Modest Mouse - Dashboard Lyrics






Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.

Oh, it should've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I'd like to go.

Oh, it could've been, should've been worse than you would ever know.
Well, the windshield was broken but I love the fresh air you know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)

Oh, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know, oh!
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Oh, we talked about nothing which was more than I wanted you to know-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!

Oh! It would've been, could've been worse than it had even gone
Well, the car was on blocks, but I was already where I want.
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)

Why should we ever even ever really even get to know?
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
Oh if the world don't like us it'll shake us just like we were a co-oh-oh-oh-old.
Now here we go!

Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We've yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you're surprising,
and in the evening one's consoling
Saying "See it wasn't quite as bad as"
Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.

I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes
After you had proved my point wrong,
It wasn't like I'd let it go, oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh.
I just wanted to catch the last laugh of this show.

Yeah, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.
(The dashboard melted, but we ran it good, we ran it good)

Hard-wired to conceive, so much we'd have to stow it
Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants.
Don't wear eyelids so I don't miss the last laugh of this show.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)

Oh, we could've been, should've been worse than you would ever know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I'd like to go-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!

Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We've yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you're surprising,
and in the evening one's consoling
Saying "See it wasn't quite as bad as"

Oh it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.





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  1. 0.... 1....

    We've yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it, see, it wasn't quite as bad as... I must've reached 150 miles per hour, lock me away already. I'm sick of this sensory overload, you know how it starts.

  2. J.... N....

    Such high vibes! Great music guys! Thank you for making it! <3

  3. R.... 2....

    This music video is simply amazing. ♥️😝♥️

  4. l.... ....

    The greatest story ever told right here fella's...listen up


    And gals

  5. M.... ....

    2:21 riven: the sequel to myst footage

  6. J.... H....

    This song is really bad

  7. E.... R....

    por qué no se pueden ver los vídeos en el canal de modest mouse? 🤔😐

  8. S.... S....

    This video is on my guilty pleasures music list.

  9. f.... ....

    Sargasso sea. Even though its fiction, many of us have been there

  10. K.... ....

    “The dashboard melted but we still have the radio ...”. LOL!!!

  11. j.... m....

    (superego)
    Avoided (because unliked) conscious becomes split subconscious, managed (with coping techniques) or not. Conscious becomes subconscious when all segments of conscious thoughts become irrelevant to awareness. Long, fairly conductive, trial and error thought processes are the best for figuring it out.

    (Ego)
    Figure base interpretations are somatic interpretations and somatic relevance to physiology, biology. Managing contradictions seem to have manipulation potential because of depth perceptions or figured similar to relativity, unawareness.

    (Id)
    If you think your life has been bad, (don't) try being spiritual, religious or any other variant of "belief" too. (They don't listen. They just don't listen. If you don't have or won't give them what they want, there's your answer for and about belonging; though hopefully it's like a not-ironic journey if you need the or a destination because of hopelessness. Then turn back to what is worth the effort.)(fears about despair validates self defeat, which validates hopelessness.)(lesson learned or i learned.)

    Here's the kicker too, though... Try telling them the truth....

    (I clearly value the truth because they wouldn't understand nor care.)

    ------

    Focusing on worries while worrying about being judged because of fears of criticism and reactions causes resonating internal reactions because of contradicting internal and reminders by external while justifications causes fearful avoidances until outbursts because of worrying about the future (as though real but imagined because of focusing on reality to avoid negativity) if self contained/self controlled. Maybe the similar process works using different emotions.

    ----

    -(I don't care if you don't believe me anymore because like stop expecting, meaning stop expecting of me.)
    --

    The bullhorn-meditative shout - endured, unlistened to,- unfair inequality because of disharmony. (Don't piss them off because)

    ----

    joking is hoping that they are humble or humbled enough to laugh about apathized anxiety for joying sadness too.

    Calming anxieties for enjoying instead of focusing on despair. (Because of like the percieved law of attraction attracting outcomes.)

  12. j.... m....

