Modest Mouse

"Every kind-hearted banker—I don't think there is one."

"Every winning opinion—I wish I had one."

"Every child star wonders if they have a future up ahead."

"Every governor's mother knows that their bread is buttered by Sam."

"And what about science? They find more proof that lets you make your own decision."

"Truly sorry—I see clearly Calmly crashing—I pace faster than anyone Hinges rusting—they swing louder than anything Truly lonely—this place is flatter than it seems."

"I'm upset, and I leave the door open wide. Our hearts are used up, cracked and dry. Pulled the scabs off of regrets. We haven't learned read our conscience yet."

"One hand clapping—awake but napping."

"Rows of lights to illuminate lines; why don't they turn them off to let us see night?"

"Dropped off a note that said "I'm giving this note back."

"P.S. There's a lot going on underneath: there's roots, there's pipes, and there's drainage leaks."

"Does not exist"

"Looking kind of anxious in your cross-armed stance,"

"Talking shit about a pretty sunset Blanketing opinions that I'll probably regret soon"

"Changed my mind so much I can't even trust it My mind changed me so much I can't even trust myself."

"And I said, "You shouldn't make facts out of opinions""

"I'd hate to see anybody fail,"

"I'm not sure who I am, but I know who I've been."

"I said you can't make everybody happy; you said you would like at least make yourself happy, though,"

"Won herself a pass to some far off moon:"

"Looking out her window, she could more than assume"

"She's the only rocketeer in the whole damn place."

"She started hearing voices sometime in June;"

"Now she doesn't feel lonely, but she'd just as soon try."

"Man shot to the moon:"

"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."

"Go to the grocery store, buy some new friends And find out the beginning, the end, and the best of it Do you need a lot of what you got to survive?"

"Oh, if you could compact your conscience Oh, and you might Oh, if you could bottle and sell it you might've done Oh, and you might Oh, if you could compact your conscience and sell it Save it for another time You know you might have to use it"

"Here's the man with teeth like God's shoeshine He sparkles Shimmers Shines Let's all have another orange julius Thick syrup standing in lines The malls are the soon to be ghost towns Well so long, farewell, goodbye"

"You can be ashamed to be so proud of what you've done, but not no one, not now, not ever anyone."

"Inland from Vancouver Shore, The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward."

"I'm on my way to God don't know or even care."

"In this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow"

"I'm trying to get my head clear I push things out through my mouth i get refilled through my ears."

"We tore one down and erected another there The match of the century: Absence Versus Thin Air"

"My brain's the cliff and my heart's the bitter buffalo."

"My brain's the weak heart and my heart's the long stairs."

"My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal."

"Waiting to bleed onto the big streets, That bleed out onto the highways, And off to other cities built to store and sell these rocks."

"Convenient Parking (is way back, way back)."

"She was going with a cinematographer, Everyone knew he was really a pornographer"

"You are so hot, I would like to steal your digits."

"We are so caught up with things, We should pull each others triggers."

"I've got a girlfriend out of the city, I know I like her, I think she is pretty."

"I'm on the road to God don't know, My brain's the burger, and my heart is the charcoal."

"Well Jesus Christ was an only child, He went down to the river, and he drank and smiled."

"And his dad was oh-so mad, Should have insured that planet, before it crashed."

"Working real hard to make internet cash Work your fingers to the bone sitting on your ass"

"I know now what I knew then, But I didn't know then, what I know now."

"You should hide your kids, While the dogs run wild."