But at Least I Don’t See You Float Away
But at least I don’t see you float away
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Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members were lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. They achieved critical acclaim for their albums The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) and The Moon & Antarctica (2000) and found mainstream success with the release of Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and its singles "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty". The following album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007) brought additional successes with the single "Dashboard".
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Everything That Keeps Me Together Is Falling Apart
Everything that keeps me together
is falling apart
Everything Will Fall Right Into Place
As fruit drops, flesh it sags –
Everything will fall right into place
I Want to Go Back to Sleep
Early, early in the morning
It pulls all on down my sore feet –
I want to go back to sleep
If You Go Straight Long Enough You’ll End Up Where You Were
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth
If you go straight long enough
you’ll end up where you were
It Isn’t Anything at All
What’s that riding on your everything?
It isn’t anything at all
Okay, Don’t Worry, We’ll All Float On
Okay, don’t worry,
we’ll all float on,
Even if things get heavy,
we’ll all float on
The Universe Works on a Math Equation
The universe works on a math equation
that never even ever really ends in the end
Infinity spirals out creation
When the Earth Folded In on Itself
Will you tell me what you saw,
and I’ll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You missed when time and life shook hands
and said goodbye
When the Earth folded in on itself
When the Ocean Met the Sky
Will you tell me what you saw
and I’ll tell you what you missed,
when the ocean met the sky.
You Ain’t Machines, and You Ain’t Land
Well, we ain’t sure where you stand
You ain’t machines, and you ain’t land
And the plants and the animals, they are linked
And the plants and the animals eat each other
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