the simple pleasures

I bought Modest Mouse last week. I really like it. It's cool, yet eccentric, but not weird. Frankly, I'm surprised I like it so much. Maybe it's the words, Idunno. I also bought Earshot and A Perfect Circle last week, as well (Call it a splurge on child support money) and don't get me wrong, they're ok. But I was honestly hesitant to buy MM, but at the behest of my mom (HEy! I haven't used that word since I wrote that poem with Elise!- long story) But I realy really like it. Take a gander:

"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 if 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.

"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 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.

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