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How do, how do you do?
My name is you
Flies, they all gather around me and you too
You can't see anything well
You ask me what size it is, not what I sell
The flies, they all gather around me and you too
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
The Devil's apprentice he gave me some credit
He fed me a line and I'll probably regret it
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
Ah.
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
My name is you
Flies, they all gather around me and you too
You can't see anything well
You ask me what size it is, not what I sell
The flies, they all gather around me and you too
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
The Devil's apprentice he gave me some credit
He fed me a line and I'll probably regret it
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
Ah.
I don't want you to be alone down there
To be alone down there, to be alone
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I may be looking a little deep in to this, but that's my two cents.
The line = A suspicious guy wearing a trenchcoat is approached by a woman who asks "how big is it?" as opposed to "do you have any good deals."
"my name is you"
soulmates. he's saying that they are both the same person.
"you can't see anything well"
the other person is dead.
"the flies they all gather around me and you too"
the other person is dead. and the singer feels he is dead too, because he equates himself with the deceased person.
"devils apprentice game me some credit. fed me a line.. probs regret it"
i see this as representative of the protagonist recognising the option of suicide. the "line" is basically his thought process pitching him the option of suicide to achieve his goal of re-establishing his equilibrium with the deceased. "credit" may be that he feels he sold his soul to the devil (possibly in relation to the relationship with the deceased), and so he now owes himself to hell anyway.
"i don't want you to be alone down there"
if you've read everything else i wrote, i think this one is self explanatory :) but i will note that he says "down there" not "up there". and he has referred to the devil specifically already.
so yeah, pretty sure it's about reuniting/reunifying with his partner, in hell or at least in death.
More specifically, I think it's a retelling of the Faust myth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
from wikipedia:
Faust is bored and disappointed. He decides to call on the Devil for further knowledge and magic powers with which to indulge all the pleasure and knowledge of the world. In response, the Devil's representative, Mephistopheles, appears. He makes a bargain with Faust: Mephistopheles will serve Faust with his magic powers for a term of years, but at the end of the term, the devil will claim Faust's soul and Faust will be eternally damned.
During the term of the bargain, Faust makes use of Mephistopheles in various ways. In many versions of the story, particularly Goethe's drama, Mephistopheles helps him to seduce a beautiful and innocent girl, usually named Gretchen, whose life is ultimately destroyed.
And if Isaac Brock actually happened to read it I bet he'd come out and say "Dude, you should write my songs for me."
I take it as someone who's trying to urge someone out of a horrible situation - Depression or something. Kind of like they're trying to save someone, but not quite, because the 'savior' is as bad off as the 'saved'.
Also might be about changing your worldview to match that of those around you, what with the references to the devil - There was an interview with Isaac that mentioned he was interested in the whole idea of Satan tempting people into thinking he's God (therefore making God the devil).
Instrumentally it's pretty awesome - Doesn't really sound that much like Modest Mouse.
Just my two cents.
maybe thats what it means and thats what is kinda meaning to me, this is my favorite Modest Mouse song.