything that keeps me together is falling apart I've got this thing that I consider my only art of fucking people over My boss just quit the job says he's goin' out to find blind Spots and he'll do

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Traveling, swallowing, Dramamine Feeling spaced breathing out Listerine I'd said what I'd said that I'd tell you And that you'd killed the better part of me If you could just milk it for everything I

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

While we're on the subject Could we change the subject now? I was knocking on your ears Don't worry you were always out Looking towards the future We were begging for the past Well, we know we had th

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Everything that keeps me together is falling apart I've got this thing that I consider my only art of fucking people over My boss just quit the job says He's goin' out to find blind spots and he'll do

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

I'm the same as I was when I was 6 years old And oh my God, I feel so damn old I don't really feel anything On a plane, I can see the tiny lights below And oh my God, they look so alone But do they r

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

The good times are killing me, here we go Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on Shrug off shortsighted false excitement And oh what can I say? Have one, have twenty more "One mores

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Your gun went off Well, you shot off your mouth And look where it got you My mouth runs on too Shouts from both sides "Well, we've got the land But they've got the view" Well, now here's the clue Li

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Ice-age heat wave, can't complain If the world's at large, why should I remain? Walked away to another plan Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand I move on to another day To a whole new town

by Modest Mouse on album The Lonesome Crowded West

From the top of the ocean, yeah From the bottom of the sky, goddamn Well I get claustrophobic I can, you know that I can, well From the top of the ocean, yeah From the bottom of the sky, goddamn Well

by Modest Mouse on album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

We were spitting venom At most everyone we know If the damned gave us a road map Then we'd know just were to go Now let it drop Let it all drop Let it all drop Oh, let it all fall off Well you were

by Modest Mouse on album Miscellaneous

Oh gotta see, gotta know right now What's that riding on your everything? It isn't anything at all Oh gotta see, gotta know right now What's that writing on your shelf In the bathrooms and the bad mo

by 764-Hero on album Miscellaneous

You and me, whenever we go wrong Wake up early and you'll live to regret (Nothing is clear) And you'll tell it to the telephone (tell the truth) Look whenever you're talking all alone (