Modest Mouse

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)"

"Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)"

I've got my pistol in the car, uh huh
I've got my stereo in the car, uh huh
I've got my room key in the car, uh huh

Why don't you come to my room
And clean my pistol no duh

I maximize my only liaisons
I'm gonna take it till the taking comes on

I've got my cocaine in my glove box now
The sun roof is down, oh wow
I've got my room key in my pocket and you know
I've got a pistol that I need to unload

I'm gonna T-T-T-T-T-T-Take you on up (You say "What?")
I'm gonna t-t-t-t-take your shirt right on off
I'm gonna zip-zip-zip-zip-zip-za-za-za-zip your pants on down
I'm gonna sip sip sip sip sip from my royal royal, royal crown

And we go Wooh

I've got a backpack with some clothes that I could wear to work tomorrow they won't know
Oh-oh-oh- uh oh
That I was up all night not ready for the meeting, oh no - oh oh
Got a wallet in my backpack and I think it's mine but I don't care, you know
Got my backpack with the money got myself a passport I should probably go

And we go Wooh

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Polar Opposites"

"Polar Opposites"

Polar opposites don't push away
It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days
And I know I should go but I'll probably stay
And that's all you can do about some things
I'm trying to drink away the part of the day
That I cannot sleep away
Two one eyed dogs, they're looking at stereos
Hi-fi Gods try so hard to make their cars low to the ground
These vibrations oil its teeth
Primer gray is the color when you're done dying
I'm trying to drink away the part of the day
That I cannot sleep away

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Pups To Dust"

"Pups To Dust"

Our hearts don't change from pups to dust
Couldn't see clearly, but I had a sense of what right and wrong was
Honest to God, I was honest as hell
I don't lie very often, but I lie very well
Give it away, take what you need
Love does not cost money, but it ain't free
We're learning slowly, equal parts of what you do, you don't
We don't remember
We don't remember just how we got here
Equal parts of what we do, we don't
We don't belong here, we were just born here
We remain the same (um, I'm not sure about that)
Or pretty much the same (now that's more like it)
From birth to grave, I couldn't see so clearly what I was or became
Oh I missed a spot (scrubba scrubba scrubba)
On my dirty thoughts
The way we feel about what we do is by who has watched us so
Awe how'd we get here, equal parts of what we do, we don't
We don't remember, we were just born here though
Oh what's the bother, equal parts of what you do, you don't
We don't remember, we were just born here
I feel so anxious, mostly all of the time
If there's some point to this, then which one is mine?
We really don't belong here, we really ought to wander
We really don't belong here, we really ought to wander away

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark"

"Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark"

Looks like accounting's not accountable
For anything or anyone at all
Johnny took the fall
Johnny took the fall

I know the horse was fast, ran the real big track
One by one, without heart attack, oh no
A tight line just went slack
A tight line just went slack

He's got a race car grin, all smiling chin
Your words are no longer going to bother him that much
He's got the Midas touch
He's got the Midas touch

Hey now, what's the scoop on what's his face?
Got a backwater nothing but he runs the place from halls
Runs it from the halls

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Red Hand Case"

"Red Hand Case"

Blame it on the red hand's weight
Get the heath a little fed up
Oh no!
Thank you for closing my cage
I need a carton cigarettes to stay shut up

Blame it on the red hand's weight
Get the heath a little fed up
Oh no!
See if you would open my cage
I need a carton cigarettes to stay shut up

I guess that's just the red hand's fate
How is it I have stayed shut up? Oh no!
Oh no!

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Satellite Skin"

"Satellite Skin"

If you break these moth wing feelings
Powdering dust on your fingers
We know we're not praying we're kneeling
Hard enough just to say you believe them
Well how the heck did you think you could beat them
At the same time that you're trying to be them
Hard enough just to say you don't need it when they
Took it up while you were still eating
Well satellite, satellite skin

Just enough just to say you don't mean it
Well, when everybody's willing to listen
Oh satellite, satellite skin
You can say what you want you're forgiven
Well happy fucking congratulations
Well everyone, everyone wins
Just like being in my own solar system
Doing good things but then totally eclipse them
Oh what the use, oh what the hell

