Modest Mouse – Dig Your Grave

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We were shootin' at a mound of dirt.
Well nothing was broken, nothing was hurt.
But I probably really should have been at work.
But if my free time's gone, would you promise me this?

That you will please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!

Well sure as planets come, I know that they end.
And if I'm here when that happens, will you promise me this my friend?

Please bury me with it!
I just don't need none of that Mad Max bullshit.

Well the suit got tight and it split at the seams.
But I kept it out of habit and I kept it really clean.
But if it's getting' faded, if it's runnin' outta thread,
Could you just do this for me my friend?

And please just please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!

Well we moved to the left and moved to the right.
And sure as hell we stayed out almost every single night.
But if the party's over, if the fun has to end,
Could you do this for me my friend?

Would you just please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!

Good news for people who love bad news.
We've lost the plot and we just can't choose.
We are hummingbirds who are just not willing to move.
And there's good news for people who love bad news.
We are hummingbirds who've lost the plot and we will not move.
We have good news for anyone who loves bad news.

We were aiming for the moon. We were shooting at the stars.
But the kids were just shooting at the busses and the cars.
So don't drink the water, don't you breathe the air.
If it's gotten to that point then I have to declare:

That you please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!

Well fads they come and fads they go.
And God I love that rock and roll!
Well the point was fast but it was too blunt to miss.
Life handed us a paycheck, we said, "We worked harder than this!"

Please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!

We are hummingbirds who are just not going to move.
And there's good news for people who love bad news.
We are hummingbirds who've lost the plot and we well not move.
We have great news for anyone who loves bad news.

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Track duration: 00:13

"Dig Your Grave" as written by Isaac Brock

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    Song Meaning:well there's little to go on here but if you look at the rest of the album and the song title, you might get a clue what this is about. I think there's a good bit packed into these few lines and notes.

    The phrase "dig your own grave"...It's the same as "shoot yourself in the foot" or "self-fulfilling prophesy. You "dig your own grave" when you do something to yourself or to a situation to make it implode or self-destruct. Kind of like the moths that "beat themselves to death against the lights" line in The World at Large.

    So I think that the singer is digging his own grave (already digging) - he knows this, but at the same time he's hoping that situation or part of him is dead (I hope you're dead) - making it obvious that it's in fact not dead (undead?). He just is wishing it to be so.

    In the next song Bury Me With It, he seems to implore that dead means dead. So if this situation or relationship or this part of your life is over...bury it and move on.

    Not sure if I put in too much but those are my thoughts.
    Flag gimpPACon September 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I've listened to this like 20 times in a row with my earbuds in, and I'm 99.9% sure that he's saying:

    I'm already diggin'.
    I hope you're dead.
    I'm really diggin'.
    I hope you're undead.
    Flag tnapon December 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:There's a They Might Be Giants song called "Dig My Grave", and i know that they've made TMBG references before (e.g. in "Paper Thin Walls"), so perhaps this is another one.
    Flag anakoluthonon December 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm under the impression that the line is "I'll help you dig it," not "I'm already digging," but I prefer "I'm already digging," so I hope that's what it is.

    The reason why I'm under this impression is because "I'll help you dig it" is a line from another song of theirs, "You're The Good Things," and Modest Mouse tends to have similar lyrics in different songs.
    Flag Lionboyon November 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:wow! i couldnt have said it better. its like they take how i feel and put it into words! music to me is different depending on my mood. and when i feel like hearing my thoughts out loud i definantly have these guys at the top of my list!
    Flag humble_024on September 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Very intense and odd. Night on the sun makes me wet my pants I cry so hard. It's seven 1/2 minutes long. In 12 seconds he can evoke strong emotion. Listening to modest mouse is like surrendering your thoughts then getting them back reformatted.
    Flag SadSappySuckeron July 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:ya i think hes sayin

    im already diggin
    i hope your dead
    im reall diggin
    i hope your dead
    Flag pink_soupon January 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:vikingneal is correct
    Flag iGodon June 25, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I believe that Isaac says, "Im already diggin, i hope your dead, im already diggin, I hope your dead."
    Flag vikingnealon February 02, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:WTF???!!!
    Flag Foodon November 13, 2004   Link

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