Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat Lyrics
While We're On The SubjectCould We Change The Subject Now?I Was Knocking On Your EarsDon't Worry, You Were Always OutLooking Towards The FutureWe Were Begging For The PastWell We Knew We Had The Good ThingsBut Those Never Seemed To LastOh Please Just LastEveryone's UnhappyEveryone's AshamedWell We All Just Got Caught LookingAt Somebody Else's PageWell Nothing Ever WentQuite Exactly As We PlannedOur Ideas Held No WaterBut We Used Them Like A DamnOh, And We Carried It All So WellAs If We Got A New PositionOh, And I Laugh All The Way To HellSaying Yes, This Is A Fine PromotionOh, And I Laugh All The Way To HellOf Course Everyone Goes CrazyOver Such And Such And SuchWe Made Ourselves A ??We Just Used It As A CrutchWe Were Suddenly UncertainAt Least I'm Pretty Sure I AmWell We Didn't Need The WaterBut We Just Built That Go God DamnOh, And I Know This All MyselfI Stood In Front For All The PeopleOh, And I Know This All MyselfWe Listen While Life Hangs OnAnd The Sound Of Life's Sweet BlissWas It Ever Worth It?Was There All That Much To Gain?Well We Knew We Missed The BoatAnd We'd Already Missed The PlaneWe Didn't Read The InviteWe Just Dance At Our WakeAll Our Favorites Were PlayingSo We Could Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, ShakeTiny Curtains Open And We Heard The Tiny Clap Of Little HandsA Tiny Man Would Tell A Little Joke And Get A Tiny Laugh From All The FolksSitting Drifting Around In Bubbles And Thinking It Was Us That Carried ThemWhen We Finally Got It Figured Out That We Had Truly Missed The BoatOh, And We Carried It All So WellAs If We Got A New PositionOh, And We Owned All The Tools OurselvesBut Not The Skills To Make A Shelf WithOh, What Useless Tools Ourselves