good_news_forpeoplewholove_bad_news unhinged modest_mouse THE WORLD AT LARGE ice-age heat wave. can't complain. if the world's at large why should i remain? walked away to another plan. gonna find another place, maybe one i can stand. i move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way. went to the porch to have a thought. got to the door and again, i couldn't stop. you don't know where and you don't know when. but you still got your words and you got your friends. walk along to another day. work a little harder, work another way. well uh-uh baby i ain't got no plan. we'll float on maybe would you understand? gonna float on maybe would you understand? well float on maybe would you understand? the days get shorter and the nights get cold. i like autumn but this place is getting old. i pack up my belongings and i head for the coast. it might not be a lot but i feel like i'm making the most. the days get longer and the nights smell green. i guess it's not surprising but it's spring and i should leave. i like songs about drifters --- books about the same. they both seem to make me feel a little less insane. walked on off to another spot. i still haven't got anywhere what i want. did i want love? did i need to know? why does it always feel like i'm caught in an undertow? the moths beat themselves to death against the lights. adding their breeze to the summer nights. outside, water like air was great. i didn't know what i had that day. walk a little farther to another plan. you said that you did, but you didn't understand. i know that starting over is not what life's about. but my thoughts were so loud i couldn't hear my mouth. my thoughts were so loud i coldn't hear my mouth. my thoughts were so loud. FLOAT ON i backed my car into a cop car the other day. well he just drove off, sometimes life's OK. i ran my mouth off a bit too much, oh what did i say? well you just laughed it off, it was all OK. and we'll float on OK. and we'll all float on OK. and we'll all float on anyway. well, a fake jamaican took every last dime with that scam. it was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand. bad news comes, don't you worry even when it lands. good news will work its way to all them plans. we both got fired on exactly the same day, that we were gonna quit it anyways. and we'll float on OK. alright already, we'll all float on. no, don't you worry. we'll all float on. alright, don't worry even if things end up up a bit too heavy. we'll all float on. alright already, we'll all float on. alright already, we'll all float on OK. don't worry, we'll all float on. even if things get heavy, we'll all float on. alright already, we'll all float on alright. don't you worry, we'll all float on. we'll all float on. (to_be_continued) 040601 ... silentbob i like this 040601 ... would you do this for me my friend? (please! bury me with it) 040602 ... unhinged OCEAN BREATHES SALTY your body may be gone, i'm gonna carry you in. in my head, in my heart, in my soul. and maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. well i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. don't think so. well that is that and this is this. you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get. you get away from me. you get away from me. collected my belongings and i left the jail. well thanks for the time. i needed to think a spell. i had to think awhile. i had to think awhile. the ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? in your head, in your mouth, in your soul. and maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old. well i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. i hope so. well that is that and this is this. you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get. you get away from me. you get away from me. collected my belongings and i left the jail. well thanks for the time, i needed to think a spell. i had to think awhile. i had to think awhile. well that is that and this is this. will you tell me what you saw and i'll tell you what you missed, when the ocean met the sky. you missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye. when the earth folded in on itself. and said "good luck, for your sake i hope heaven and hell are really there, but i wouldn't hold my breath." you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? the ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? in your head, in your mouth, in your soul. the more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind. well i don't mind. i don't mind. how the hell could i mind? well that is that and this is this. you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get. you get away from me. you get away from me. well that is that and this is this. will you tell me what you saw and i'll tell you what you missed, when the ocean met the sky. you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife? BURY ME WITH IT 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 freetime's gone, would you promise me this? that you will please bury me with it? 