The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box Modest Mouse

Open up a window All the air, all the air is falling out Eyes vacuum up light Sound gets trapped by the mouth What to do with the remainder When the dents The dents get hammered out Then we'll travel through

One Chance Modest Mouse

I've seen so many ships sail in, just to head back out again and go off sinkin'. I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.

Black Cadillacs Modest Mouse

And it's true that the clouds just hung around like black Cadillacs outside a funeral. And we were done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around. You were so true to yourself.

Beach Side Property modest mouse

said the broken californian down On the beach that used to be by the beach Town hasn't moved but's getting closer, losing ground Making better views and close relaxing sounds Ground sure don't like

Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996) Modest Mouse

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

Perpetual Motion Machine Modest Mouse

Daniel read the paragraph He read until the words ran out It said we're all in trouble now Poison in the juice carafe We drank until our thirst ran out Oh no, we're in some trouble now Everyone wants to

What People Are Made Of modest mouse

) we better hope that it never cracks All hell hit the ground all hard and under his back? And the ground at the bottom of the ocean Where the dead do rise You need proof?

The Tortoise And The Tourist Modest Mouse

Wake up, get ready Wake up, get ready What a wonderful trip's ahead Well, wake up, get ready Wake up, get ready Such a wonderful trip's ahead We get dressed as ghosts With sheets taken from the bed Inside

Grey Ice Water modest mouse

Grey Ice Water send to friend Yer standing by yer grey ice water Out in the wind above ground out in the weather You had yerself a crazy lover Becoming frozen trying hard to forget her You got

Secret Angent X-9 modest mouse

Secret Angent X-9 send to friend 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

Beta Carotene modest mouse

what the fuck you say But I know what's going on who bought the other damn pair of jeans One time, one time, one time, he gone he got another one You don't care, I don't have you bathe down right in

Shit In Your Cut Modest Mouse

I'd hate to be shit in your cut But the package is gonna be late I buried it in an abandoned lot When I was young, this was where I played I'll go and have fits with my claws Milk and corn dirt on my face

So Much Beauty In Dirt modest mouse

So Much Beauty In Dirt send to friend Out of breath and out of cash, find yourself watching M.A.S.H., every night on the couch.

Fly Trapped In A Jar Modest Mouse

door I'm gonna' take myself when it's finally over I'm gonna' let my own bad self take over I'm gonna' move my arm out with my shoulder And One wing wasn't even enough It wasn't even enough It

The Best Room Modest Mouse

in line while I get your turn To the empty balconies we serenade All the playgrounds where them kids don't get to play Dirty parkies went and chased them all away To the game consoles to fatten The best

Space Travel is Boring modest mouse

Space Travel is Boring send to friend Won herself a pass to some far off moon It was second class but what's to lose And looking out her window she could more than assume That you can't see air

Lounge (Closing Time) modest mouse

Lounge (Closing Time) send to friend She was going with a cinematographer Everyone knew that he was really a pornographer They went down to the dance and grind And everybody was feeling fine

From Point a to Point B modest mouse

From Point a to Point B send to friend Point A To Point B oh I Know lots of points with no points in between, for me So lonely but never alone I know I'm at my house but I wish that I were at

Guilty Cocker Spaniels Modest Mouse

comfort for more fashionable clothes I'd left the hills at this point in time To run on treadmills in a perfect line Salad days add up to daily shit Sparked imagination until the sparks just quit And

Lampshades On Fire Modest Mouse

We're all going we're all going Well the lampshade's on fire when the lights go out The room lit up and we ran about Well this is what I really call a party now Packed up our cars move to the next town

Trailer Trash modest mouse

Trailer Trash send to friend 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

Here It Comes modest mouse

Here It Comes send to friend "Here it comes (the place and the time that we knew that things could go wrong)" Walk to your house on my lunch break Here it comes "Come inside and pour a drink"

Bankrupt on Selling modest mouse

Bankrupt on Selling send to friend Well all the apostles-they're sitting in swings Saying "i'd sell off my savior for a set of new rings And some sandles with the style of straps that cling best

Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset modest mouse

Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset send to friend Oh noose tied myself in, tied myself too tight Looking kind of anxious in your cross armed stance Like a bad tempered prom queen at a homecoming

Lamshades On Fire Modest Mouse

about Well, this is what I really call a party now Packed up our cars, moved to the next town Well, the lampshades's on fire when the lights go out This is what I really call a party now Well, fear makes

