Modest Mouse - Tundra/Desert Lyrics






Every sick, fickle fucker
Childhood's what makes ya
Till they treat ya like tundra
Weigh those opinions
More like air than lead
Every planned occupation
Surefire disappointment up ahead
Till they treat ya like desert
See mirages of friendship, face turns read
Here's the soon to be anchor
Build bridges to nothing, you'll get nowhere
Every governor's mother knows
That their bread is buttered by Sam
And what about science?
they find proof and let you make your own decisions
Every childstar wonders
If they have a future up ahead
Every kindhearted banker
I don't think there is one
Every winning opinion
Stand on platforms in water
Filling jars full of silence you'll get nowhere





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  1. S.... H....

    1:40 always reminds me of when you're running really hard and every breath is sharp on your lungs.

  2. S.... 8....

    nice channel name
    good music

  3. V.... V....

    important

  4. S.... S....

    This is what my mentality sounds like.

  5. J.... M....

    first half = depression
    second half = ANXIETY

  6. m.... ....

    abril 2019 lml

  7. w.... ....

    this shit goes so fucking hard

  8. L.... S....

    This song is like being bitten hard by your lover; it hurts like hell but for some reason it feels unbelievably fucking amazing too.

  9. F.... c....

    Puta madreeee, mi cabeza explotooo, arteee

  10. y.... ....

    i would be hungover as a motherfucker and my mom would drive me to school and this is what we would listen to at 7 in the morning. she could judge or penalize me, sure, but she didn't. we were both in ruts. this made everything alright for that 5 minute drive

  11. E.... S....

    New fan because of this song. They fucking rule,

  12. p.... p....

    just in case you can't really hear what he's saying during the catchy drum part
    -
    (I don't feel and it feels fine
    Save twenty dollars and I'll give you my supplies
    I don't mind)
    Here's the soon to be anchor
    Build bridges to nothing, you'll get nowhere
    (I don't feel and that feels fine
    I don't feel and that feels fine)
    Every governor's mother
    Knows that their bread is buttered by Sam
    (Crook takes
    Crook takes green out of wallet)
    And what about science?
    They find proof and let you make your own decisions
    (There are answers to our reasons
    Worthwhile to find)
    Every child star wonders
    If they have a future up ahead
    (King takes queen, takes queen out clean
    It's all right, it's all right)
    Every kind-hearted banker
    I don't think there is one
    (I took you out)
    Every winning opinion
    I wish I had one
    (I took you out for a night on the town
    I took my wallet out)
    Every winning opinion
    I, I wish I had one
    (You don't mind?
    Well now, that's just bullshit)
    Stand on platforms in water
    Filling jars full of silence, you'll get nowhere
    (You're balancing balls on your nose, all right
    I don't mind, I don't mind
    So sometimes you want your own space
    And that's all right, right?
    Right)
    (Get too creative ordering our drinks
    And mine stinks, mine stinks
    Get too creative ordering our drinks
    And yours stinks, yours stinks, yours stinks
    We get too creative
    We get too creative)

  13. S.... P....

    Holy shit man.... Shhhhhit!!!!!

  14. A.... C....

    besides the talking heads probably the only other band I know that evolves while staying true to themselves. these guys are the real deal, believe that new fans

    A.... C....

    Andrew Cameron finally got to see them live at in the twin cities. I was very fucking disapointed at the people in the crowd.... seemed like big city folk that just wanted something to do. I was expecting complete fucking rage and emotion. Crowd was all... muh... best live show ive seen...

  15. E.... L....

    love this song

  16. t.... ....

    this one's a stomper

  17. C.... ....

    lol.... this song's like the shittiest song I've ever heard

    C.... ....

    ok gway ta fuck lad

    C.... ....

    downwithjedward s

    C.... ....

    Chris Spreitzer If you don't like it, don't listen to it.

    C.... ....

    Then like don't listen brehhh

  18. V.... S....

    FUCKIN HYPE ME UP EVERYTIME MY DUDE

  19. R.... M....

    AWESOME

  20. T.... B....

    Brad cromer

    T.... B....

    gnarly dude. does he like modest mouse?

  21. M.... S....

    favorite mm album.
    this track is damn cathartic.
    ...

    M.... S....

    I like it the most too

  22. a.... ....

    Holy hell this song is so damn good.

  23. k.... z....

    man this song is so good. 1:39 though!!! AMAZING

  24. S.... ....

    What i've heard in the tundra
    "Every sic fickle fucker
    childhood is what makes your
    till they treat you like tundra
    weigh those opinions more like air than lead
    every plan doc your patients
    sure fire disappointment up ahead
    till they treat you like desert
    see mirages of friendship face turns red
    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh SHIT
    who soon to be angered
    building bridges tonight and you'll get no more
    every goblins is my friend
    not that there friend is guarded by them
    and what about science
    lets hide the truth unless you make your own decisions
    every chance don't haunt you
    if they have a future up ahead
    every caught heart in danger
    i dont think there is one
    every winning opinion
    I wish i had one
    this path wanted water(?)
    did you creative oh mine offering and mine stinks mine stinks
    your too creative oh it is hundreds and yours stinks yours stinks yours stinks (slurp)
    we'll get you creative
    we'll get too creative"
    (o_0)

  25. d.... ....

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww-SHIET!

    d.... ....

    I ran out!! Smbdy knows a similar Band? Or one, you celebrated the same way? :D

    d.... ....

    @Cuca Racha Not really similar, besides both having really good messed up lyrics, but Silver Jews was one of the only bands I celebrated the same way.