    Just slap his cheek... (Or let him be until he comes back and faces a shit reality again [just don't make him feel small over it; though just leave a note of what you did for him,- if anything])

    Depression -> Outrageous!(?)... <-anxiety expression

  13. B.... B....

    Ngl I came from that Shaun white game . . .

  14. N.... S....

    OLD GREGG!!!

  15. j.... m....

    Put a life raft on that boat and steam whistle the meeked outraged for propulsion.

  16. Y.... M....

    Bruh I love the part with the mops it always gets me 😂😂

  17. D.... D....

    I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes. -2019

  18. G.... T....

    Mariners: What do you sing bro?

  19. T.... J....

    Oh wow this is like reverse King Rat

  20. P.... M....

    Wow. His worst song.

  21. B.... W....

    This video is hilarious. 😂😆🙂

  22. C.... N....

    That was a fucking journey in a song.

  23. P.... �....

    That song remember me to the Captain Haddock

  24. A.... V....

    Well, it would've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know
    Oh, the dashboard melted
    But we still have the radio
    Oh, it should've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know
    Well, you told me about nowhere
    Well, it sounds like someplace I'd like to go
    Oh, it could've been
    Should've been worse than you would ever know
    Well, the windshield was broken
    But I love the fresh air ya know
    (The dashboard melted, but we still have the radio)
    Oh, it would've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know, oh!
    (The dashboard melted, but we still have the radio)
    Oh, we talked about nothing
    Which was more than I wanted you to know-oh-oh-oh-oh
    Now here we go!
    Oh, it would've been
    Could've been worse than it had even gone
    Well, the car was on blocks, but I was already where I want
    (It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
    Why should we ever even ever really even get to know?
    (It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
    Oh, if the world don't like us
    It'll shake us just like we were a co-oh-oh-oh-old
    Now here we go!
    Well, we scheme, and we scheme, but we always blow it
    We've yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it
    Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon
    Every dawn you're surprising
    And the evening was consoling
    Saying, "See, it wasn't quite as bad as"
    Well, it would've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know
    I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes
    After you had proved my point wrong
    It wasn't like I'd let it go, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
    I just wanted to catch the last laugh of this show
    Yeah, it would've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know
    Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio
    (The dashboard melted, but we ran it good, we ran it good)
    Hard-wired to conceive, so much we'd have to stow it
    Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants
    Don't wear eyelids so I don't miss the last laugh of this show
    (The dashboard melted, but we still have the radio)
    Oh, we could've been
    Should've been worse than you would ever know
    (The dashboard melted, but we still have the radio)
    Well, you told me about nowhere
    Well, it sounds like someplace I'd like to go-oh-oh-oh-oh
    Now here we go!
    Well, we scheme, and we scheme, but we always blow it
    We've yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it
    Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon
    Every dawn you're surprising
    And the evening was consoling
    Saying, "See, it wasn't quite as bad as"
    Oh, it would've been
    Could've been worse than you would ever know

  25. 7.... ....

    This song helped me through a divorce. Turns out, it could have been worse than I’d ever know.

  26. E.... D....

    Why does he look like jontron

  27. D.... D....

    Anybody else remember this from mlb 2k?

  28. N.... F....

    Modest mouse music videos are perfect for making you wonder what the fuck is going on

  29. E.... P....

    I used to play modest mouse for my Uncle and he loved it! He used to think it was like Talking Heads...lol.

    One time we were at the local bar and he asked the band ( two guys playing guitar with a set of bongos) where the drums were at!? And they said those are the drums sir...he goes "get real! Those aren't drums...that's caveman shit!". "You both don't know Jack from Jill...shakes his head in disgust lol...and says "That's Unbelievable! " Then later on that night he orders up two shots of vodka, holds em up and goes..."To Beat the Band Up!". 💪🥃🥃I'm like....🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
    😂😂😂
    I was laughing so hard...he would continue to say it everytime he got drunk and the band didn't have a drummer!!!