If you break these moth wing feelings
Butterfly knives in the ceiling
Well everyone, everyone's waiting
Detachments get praised and completed
You can say what you want and not mean it
When no one really seems to be waiting
If you sweep up this mess I've created
Nothing's left to show I existed
Except satellite, satellite skin

Asking for a question
Was it easier said than was actually done
Do you even believe that
Do you even believe that there's a race to be won

If you break these moth wing feelings
I have seen it all because satellite skin
Over innocent eyes
I'd like to know these morbid opinions
Get stacked in all those usual avoided spots
Just to tell you how I could not have seen
Through to the gist of those unhappy
Happy accidents

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Satin In A Coffin"

"Satin In A Coffin"

You were laying on the carpet
like you're satin in a coffin.
You said, "Do you believe what you're sayin'?"
Yeah right now, but not that often.

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God I sure hope you are dead.

Well you disappeared so often
like you dissolved into coffee.
Are you here right now
or are there probably fossils under your meat?

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God I sure hope you are dead.

Now the blow's been softened,
since the air we breathe's our coffin.
Well now the blow's been softened,
since the ocean is our coffin.
Often times you know our laughter
is your coffin ever after.
And you know the blow's been softened,
since the world is our coffin.
Well now the blow's been softened
since we are our own damn coffins.
Well everybody's talkin' about their short lists.
Everybody's talkin' about death.

You were laying on the carpet
like you're satin in a coffin.
You said, "Do you believe what you're sayin'?"
Yeah right now, but not that often.

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God, I sure hope you are dead.

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Secret Angent X-9"

"Secret Angent X-9"

Got a racecar grin and a calculation
And every gun for a secret agent
Defunct that timebomb at the space station
Hey, Secret Agent X-9 why don't you drop me a line?
And say, would it cost you your job
to say what was in that gold box?
So why did they give you that job?
And why can they give you that job?
You think this guy was on a permanent vacation
But no he's not, he's a secret agent

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"She Ionizes And Atomizes"

"She Ionizes And Atomizes"

She ionizes and atomizes
Then turns to sunlight
He realizes and itemizes
Pulls harder than gravity
She ionizes and atomizes
Then turns to sunlight
Flourescent lightbulbs will make
An absense of dark, but
The light just aint there still and she said
"I'm feeling empty,
The real lights can make you heavy but
Never ever really empty
Flourescent lights will always equal empty."

fox69 · 11.05.2016

"Shit In Your Cut"

"Shit In Your Cut"

I'd hate to be shit in your cut,
But the package, it's gonna be late
I buried it in an abandoned lot out
When I was young, this was where I'd played

Dug under the fence with my claws
Smelled the cold dirt on my face,
I'm waiting till the hands fall off the clock
Spending dollars at the nickel arcade.

I think I'll ride this winter out,
I guess we'll ride this winter out.

You echo from side to side.
Pacing in your clumsy ballet.
Based on the books and clothes on the floor,
I don't think that this is even your place

When the doctor finally showed up.
Oh boy!
His fur was soaking wet.
He said that "this should do the trick"
We hadn't told him what the problem was yet.

Kaw kaw kaw kaw

We'll have to ride this winter out.
This time we'll ride the winter out.

With the strain and the comforting,
You know that everyone needs to go,
But don't everyone go, don't everyone go at once.

Expulsion from the exoskeleton of our mothers we arrive.
Soft, sticky, cold, we arrive and then start to cry.

All those insects that are trapped in my window once again.
Empty their pockets and I'll sort it at the table.
Line up then shoo 'em off
Sure as hell they'll all get caught in our window pockets full as they are able.

The signs all flicker and buzz all night,
Passing by you could hear them say,
"Hey, please won't you just come on in?"
"Won't you please just go away?"

This time we'll ride this winter out,
I guess we'll ride this winter out
I think I'll ride this winter out

With the straining and the comforting,
I know everyone needs to,
But don't everyone go,
Don't everyone go at once...

This time we'll ride the winter out
I guess we'll ride this winter out
With the straining and the comforting
I know everyone needs to go
But don't everyone go
Don't everyone go at once

This time we'll ride the winter out
I guess we'll ride this winter out
With the straining and the comforting
I know everyone needs to go
But don't everyone go
Don't everyone go at once

This time we'll ride the winter out
I guess we'll ride this winter out
But don't everyone go
Don't everyone go at once