Modest Mouse

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

"Standing in the tall grass, Thinking nothing, You know we need oxygen to breath."

"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."

"God damn, I hope I can pass high school means nothing"

"Short love, with a long divorce, And a couple of kids of course, They don't mean anything."

"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."

"I had a drink the other day Opinions were like kittens I was giving them away"

"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."

"(8 a.m in the morning, and someone calls you on the telephone) Long Distance Drunk (You want to be by your self and all alone) Long Distance Drunk"

"This plane is definitely crashing"

"This boat is obviously sinking"

"This building's totally burning down"

"And my heart is slowly drying up"

"I don't feel and it feels great"

"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."

"And I know I should go but I will probably stay, And that's all you can do about somethings."

"I'm trying, I'm trying to, Drink away the part of the day, that I cannot sleep away."

"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."

"Well, all the apostles, they're sittin' 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 to the era.""

"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."

"Well, all's not well, But I'm told that it'll all be quite nice You'll be drowned in boots like mafia But your feet'll still float like Christ Well, I'll be damned, They were right. I'm drowning upside down My feet afloat like Christ"

"God takes care of himself, and you of you."

"Well some guy comes in lookin' a bit like everyone I ever seen he moves just like crisco disco breath 100% Listerine, And he says looking at someone else but directing everything to me "Anytime anyone gets on their knees and prays, Well, it makes my telephone ring!" Well, I'll be damned. He said, "You were right, no one's running this whole thing.""

"It's been agreed the whole world stinks, so no one's taking showers anymore."

"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"

"I came as a call, I came as flat I came too soon so I came back I came as flowers, I came as nice I came as dirt and I came as its price"

"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."

"The Devil's apprentice, he gave me some credit. He fed me a line and I'll probably regret it."

"I wanna remember to remember to forget you forgot me."

"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?"

"My Hell comes from inside, Comes from inside myself. Why... fight... this?"

"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..."

"If you knew everything they thought, I bet that you'd wish that they'd just shut up."

"God is a woman, and my mom she is a witch. I...like...this."

"'Cause you cocked your head to shoot me down, And I don't give a damn about you or this town No more."

"'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."

"Your heart felt good It was drippin' pitch and made of wood"

"And your hands and knees felt cold and wet on the grass to me Outside naked, shiverin' looking blue, from the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon"

"I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and I'm very sorry."