Missed the boat lyrics by Modest mouse

Album: We were dead before the ship even sank



while we're on the subject
could we change the subject now?
i was knocking on your ears
don't worry, you were always out
looking towards the future
we were begging for the past
well we knew we had the good things
but those never seemed to last
oh please just last

everyone's unhappy
everyone's ashamed
well we all just got caught looking
at somebody else's page
well nothing ever went
quite exactly as we planned
our ideas held no water
but we used them like a damn

oh, and we carried it all so well
as if we got a new position
oh, and i laugh all the way to hell
saying yes, this is a fine promotion
oh, and i laugh all the way to hell

of course everyone goes crazy
over such and such and such
we made ourselves a ??
we just used it as a crutch
we were suddenly uncertain
at least i'm pretty sure i am
well we didn't need the water
but we just built that go god damn

oh, and i know this all myself
i stood in front for all the people
oh, and i know this all myself
we listen while life hangs on
and the sound of life's sweet bliss

was it ever worth it?
was there all that much to gain?
well we knew we missed the boat
and we'd already missed the plane
we didn't read the invite
we just dance at our wake
all our favorites were playing
so we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
a tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
sitting drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
when we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat

oh, and we carried it all so well
as if we got a new position
oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
but not the skills to make a shelf with
oh, what useless tools ourselves


(thanks to michelle for these lyrics)

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Date:2003-03-20
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