Modest Mouse – A Life of Arctic Sounds

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As long as you're gone I can't apologize
For all the things that I haven't said and done
And 100 miles is a long drive inside a car
200 miles is a long drive inside a car
300 miles is a long drive inside a car
400 miles is a long drive inside a car
500 miles is a real long drive inside a car
600 miles is a long drive inside a car
700 miles is a long drive inside a car
800 miles is a long drive inside a car
900 miles is a long, long, long, long ways in a car
1000 miles is a long drive inside a car
1100 miles is too far inside a car
I wrote my name on the sun
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
A life of arctic sounds
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
All the sad comedians
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned

I might be goddamned

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    Song Meaning:Artic - The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
    Flag queenlovebuzzon August 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a place he's in in his life. He's trying to get somewhere but never does and i think this just shows alot of frustration about that. A lot of the comments try to relate the lyrics to relationships and shit, and if thats what they mean to you, then more power to you. I just think that isaac is a bit more original than that.
    Flag DoubleBarrelDanon June 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:For some strange reason I get the feeling this is about a long car ride.
    Flag Cringeron April 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i think this is a song about leaving somebody because you're afraid to ruin the relationship with them. it's a song about feeling unworthy of somebody and their time, and you think that might be so true you convince yourself you'll ruin it anyway.
    song for the unlovables :)
    Flag hasboon March 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It seems like this is about the lack of communication between people, the termination of relationships, silence. The song itself is loud, perhaps because silence is very loud and destructive.
    Flag AnonEMuson October 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i kinda get the feeling hes talking about ending a long distance relationship and how they pretty much dont work out. i think i could be way off, but who can make complete sense out of modest mouse sometimes.
    Flag iamdesireeiishoton October 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I thought something completely different. And Maybe I'm just wrong..
    But I thought he was accused of things that this girl had said he was doing and saying. And so he wasn't going to apologize for that.I think that eventually he distances himself so far away from her that he's either in the sun or in antarctica. He drove as far away as possible.
    Yeah, He'll be goddamned to a life of arctic sounds- if he goes to antarctica
    yeah he'll write his name in the sun- if he drives to the sun.

    But as long as you're gone, out of his life, he can;t apologize.
    Flag sarahsmileson February 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:its funny how 100 miles changes something from "A LONG DRIVE IN A CAR!" to "too far in a car".
    Flag MouseColoredon April 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:its funny how 100 miles changes something from "A LONG DRIVE IN A CAR!" to "too far in a car".
    Flag MouseColoredon April 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:to all the guys talking about boring highways and stuff, you should read Raymond Carver, life makes more sense reading Raymond Carver and listening to Modest Mouse
    Flag rio_ferdinandon April 23, 2008   Link

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