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 gettin faded , if it's runnin outta thread, could you just 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. we have good news for anyone who loves bad news. we were aiming for the moon. we were shooting for 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: 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 will not move. we have great news for anyone who loves bad news. 040614 ... unhinged DANCE HALL i'm gonna dance all dance hall everyday. i'm gonna dance all dance hall every day. i'm gonna dance all dance hall every day. well i'm giving myself another one, i have too much to say. dance all dance hall everyday. i'm gonna dance all dance hall every day. i'm gonna angle for telepathy cuz i don't know the words to say. well i'm gonna act up but not in your fuckin play. i'll let you win the arguement if things still go my way. i'm gonna dance all dance hall everyday. well i haven't had enough and i said i had my fill. the past does not exist and i'm told it never will. i guess that i'm stuck here like a plant on a windowsill. i'm gonna dance all dance hall everyday. i'm gonna tell you what you to want to hear anyways. i could give myself a shot, i could give myself a pill. i'm gonna go and try to buy a little more time to kill. i need a can opener, cuz i got some beans to spill. i'm gonna dance all dance hall everyday. well somehow or another i fell for every scam. but i was dancin on the tin roof, cat be damned. committing crimes running down the alley. i am the captain and you are in the galley! i'm gonna dance all dance hall every day. i'm gonna dance hall dance all night long right now! BUKOWSKI woke up this morning and it seemed to me, that every night turns out to be a little more like bukowski. and yeah, i know he's a pretty good read. but god who'd wanna be? god who'd wanna be such an asshole? god who'd wanna be? god who'd wanna be such an asshole? well we sat on the edge of the river, the crowd screamed, "Sacrifice the liver!" if god takes life, he's an indian giver. so tell me now why, you'll tell me never. who would wanna be? who would wanna be such a control freak? well who would wanna be? who would wanna be such a control freak? well see what you wanna see. you should see it all. well take what you want from me. you deserve it all. nine times out of ten, our heart just gets dissolved. well i want a better place or just a better way to fall. but one time out of ten, everything is perfect for us all. well i want a better place or just a better way to fall. here we go! if god controls the land and disease, keeps a watchful eye on me, if he's really so damn mighty, my problem is that i can't see, well who'd wanna be? who'd wanna be such a control freak? well who'd wanna be? who would wanna be such a control freak? evil home stereo, what good songs do you know? evil me, oh yeah i know, what good curves can you throw? well all that icing and all that cake, i can't make it to your wedding, but i'm sure i'll be at your wake. you were talk, talk, talk, talkin in circles that day, when you get to the point make sure that i'm still awake, OK? went to bed and didn't see why every day turns out to be a little bit more like bukowski. and yeah, i know he's a pretty good read. but god who'd wanna be? god who'd wanna be such an asshole? THIS DEVIL'S WORKDAY all those people that you know. all those people that you know, floatin in the river are logs. i could buy myself a reason. i could sell myself a job. i could hang myself on treason. all the folks i know are gone. all the people that you know floatin in the river are logs. so i ate the wedding cake til the whole damn thing was gone. and i'm gonna drown the ocean. now ain't none o that so wrong? all those people that you know floatin in the river are gone. gonna take this sack of puppies. gonna set it out to freeze. gonna climb around on all fours til all the blood falls out my knees. all the people that you know floatin in the river are logs. well let's take this potted plant to the woods and set it free. i'm gonna tell the owners just how nice that was of me. i could buy myself a reason. i could sell myself a job. i could hang myself on treason. for i am my own damn god. HAHAHAHAHA THE VIEW your gun went off. well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you. my mouth runs on too. shouts from both sides, "well we've got the land but they've got the view!" well now here's the clue. life it rents us. and yeah i hope it put plenty on you. well i hope mine did too. as life gets longer, awful feels softer. well it feels pretty soft to me. and if it takes shit to make bliss, then i feel pretty blissfully. your gun went off. well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you. my mouth runs on too. shouts from both sides, "well we've got the land but they've got the view!" well now here's the clue. we are fixed right where we stand. life it rents us. and yeah i hope it put plenty on you. well i hope mine did too. we are fixed right where we are. as life gets longer, awful feels softer. well it feels pretty soft to me. and if it takes shit to make bliss, well i feel pretty blissfully. for every invention made how much time did we save? we're not much farther than we were in the cave. as life gets longer, awful feels softer, and it feels pretty soft to me. and if it takes shit to make bliss, well i feel pretty blissfully. if life's not beautiful without the pain, well i'd just rather never ever even see beauty again. well as life gets longer, awful feels softer. and it feels pretty soft to me. for every good deed done there is a crime committed. we are fixed. for every step ahead we could have just been seated. we are fixed. as life gets longer, awful feels softer. well it feels pretty soft to me. and if it takes shit to make bliss, well i feel pretty blissfully. we are fixed. we are fixed. we are fixed right where we stand. SATIN IN A COFFIN you were laying on the carpet like you're satin in a coffin. you said, "do you believe what you're sayin?" yeah right now, but not that often. are you dead or are you sleepin? are you dead or are you sleepin? arre you dead or are you sleepin? god, i sure hope you are dead. well you disappeared so often like you dissolved into coffee. are you here right now or are there probably fossils under your meat? are you