Modest Mouse – 5-4-3-2-1 Lisp Off

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[(fuzzy, television-like voice)
Well, look at that
You look so tiny from up here
Like a cute little bug]

Whatcha do, whatcha do, whathca do with your own life
[Oh, the tang is delicious!]
Whatcha see, whatcha see, whatcha see as an astronaut, okay
Whatcha eat, whatcha eat, whatcha eat as an alien
Whatcha want, whaddaya want from outer space

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Lyrics submitted by numb, edited by treeman258


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    General Comment:I think it's about an alien observer looking at earthlings. If you've never heard of it, look up micromegas on wikipedia. Actually, here's the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
    I think it's like this alien creature is looking at us, that's Isaac's way of making an observation of humans (and their lives) objectively. There's a lot of interperetations that can be taken from a short song like this, but I think they all have to do with life and how different people might act if they could look at themselves and the way they act from the point of view of an alien, like micromegas.
    Flag treeman258on April 26, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Modest Mouse's "under a minute" songs are surprisingly high quality. Love it. Makes me think of Guided by Voices.
    Flag Willboeon July 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this intro is pretty cool, it sounds good and also i think hes just talking about being curious about things.
    Flag iamdesireeiishoton October 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Not sure if anyone's got it right in these comments. But, it's Isaac saying, "Well look at that! You look so tiny from up here. Like a cute little bug." then "oh, the tang is delicious!"

    Just sayin'.
    Flag CarbonStealeron June 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I really wonder what we would eat...if we were all aliens ;]
    Flag packheat18754on October 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:emacs is cool.
    Flag biggestfaneveron August 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about how leet isaac brock really is. we had a lisp off and his code was so tight. we all know is perl is off the hook but who knew he'd win the lisp off too??
    Flag shutupurdoinitwrongon August 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This is just awesome.
    Flag spedbuson January 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the good timeth!! haha that was so funny! i like this song. to me.. it is about living outside of the earth =]
    Flag The_Reynoldson October 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Haha Shed..
    I find it catchy too
    Isaac brock has an awesome lisp;
    [:
    Flag ModestMishyon July 28, 2007   Link

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