Blame it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now.
No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to.
You oughta give her credit 'cause she knows I would've let it happen.

Blame it on the weekends. God I need a cola now.
Oh we mumble loudly, wear our shame so proudly.
Wore our blank expressions, trying to look interesting.
Blame it all on me 'cause God I need a cold one now.

All them eager actors gladly taking credit
For the lines created by the people tucked away from sight
Is just a window from the room we're bound to.
If you find a way out, oh would you just let me know how?
Would you just let me know how?

Blame it on the web but the spider's your problem now.
Language is for liquid that we're all dissolved in.
Great for solving problems, after it creates a problem.
Blame it on the Tetons. God, I need a scapegoat now.

Everyone's a building burning
With no one to put the fire out.
Standing at the window looking out,
Waiting for time to burn us down.
Everyone's an ocean drowning
With no one really to show how.
They might get a little better air
If they turned themselves into a cloud.



Lyrics submitted by Grim713

Track duration: 05:25

"Blame It on the Tetons" as written by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, Dann Gallucci, Tom Peloso

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    General Comment:I always thought Tetons where referring to those little misunderstandings that happen when your trying to explain something and the person does not understand where you are coming from and takes offense.
    Flag TheCaveManon May 11, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:Blame it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now.
    No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to.
    You oughta give her credit 'cause she knows I would've let it happen.

    I believe it's about blaming our mothers (Tetons=Breast, the nipple that fed you as a baby) for raising us how we are. We blame the world for what it made us into because it's easier to blame others instead of yourself.
    The dog part is saying that he would let the dog bite you and the dog knows that but still chooses to not bite. Just because the dog can doesn't mean it's going to. It's being responsible.
    Flag Conchobearon January 04, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:just about blaming others and other existential themes... we are all buildings burning... we're all gonna burn and die... the flames can be looked at our erratic self possessed minds... the bit about language, great for solving problems after it creates a problem i think referencing overly abstract logic problems... analytic philosophy... a math equation or premise has the answer already in it.. so its mostly all redundant and not dealing with the hear and now.. like the spider... or more simple interpretation we create our problems and then tend to solve them only after... and when we are all oceans, it might get better if we become clouds... obviously if we rise above it... a very nice nietzschean line.. which might also give credence to the tetons as mountains
    Flag esoidon August 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:also the teton mt range formed along the teton "fault". but i agree that its about blaming instead of taking responsibilty. the line about needing a cola also reminds me of teeth like god's shoeshine (let's all have anther orange julius)
    Flag ndub8008135on July 08, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:I just think Issac writes down random stuff, looks over what people think it means, and just sits down and fucking laughs.
    Flag downonyourkneesimthepianogodon June 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Actually like most MM songs, I believe that it all has a basic meaning
    though if you think too hard
    you wont get it.
    Feeeeel it!
    It is going to mean many things to many people and modest mouse is one of my favorite bands.
    actually they are my favorite
    for there diversity.
    and sell out sheesh
    . go listen to some lil wayne, or lindsay lohan, or shania. then you will see and hear a SELL out. they sold their humanity and let the system control them
    in another 4 years modest mouse will finally triumph. that said. For me this song. It states the redundancy within our own consciences, what we see that we dont do or change within us or everyone "everywhere around us.
    What we repeatedly do. placing blame behind us, while we focus on everyone else. and all of the bull S*** we have to see and feel as "nobodys" GO DEEP PEOPLE. THE CORRUPTION OUTSIDE IN THE GOVT. we are allowing hte system to control us. ITS about brain washing. For so many little words, This poetry in motion has so many little roads. they DID EXCELLENT
    Flag CarlieTMon January 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:the 'blame it on the Tetons for hunting the buffalo' theory sounds convincing to me, because it reminds me of a lyric from heart cooks brain ('my heart's the bitter buffalo'). It seems like such a random reference to me that it could suggest Isaac's aware of that context/history?
    Flag luciatwothreefouron September 08, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:The Teton's are a mountain range in Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park is where these mountains are. Ansel Adams was famous for photographing this mountain range. This is exactly and only what Isaac is talking about.





    Flag AshleyJayneon September 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:ive heard a teton is a hot spring or something that you can get in and its in the mountains
    Flag pink123456on August 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:First of all:
    I'm on page 5 so if anyone ever reads this then your just as bored as I am.

    This is my quick and easy interpretation for the song, coming mostly from what I've gathered from the first page of comments and my own thoughts. Blame it on the Tetons is Issac Brock's way of saying blame it on what we came from. If we think of "the tetons" as the tits, that could be symbolic for how we were born and raised. Traditionally, wouldn't we spend a year or two at our mother's tit?
    The song look's into the apathetic attitude of "uhhh but that's how I was taught and how the generations before me did it." Placing the blame farther and farther up the ladder.
    Not saying I'm in any rush to change things, but that's pretty much the attitude of the rest of the song, isn't it?

    Thanks to Issac Brock for something to ponder every once and awhile. I don't put effort into figuring out my perspective on a Modest Mouse song as often as I just let them unravel themselves.
    Like savouring a hearty plate of food eh?
    Flag yyachubon July 23, 2010   Link

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