dead or are you sleepin? god, i sure hope you are dead. now the blow's been softened, since the air we breathe's our coffin. well now the blow's been softened, since the ocean is our coffin. often times you know our laughter is your coffin ever after. and you know the blow's been softened, since the world is our coffin. and now the blow's been softened, since we are our own damn coffins. well everybody's talkin about their short lists. yeah, everybody's talkin about death. you were laying on the carpet like you're satin in a coffin. you said, "do you believe what you're sayin?" yeah right now, but not that often. are you dead or are you sleepin? god, i sure hope you are dead. 040614 ... unhinged BLAME IT ON THE TETONS 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 cuz 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 cuz 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 wuld you just le tme 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. BLACK CADILLACS and it's true we named our children after towns we've never been to. and it's true that the clouds just hung around like black cadillacs outside a funeral. and we were done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin around. you were so true to yourself. you were true to no one else. well i should put you in the ground. i've got the time, i got the hours, i got the days, i got the weeks. i could say to myself i've got the words but i can't speak. well i was done, done, done with all the circ, circ, circlin around. i didn't die and i ain't complainin. i ain't blamin you. i didn't know that the words you said to me meant more to me than they ever could you. i didn't lie and i ain't sayin i told the whole truth. i didn't know that this game we were playin even had a set of rules. we named our children after towns that we've never been to. and it's true that the clouds just hung around like black cadillacs outside a funeral. and we were laughing at the stars while our feet clung tight to the ground. so pleased with ourselves for using so many verbs and nouns. but we were all still just dumb, dumb, dumber than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground. well wings on flames, kings with no names, well this place just ain't got right air right now. you were so all over town but still crayola brown. well you should run round yourself right now. and we were done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin around. circlin around. ONE CHANCE we have one chance. one chance to get everything right. we have one chance, one chance. and if we're lucky we might. my friends, my habits, my family, they mean so much to me. i just don't think that it's right. i've seen so many ships sail in, just to head back out again and go off sinking. i'm just a box in a cage. i'm just a box, just a box in a cage. i'm just a box, just a box in a cage. i'm just a box of mistakes. didn't mean to laugh, didn't know i had. didn't know the better part of what you said cuz in your head you are not home. didn't get the joke. didn't mean to poke another, just to save myself from some something something or another one. well walk home. i'm just a box in a cage. we have once chance, one chance to get everything right. my friends, my habits, my family they mean so much to me. i just don't think that it's right. i've seen so many ships sail in, just to head back out again and go off sinking. THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME**** the good times are killing me. here we go! got dirt, got air, got water and i know you can carry on. shrug off shortsighted false excitement and oh what can i say? have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent. the good times are killing me. kick butt buzz-cut dickheads who didn't like what i said. the good times are killing me. jaws clenched tight we talked all night, oh but what the hell did we say? the good times are killing me. the good times are killing me. the good times are killing me. fed up with all that LSD. need more sleep than coke or methamphetamines. late nights with warm, warm whiskey. i guess the good times they were all just killing me. got dirt, got air, got water and i know you can carry on. the good times are killing me. enough hair of the dog to make myself an entire rug. the good times are killing me. have one, have twenty more 'one mores' and oh it does not relent. the good times are killing me. shit-kicker city slickers who all wanted me dead. the good times arekilling me. get sucked in and stuck in late nights with more folks that i don't know. the good times are killing me.... modest_mouse 040614 ... zxc my friend likes this band. perhaps i should listen to them. hmm... 040614 ... . IT REALLY ANNOYS ME THAT THEY ARE GETTING POPULAR JUST NOW AND EVERYTHING THINGS THEY ARE THIS NEW BAND WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 14 YEARS WITH TRUE FANS LIKE MYSELF. I AM AN ELITIST BITCH SORRY. 040917 ... Strideo geez, like anybody cares but you . . . ... 040917 ... Strideo sorry. I like some bands that aren't super popular too, but I think it would be great if earned more popularity and became really famous. I don't want brownie points just because I like some good but obscure bands. and nobody really cares if you go around saying "I liked them before they were popular" its just obnoxious. ... 040917 ... shpaaaaaaaaaaaa shpaaaaaaaaaaaa 110228 ... dafremen Dear atheists, The bad news is that basic math says you're almost CERTAINLY wrong about intelligent design of the universe. The good news is that everything's going according to plan. You just have no idea what the plan is, because you never thought there was one. 230907 what's it to you? who go blather from