Modest Mouse - The View
Modest Mouse - The View


Modest Mouse - The View Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Released: 2004

Modest Mouse - The View Lyrics

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.

Writer/s: BROCK, ISAAC / JUDY, ERIC / GALLUCCI, DANN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

The View
  • The message of this song: Making mistakes and learning from them is part of life. You want something, you think it's great, but then realize that someone else has something better. Beauty is everywhere but painful experiences must be endured in order for one to feel that the beauty is really there. Life goes on, strife is endured, but in the end everything turns out how it is supposed to be.

  • The View Lyrics


    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.

    Writer/s: BROCK, ISAAC / JUDY, ERIC / GALLUCCI, DANN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    The View
  • The message of this song: Making mistakes and learning from them is part of life. You want something, you think it's great, but then realize that someone else has something better. Beauty is everywhere but painful experiences must be endured in order for one to feel that the beauty is really there. Life goes on, strife is endured, but in the end everything turns out how it is supposed to be.