    And when I told him Modest Mouse had two drummers...he goes "Now that's Music! That's Rock' N Roll!!! "

    Good times...R.I.P. Joe Dual!

  30. J.... R....

    I died when the bar tender came over and lifted his pant leg showing that he had a guitar neck as a stub...LMAO!

  31. J.... L....

    What a fucking banger

  32. f.... ....

    A decade now, and this still is everything.

  33. J.... B....

    Is that machete at 1:45???

  34. T.... ....

    Is it just me or is Modest Mouse a lil too fond of whales??

  35. D.... ....

    Lead singer dude in the video reminds me of jontron

  36. K.... F....

    Hipster crap that started their stupid obsession with all looking like Amish. Johnny Marr should never have shared his riffs with you. So much better than you, Modest Mouse 🤮

  37. �.... W....

    This is probably my favourite music video ever

  38. i.... j....

    IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR S O LONG

  39. P.... ....

    Johnny Marr is incredible but I love this sliding seasick bass

  40. M.... I....

    Marvelous misadventures of flapjack sixty years later

  41. E.... O....

    This song makes me feel alive still heart this song for many year's, it's now one my guy favorite song.

  42. T.... ....

    WELL THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN BUT I LOVE THE FRESH ANAL!!!!

    T.... ....

    ill never unhear this...thanks lol!

  43. t.... ....

    WTF did I just watch? This is either the work of some good chemicals or some mad genius, not sure which

  44. D.... ....

    I like dashboard so much😁😁😁😎

  45. M.... Z....

    Saw them live! Insane!

  46. J.... V....

    We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Level 1
    1 March Into The Sea
    2 Dashboard 4:06
    3 Fire It Up
    4 Florida

  47. M.... I....

    3:16 that guy's face like
    "Do you believe this"
    Issac playing with the mops made me grin

    The other guy winks at him
    "Just go with it"

  48. A.... P....

    Beards dont lie.

  49. j.... M....

    It could ALWAYS be worse.

  50. D.... S....

    I just want to catch the last laugh of this show

  51. g.... ....

    SING FLOAT ON AT YOUR SHOWS!

  52. B.... P....

    Possibly the best band ever

  53. J.... ....

    Happy 10 years of this video being on YouTube! Also 12 years of listening to this song and I never how great the bass sounded till this listen. How the hell have I never noticed that?

  54. b.... ....

    YouTube auto generated captions only captures like one third of this song and I love it

  55. t.... l....

    Step - vampire weekend bring me here

  56. A.... T....

    so depressed i feel like am being crushed in the cogs of a cold steel machine... no one to tell so i will put it here for no reason...

  57. M.... L....

    I heard this song on the MLB 2K8 soundtrack and it's stuck with me ever since

    M.... L....

    Matthew Lodato I first heard it on Shawn white snowboarding Xbox 360

  58. T.... 1....

    Call me a hipster doofus if u must. But modest mouse is my favorite band rn

  59. k.... p....

    Haha, fantastic vid! Love you guys since K Records!

  60. M.... O....

    #johnnyfuckingmarr

  61. 8.... ....

    So that what Darth sidious did on his off time .

  62. C.... J....

    I miss this song so freaking much

  63. P.... N....

    I saw this music video once on MTV back when they played music. And I've been looking for it for 8 years. I tried getting help to figure out the song but I couldn't remember any lyrics so I was just making mumbled noises of "well it would have been..." and trying to explain the microphone hand and music island and CD fish and people looked at me like I was crazy

  64. T.... ....

    One of the best ever on youtube

  65. D.... D....

    trying to explain a psychedelic trip to someone feels like 3:10 lol

  66. A.... T....

    Recordando momentos padres escuchando la radio...

  67. M.... L....

    Awesomeness!

  68. G.... D....

    not sure which i like more: this song or this video...

  69. l.... f....

    2019😘😗

  70. I.... W....

    I'm only here to watch what was taken from me via Xbox

  71. S.... M....

    Juuuust sit right back and you’ll hear a tale...

