Modest Mouse

"I'm wearin' myself a t-shirt that says "The world is my ashtray" Our hearts pump dust and our hairs all grey"

"I didn't die and I ain't complainin', I ain't blamin' you. I didn't know that the words you said to me meant more to me than they ever could you."

"I got the time, I got the hours, I got the days, I got the weeks. I could say to myself I've got the words but I can't speak."

"It's true, we named our children after towns, that we've never been to, and it's true that the clouds just hung around, like black cadillacs outside the funeral, and we were laughing at the stars, while our feet clung tight to the ground, so pleased with ourselves for using so many verbs and nouns"

"Blame it on the web but the spider's your problem now."

"Language is the liquid that we're all dissolved in. Great for solving problems, after it creates a problem."

"Well all that icing and all that cake, I can't make it to your wedding, but I'm sure I'll be at your wake. You were talk, talk, talk, talkin' in circles that day, When you get to the point make sure that I'm still awake, okay?"

"If God controls the land and disease Keeps a watchful eye on me, If he's really so damn almighty, Well, my problem is I can't see Well, who would wanna be... Who would wanna be such a control freak?"

"We were shootin' at a mound of dirt. Well nothing was broken, nothing was hurt. But I probably really should have been at work."

"Well fads they come and fads they go and God I love that rock and roll Well, the point was fast, but it was too blunt to miss. Life handed us a paycheck and we said, "we worked harder than this!""

"We were aimin' for the moon, we were shootin' for the stars But the kids were just shootin' at the buses and the cars! So don't drink the water, Don't you breath the air, And if it's gotten to that point then i have to declare PLEASE, Bury Me With It"

"I backed my car into a cop car the other day, Well he just drove on, sometimes life's okay. I ran my mouth off a bit too much, but what can I say, Well you just laughed it off, it was all okay."

"He hops into his pickup, puts the pedal to the floor, And says: "I got mine, but I want more!""

"Can't do it, even if your sober, Can't get that engine turned over!"

"Eating snowflakes with plastic forks, And a paper plate of course: You think of everything."

"And it's been a long time which agrees with this watch of mine and I guess that I missed you and I'm sorry if I dissed you."

"Taking heartache with hard work, God damn I am such a jerk, I can't do anything."

"And I shout that your all fakes, And you should have seen the look on your face. And I guess that's what it takes, When comparing your bellyaches."

"Hang it up now or never, Hang it up again."

"Doesn't seem like anything your saying or doing or doing, Is making any sense."

"This building's totally burning down"

"And my heart is slowly drying up"

"I'm going to Colorado to unload my head. I'm going to New York City and that's in New York, friends."

"Polar Opposites don't push away, It's the same on the weekends, as the rest of the days."

"These vibrations oil its teeth, Primer grey is the color, when your done dying."

"Well, I'll go to college and I'll learn some big words, And I'll talk real loud, Goddamn right, I'll be heard. You'll remember that guy who said all those big words he must've Learned in college."

"And all of the angels, they'd sell of your soul, For a set of new wings, and anything gold, They remember the people the loved, their old friends, And I've seen through them all, Seen through most everything."

"All the people you knew, were the actors."

"Everyones a voyuerist They're watching me watch them watch me right now."

"I came as ice, I came as a whore I came as advice that came too short I came as gold, I came as crap I came clean and I came as a Rat"

"It takes a long time, but God dies too, But not before he'll stick it to you. I don't know, but I been told You never die and you never grow old."

"You can't see anything well. You ask me what size it is, not what I sell."

"They gave me a receipt that said I didn't buy nothing."

"If I had a nickel, For every damn dime, I'd have half the time, Do you mind?"

"Everyone is afraid of their own lives. If you could be anything you want, I'd bet You'd be disappointed. Am I right?"

"It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember we're alive for the first time. It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember we're alive for the last time. It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember to live before you die. It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember that our lives are such a short time. It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember when it takes such a long time . It's hard to remember..."

"'You need me to fall down so you can climb up, Some fool ass ladder, well good luck I hope, I hope there is something better up there"

"The 3rd Planet is sure that they're being watched By an eye in the sky that can't be stopped And when you get to the promised land, You're gonna shake that eye's hand."

"This one's a doctor, This one's a lawyer, This one's a cash thief, Taking your money!"

"Another rider, He was a talker, Talking 'bout TV, Please Shut Up!"

"This one's a crazer, Daydreaming disaster, The origin of junk food, Rutting through garbage!"

"Tasty but worthless Dogs eat their own shit"

"Doin' the Cockroach, yeah!"

"One year, Twenty years, Forty years, Fifty years, down the road in your life, You'll look in the mirror and say: "My parents are still alive.""

"Oh my mind is all made up, So I have to sleep in it."

"Everytime you think you're walking you're just moving the ground Everytime you think you're talking you're just moving your mouth Everytime you think you're looking you're just looking...down"

"He drove to the desert, fired his rifle in the sky And said, "God if I have to die then you will have to die.""

"Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation drinks and gets mean I didn't move to the city, the city moved to me And I want out desperately"

"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."

"Fed up with all that LSD; need more sleep than coke or methamphetamines."