Modest Mouse – Here It Comes

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Walk to your house on my lunch break
Here it comes
Come inside and pour a drink
You'll probably tell me everything you think

Here it comes
The place and the time that we knew
that things could go wrong
The grass grows green
could you step away from the screen
it doesn't mean
I don't want you to be seen
just not like everyone.

Grass grows green and it's just everyone.
You always told me life's a dam that breaks, well
Here it comes
If you sit still or if you run
Here it comes.

So now we're drownin' in birthday cakes
Here it comes
The place and the time that we knew that things could go wrong
Keep it clean.

I didn't mean to be mean.
Why does it always seem
Like I've never won.

Keep it clean and no one's ever won.
The empty promise makers said
Here it comes
Make a point to make no sense, well
Here it comes
Speak about the future in the past tense
Here it comes
Don't look down.

So what'd we do?
Here it comes
Walkin' around with shit on our shoes
Oh, here it comes
The place and the time that we knew things would go wrong.

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Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by sheionizes

Track duration: 03:10

"Here It Comes" as written by Brock/judy/green

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    My Interpretation:I think this song it is about experiencing periods of time where everything is going great but you are afraid to be happy because you know that eventually something bad will happen.
    Flag Indie_Queenon August 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's basically about the futility of life - "if you sit still or if you run" No matter what you do in life... death comes and there's no way of escaping it.
    Flag JTXon July 20, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:To me this song is about a guy and his girlfriend/wife and how they stay together through the rough patches of relationships and the everyday things that make it so great. The line "You'll probably tell me everything you think" signifies that he knows everything about her and how no matter what he thinks will come, he can rely on her being there for him. When they are "drowning in birthday cakes" means they are growing old together. The part where Issac sings "I didn't mean to be mean" could be describing those bad fights that test relationships and him trying to make up for it.

    Anyway some people complain about its repetition. It is a repetitive song from the lyrics to the guitar and drums, but that is part of the message of the song. Anyway its top ten modest mouse and it stays in your head.

    Also the line "the empty promise maker said" has also been interpreted to "the empty promise makes you sick" which sounds so much better.
    Flag ren777on June 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"You always told me life's a dam that breaks
    Here it comes
    If you sit still or if you run
    Here it comes
    So now we're drowning in birthday cakes
    Here it comes"

    One day we'll realize that years and years have gone by, that we're old seemingly all of a sudden. Like a dam breaking, "drowning us in birthday cakes" (birthday cakes symbolizing getting older).
    Here it comes.
    Flag lunchboxturtleon December 09, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:Put simply, this song is about the vanity of life. It's saying that no matter what you do, the end is coming. I think of Pompeii, where people were doing just normal stuff when a wave of hot ash instantly killed them. Or the flood of Noah's day. There is no escaping it. Its reality. Like death. Here it comes. Doesn't really matter what you do. Great song, but some of the interpretations here are pretty far fetched. Some people don't realize that Isaac Brock is the ultimate cynic. Lots of Modest Mouse lyrics seem to indicate his view of the triviality of life, which I don't entirely disagree with. There is a very Epicurean view in much of their music. (See Guilty Cocker Spaniels, Bury Me With It, Life Like Weeds, etc.) I like that.
    Flag everestdesignon August 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:its about telling someone their truths cuz most of our truths we dont wannna hear. here it comes, the truth. The place and the time that we knew everything could go wrong.
    but lyrics at the beginning of the song tell you what this song is about cuz you always tell the truth when your drunk and its easier..

    in other words

    MODEST MOUSE JUST FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!!!
    Flag petewad21on February 23, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:Life, Here it comes!
    Flag kodiak901on February 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:im a big fan of modest mouse, but this cd is by far my favorite, each song on this cd has great lyrics that can be interpreted in many difrent ways but i agree this one has happy lyrics unlike some of the others, but i still love those other songs!
    Flag MrXfilezon May 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song means that Mouse is about start sucking.
    Flag anchoweron March 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with waelkyrie, this whole song sounds like a break up
    he goes to her house during his lunch break, and she breaks up with him out of the blue, hence
    "You'll probably tell me everything you think
    Here it comes
    The place and the time that we knew everything could go wrong"
    Flag challenged elsaon August 04, 2008   Link

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