  72. C.... B....

    The bass line to this song drops panties. Bassists..... unite.

  73. M.... ....

    2019?😍

    M.... ....

    Forever baby. Even in my thirties I blast this shit lol.

  74. J.... L....

    Modest Mouse is the most underrated band i know

  75. D.... ....

    I love Isaac's face when Seasick Steve proves his story true lol.

  76. H.... ....

    Oh common guys rlly? No one has noticed that guy from Xmen movie!!! :C

  77. P.... ....

    I just watched the trailer for The Lighthouse and it made me think of this video which I haven't thought about in years.

  78. B.... D....

    Boy, this is garbage compared to the early stuff

    B.... D....

    Clinton beat you on the 96 elections.

    B.... D....

    @Am I right Folks Clinton only beats his meat and his wife

    B.... D....

    @Bob Dole Mr. Dole I'm going to say THE N WORD

    B.... D....

    @Am I right Folks which one?

  79. M.... C....

    My favorite part is where the music subsides some and the guy sings 'would've been could've been worse than you could ever know' and shows his guitar leg
    Everything about it's just so perfect

  80. g.... ....

    Did anyone know Johnny Fucking Marr made riff for this song........?

  81. L.... L....

    l like how they accidentally took his left hand away for a scene before fixing it and making it his right hand again

    L.... L....

    my god that bothers me they did it twice like god damn he lost his right hand stop giving it back to him and taking his left hand

  82. d.... ....

    I will always love this song ❤️

    d.... ....

    Awesome song!!

  83. G.... D....

    I'm lil crazy

  84. A.... S....

    You insult the Y that is a fork that is the origin of many inventions by your practice. Bring me that sap that is not wood glue and hold it for this.

  85. A.... S....

    MTV's idea of a reality TV show about hackers is the dumbest thing I've seen and heard. in the remnants of things spoken in crafter's and woven into speech by professions. Almost as dumb as SteveO learned camera off on trick we came to Juneau, argued with The President about people sparing from Juneau in Alaska. MTV FUCK OFF. Seriously, however many computer scientists were bothered by that realty show being worked on in development is fucking ridiculous. So many weird lawsuits stacked up by me. I'm going to vomit up humanity and look gross forever now.

  86. A.... S....

    Of all the conversations held in my observation through and by the press with me, this is one of my least favorite. And I can honestly say, it was more pleasant walking by Osama in real life, than hearing that hello by I bought all your albums when you were starving and lifted the beer garden from Rocky Mountain High.

  87. A.... S....

    I go to seek the great perhaps, Moby can't help me, where we are all purveyors of art... hope I don't get paid by him.

  88. S.... ....

    this is like a mix between the killers and capital cities

  89. Y.... ....

    10 years gone! Could have been worse, should have, but yuh know we're still here❤🤘

  90. s.... ....

    Anybody else notice him missing his right hand in some shots and left hand in others? Good thing we still have the radio...

  91. B.... M....

    Pissed off that he can't reel in Moby Dick so he tells the story at a seaside pub lol...and then reveals the damn thing ate his leg XD

  92. J.... H....

    I relate to Florida on a spiritual level too, like it took so much effort not to make an effort, oh what a flawless design, and I use to be a kind of my own.

    I was going to post on Florida but that’s what you’d want me to do. Lol 😂

  93. J.... H....

    I relate to this song on a spiritual level.

  94. S.... ....

    I wonder what the story is with the guy the main fisherman hallucinates is with him in the wheelhouse. You can see in the picture at the beginning of them together. Did he die in on a expedition? Do you think the main fish guy got so distraught from losing his partner that he went to the sargasso sea out of homage for his fallen friend?

  95. C.... B....

    At lease We still had the radio aamiright

  96. P.... M....

    Planes trains and automobiles?

  97. e.... ....

    It’s kinda weird listening to modest mouse other music

  98. t.... t....

    “Yea, we talked about nothin, but it was more than I wanted you to know.”

  99. R.... C....

    Im Old Gregg