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This plane is definitely crashing
This boat is obviously sinking
This building's totally burning down
And my, and my (a whole bunch)
And my heart has slowly dried up
This boat is obviously sinking
This building's totally burning down
And my, and my (a whole bunch)
And my heart has slowly dried up
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"This plane is definately crashing" Like we are headed in a shitty direction but "my heart is slowly dried up" meaning he became apathetic to the situation once he accepted it.
Perfectly justified face kick.
Definitely about stuff being destroyed
You know when albums have that one really crazy song that you can't help but bang your head to?
yep, this is that song for the lonesome crowded west.
but sometimes i think people look too far into isaac's lyrics.
This song has meaning, every Modest Mouse song does
This plane is definitely crashing
This boat is obviously sinking
This building's totally burning down
And my, and my (a whole bunch)
And my heart has slowly dried up
The first 3 lines are about disentagration. the plane, the boat, and buliding all end up in pieces, leaving them a waste.
nothing but destruction and decay, and the result of this is his heart.
His heart dried up, the opposite of what happened to the plane, boat, and building, his heart shriveled while the above
scattered.
showing that their disasters, cuases him to feel weaker.
what made them big and more spread, cuases his heart to become small and less able.
all the lyrics come from a negative, pessimist point as do all the other MM songs,
even "all float on" which is rumored to have a somewhat happier view then the rest, is only neutral,
it basically says whatever happens, we'll get along with it, everything will equal out.
the lyrics arent extremly positive, just neutral
as are all the other lyrics neutral or negative.
its sad because Modest Mouse's songs relate the closest to a realistic life than any other.
@stephh925
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i was on a plane a couple years ago heading to ny, just relaxing, listening to modest mouse on shuffle, and all of a sudden i hear isaac screaming at me "THIS PLAN IS DEFINITELY CRASHING!!" scared the shit out of me.
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Hahaha! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day! Ahahahaha!
@codyfromdetroit
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hahaha i love the little guitar noise at the very end after "and my heart has slowly dried up"
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Me too.