Modest Mouse – Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset

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Oh, noose
Tied myself in, tied myself too tight

Looking kind of anxious in your cross-armed stance
Like a bad tempered prom queen at a homecoming dance
And I claim I'm not excited with my life anymore
So I blame this town, this job, these friends, the truth is it's myself
And I'm trying to understand myself and pinpoint who I am
When I finally get it figured out, I've changed the whole damn plan

Oh, noose
Tied myself in, tied myself too tight
Oh, noose
Tied myself in, tied myself too tight

Talking shit about a pretty sunset
Blanketing opinions that I'll probably regret soon
Changed my mind so much I can't even trust it
My mind changed me so much I can't even trust myself

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    General Comment:It's an awesome song with awesome lyrics, but it's the instrumental second half that really sets it apart. I could hum that for days.
    Flag Ryuhzaon February 06, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:NEVER HEARD OF IT!!!!
    Flagged koala5412on September 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It is really annoying when someone says "this song speaks to me!" or "this song is about me!" With that said, this song speaks to me/is about me.
    Flagged ajb3313on April 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song's about Isaac's mind: He's a manic depressive, and characteristic for that disease is an extreme mood change (=>depression) from time to time.

    "Talking shit about a pretty sunset
    Blanketing opinions that I'll probably regret soon
    Changed my mind so much I can't even trust it
    My mind changed me so much I can't even trust myself"

    He can't trust himself; in fact he doesn't even know who he is, because his mind changes (him) from time to time, thus he knows that he'll regret whatever he says when he's depressed (talking shit about a pretty sunset => criticizing everything)
    Flagged MMfanon December 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about the view of a suicidal person's everyday thoughts. Great song, I must agree. This song actually got me into Modest Mouse.
    Flag lucifersam116on November 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:beautiful. just fucking beautiful
    Flag yourshadow247on October 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:one of my most favorite songs ever. as far as lyrics, its definitely the story of my life. and of course modest mouse has a way of providing the perfect song to fit the lyrics

    And I claim I'm not excited with my life anymore
    So I blame this town, this job, these friends, the truth is it's myself
    And I'm trying to understand myself and pinpoint who I am
    When I finally get it figured out, I've changed the whole damn plan

    =story of my life


    probably my favorite lyrics- change my mind so much i cant even trust it, my mind change me so much i cant even trust myself

    what the fuck? when i first heard this, i was like damn thats just so brilliant and so true

    talking shit about a pretty sunset? pretty sure everyone can relate to this
    Flag blank11on February 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I agree that this song is about a cynic. This song means a lot to me as I was becoming more and more cynical, needing to find fault with everything, just critiquing, until even something I liked until I couldn’t enjoy anything.
    My interpretation:
    Talking shit about a pretty sunset = Finding fault with everything
    Blanketing opinions that I'll probably regret soon, Changed my mind so much I can't even trust it = Even being afraid to like something for fear of it disappointing you and there being a fault with it of being “wrong” and regretting it.
    My mind changed me so much I can't even trust myself = Just being confused about what to like, what to hate, being afraid to have opinions… so just hating everything in sight instead.
    God, this song says it all – its so conforting to read lyrics you can relate to and know that someone out there feels the same.
    …and this is the 199th comment buried at the back so no-one shall ever know… :)
    Flag AllWordsAreDuston February 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:First of all this is a Modest Mouse song, so why does everyone keep talking about how awesome Bright Eyes is.. Second of all, Bright Eyes is not that great. I mean some of the songs are alright but Conor Oberst sounds like a fucking baby goat.
    Flag hoopinjoron December 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so amazing. I can relate to it so much, I think alot of people probably could. The lyrics arn't too complex, but they are damn honest.
    Flag veganstarduston September 30, 2010   Link

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