Cowboy Dan modest mouse

Cowboy Dan send to friend Well, cowboy dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation drinks and gets mean He's gonna start a war He hops in his pickup puts the pedal to the

Lounge modest mouse

Lounge send to friend She was going with a cinematographer Everyone knew that he was really a pornographer They went down to the dance and grind And everybody was feeling fine She was talking

The Stars Are Projectors modest mouse

The Stars Are Projectors send to friend In the last second of life, they're gonna show you how How they run this show, sure, run it into the ground The stars are projectors, yeah Projectin' our

Blame It On The Tetons Modest Mouse

Blame it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now. No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to. You oughta give her credit cos she knows I would've let it happen.

I Came as a Rat modest mouse

I Came as a Rat send to friend Well I don't know but I've been told He's baking cakes inside our souls Stayed awake, took a nap Got myself my bottles back I'm breaking down out on the street

Sweater modest mouse

Sweater send to friend it was like this in 1999 it was like this in 1874 it was like this when you were a child it was like this when i was a whore, well there were massive troops on the back

Steam Engenius Modest Mouse

I was born in the factory Far away from the milk and tea What's the use? Oh, what's the use?

Teeth Like God's Shoeshine modest mouse

You'll burn me if effigy and I'll burn you in effigy." A rattle snake up in buffalo montana He bit the leg of the old sheriff Ha! that boy fell down on his harelip -ow! ow!

Ansel Modest Mouse

I took a train down through Mexico With my father and brother Ansel You can't know Well, you can't ever really know Would you really want to know How the hell would you know I made a mess of myself and

I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock) modest mouse

I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock) send to friend Well I ain't sure but I been told He's baking cakes inside our souls stayed awake took a nap got myself my bottles back I'm breaking

Paper Thin Walls modest mouse

Paper Thin Walls send to friend These walls are paper thin and everyone hears every little sound Everyone's a voyeurist, they're watching me watch them watch me right now They're shaking hands,

Life Like Weeds modest mouse

Life Like Weeds send to friend In this life like weeds you're just a rock to me You're just a rock to me, you're just a rock to me I could have told you all that I love you And in the places you

Sleepwalking modest mouse

Sleepwalking send to friend I fell in love and I needed a roadmap To find out where you lived So excited now Sleepwalking, cuz I'm sleepwalking The white trash boys Listen to the headphones

A Different City modest mouse

A Different City send to friend I want to live in the city with no friends or family I'm gonna look out the window of my color tv I will remember to remember to forget you Forgot me, I'm gonna

Ocean Breathes Salty Lyrics modest mouse

Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in. In my head, in my heart, in my soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

Ocean Breathes Salty modest mouse

Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in. In my head, in my heart, in my soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

Interstate 8 modest mouse

Interstate 8 send to friend Spent 18 hours waiting stoned for space I spent the same 18 hours in the same damn place I'm on a road shaped like a figure 8 I'm going nowhere, but I'm guaranteed

The Whale Song Modest Mouse

> I guess I am a scout So I should find a way out So everyone can find a way out They keep us in To pull us out I'm rising up Wish I was sinking down And it's not like There was warning We were happy

Coyotes Modest Mouse

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 it

Autumn Beds Modest Mouse

We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds October came Our case got stuck with the

Edit the Sad Parts modest mouse

Edit the Sad Parts send to friend Sometimes all I really want to feel is love Sometimes I'm angry that I feel so angry Sometimes my feelings get in the way Of what I really feel I needed to say

Tiny Cities Made of Ashes modest mouse

Tiny Cities Made of Ashes send to friend We're going down the road to tiny cities made of ashes I'm going to hit you on the face I'm going to punch you in your glasses, oh no I just got a message

Whenever I Breath Out modest mouse

Whenever I Breath Out send to friend Hey, haven't seen you around in a while [x4] I didn't go to work for a month I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight I haven't hung out with anyone

Whenever I Breathe Out modest mouse

Whenever I Breathe Out send to friend Hey, haven't seen you around in a while [x4] I didn't go to work for a month I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight I haven't hung out with anyone

Be Brave Modest Mouse

From day to day From day to day To today From day to day From day to day To today We care, we care We carry our own weight From day to day From day go back to today Shocked, sitting in ship's clothing