Missed the Boat-Modest Mouse

[ti:Missed The Boat] [ar:Modest Mouse] [al:We Were Dead Before the Ship E] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse [00:42.63]While we're on the subject [00:44.01]Could we change the subject now [00:46.37]I was knocking on your ears [00:47.94]Don't worry you were always out [00:51.53]Looking towards the future [00:53.85]We were begging for the past [00:55.53]Well we knew we had the good things [00:57.91]But those never seemed to last [00:59.97]Oh please just last [01:01.53] [01:09.97]Everyone's unhappy [01:11.26] [01:12.26]Everyone's ashamed [01:14.08]Well we all just got caught looking [01:16.14] [01:16.70]At somebody else's page [01:18.08] [01:19.08]Well nothing ever went [01:20.32] [01:21.45]Quite exactly as we planned [01:23.33]Our ideas held no water [01:24.51] [01:25.58]But we used them like a damn [01:28.76] [01:30.33]Oh and we carried it all so well [01:33.26] [01:35.64]As if we got a new position [01:38.32]Oh and I laugh all the way to hell [01:42.45] [01:44.26]Saying yes this is a fine promotion [01:47.89]Oh and I laugh all the way to hell [01:51.45] [01:54.26]Of course everyone goes crazy [01:57.83]Over such and such and such [02:00.45]We made ourselves a pillar [02:02.64]We just used it as a crutch [02:04.70]We were suddenly uncertain [02:06.95]At least I'm pretty sure I am [02:09.51]Well we didn't need the water [02:11.51]But we just built that go god damn [02:14.20] [02:14.89]Oh and I know this all myself [02:18.70] [02:21.77]I stood in front for all the people [02:24.70]Oh and I know this all myself [02:27.51] [02:30.70]We listen while life hangs on [02:33.46] [02:35.08]And the sound of life's sweet bliss [02:37.89] [03:00.89]Was it ever worth it [03:02.95]Was there all that much to gain [03:05.14]Well we knew we missed the boat [03:07.46]And we'd already missed the plane [03:09.02] [03:10.27]We didn't read the invite [03:11.89]We just dance at our wake [03:14.21]All our favorites were playing [03:16.27]So we could shake shake shake shake shake [03:19.64]Tiny curtains open [03:21.08]And we heard the tiny clap of little hands [03:23.26]A tiny man would tell a little joke [03:26.08]And get a tiny laugh from all the folks [03:28.58]Sitting drifting around in bubbles [03:29.83]And thinking it was us that carried them [03:32.14] [03:32.70]When we finally got it figured out [03:34.96]That we had truly missed the boat [03:36.71] [03:38.27]Oh and we carried it all so well [03:41.96] [03:44.33]As if we got a new position [03:46.89]Oh and we owned all the tools ourselves [03:50.39] [03:53.70]But not the skills to make a shelf with [03:56.39]Oh what useless tools ourselves [04:01.27]END