  26. A.... ....

    "I don't feel and that feels fine."
    ;_;

    A.... ....

    Almost sounds like a prequel to Truckers Atlas a little bit

  27. G.... ....

    Ok so I couldn't get into this band at the beginning as I am only 19, and a 9 year old can't really understand why this band is so amazing. I didn't really start loving this band until we were dead was out. But every hipster band (and yes this is one of the most hipster bands ever) has to have those early fans that say "you've changed bro." after achieving a moderate level of success. And this band's level of success is moderate, they didn't go "mainstream," this band has had 2 hits. That's it. And maybe I'm the only one that sees this because I'm seeing it all in hindsight. This band didn't change because of going mainstream. look at the evolution of this band. Its slowly changed from alt rock heavily influenced by emo/punk (and a little bit of twang) to straight alt/indie rock. That's the path this band has taken since it's beginning, and they had two huge hits along the way. But if you go back, theyre still the same band all the way through, they've just evolved as any great band should. I would say that this band's quality has somewhat followed a bell curve with quality though, where moon and Antarctica and good news for people who love bad news are easily the best, but I personally think that every album they've made is amazing and I'm proud to own all of them.

    G.... ....

    @assdan27 Every band ever made is a "hipster" band... bands rarely keep pleasing their original fans

    G.... ....

    Im pretty sure their first 3-4 albums were also influenced a lot by meth and youthful angst

    G.... ....

    So were my felony charges q.q

  28. a.... s....

    Brad Cromer!

    a.... s....

    one of the reasons i bought the video is cause of MM haha, so hyped they used it

    a.... s....

    and not to mention cromer...what more to say about him? ill asf

    a.... s....

    His skating went perfect with this song.

    a.... s....

    @DavidandAngeloDNA true

    a.... s....

    Jon West from Foundation's Art Bars Subtitles and Seagulls brought me to MM, have you seen that part, or the whole video for that matter? Its amazing!! Ethan Fowler's part is so awesome

  29. D.... J....

    Love isaac's voice on this album.

    D.... J....

    skateboard-city

  30. C.... E....

    Love this song

  31. N.... G....

    Does anyone know when they will tour the northeastern U.S. Again?

  32. d.... s....

    Thanks, how did I miss that?: )

  33. d.... s....

    what does he say? more like air than lead.

  34. R.... ....

    I was that way with almost every single one of their albums and EPs. Like, "Oh, this wasn't as good as the other one that I liked" but I find a few songs that I dig, and over time I keep listening and coming back to the album, giving it a full shake, and eventually I end up liking every or almost every song on there.

  35. M.... M....

    Indeed! I always have a hard time deciding which of the two albums is better.

  36. m.... ....

    If you haven't heard this then you aren't a Modest Mouse fan.

  37. C.... M....

    I agree with both of you.

  38. R.... ....

    I used to love modest mouse.

    Now I live modest mouse.

  39. U.... ....

    no it isn't.

  40. R.... L....

    it's 2 minutes too long. booooooooooo

  41. L.... R....

    mine to

  42. s.... ....

    My favorite band ever.

  43. c.... ....

    I disagree, I think that Lonesome Crowded West is the best.

  44. S.... H....

    This is my go-to Modest Mouse song for an adrenaline rush. I love the background vocals/sounds.

  45. 1.... ....

    tundra is my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaav desert! especaally on a hot summer's day t645yhtgtryewEw

  46. T.... ....

    I was asleep on a road trip with head phones on when this song came on, and at 1:39 I literally JOLTED awake and screamed XD

  47. G.... ....

    This song is so amazing. The sound itself is amazing but it's also unfortunate because many of the lyrics are so hard to understand even though this song has some of the best lyrics I've ever heard by modest mouse

  48. s.... ....

    This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the greatest Modest Mouse record

  49. V.... ....

    First time I heard this I died inside a little. So.fucking.good.

  50. W.... ....

    "I don't feel and I feel fine." So fucking genius. Their new music is great, but nothing will ever top this old stuff.

    W.... ....

    It’s actually “ I don’t feel and that feels fine..”

  51. O.... ....

    @warmslime not really if you look at the chords...ahem ahaha still its life in fast motion bitch!!!!

  52. v.... ....

    Exquisit

  53. G.... K....

    sick fickle fuckers :P

  54. g.... ....

    what an appropriate name for the uploader

  55. S.... ....

    Listen to that face-melting bass line right before "Aw shit." How refreshing and uncharacteristic of such a definitely indie band. Love it.

  56. F.... ....

    soo high and i love Modest Mouse, especially this album... my goddess i feel so good right now fuck yes fuck yes ppl. and this is what asscum is bros...

    F.... ....

    Failadin how do feel about this comment 7 years later?

    F.... ....

    Still high

  57. U.... H....

    @jamal2oo7
    the moon & antarctica is fucking amazing as this one.
    but this is easily their best album

  58. �.... ....

    I hear ya Issac, I hear ya.

  59. O.... ....

    @VaporTimes yeah at first i didnlt like it but the guitar in the amplified part of the song, as well isaacs voice, has so much raw emotion. Like moaning screaming (almost sounds mumblish), the guitar goes back and forth, gives you many different feelings

  60. v.... ....

    @jamal2oo7 I really don't care, they are good to me so let me be right

  61. b.... ....

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh SHIT

  62. b.... ....

    This song makes me pan for my old days of non-stop listening to Modest Mouse. Their latter shit is so disappointing. =(

  63. B.... ....

    @Guercinator You call that guitar incredible??

  64. G.... ....

    Incredible guitar at the beginning and incredible energy in the last 4 minutes!

  65. U.... ....

    @MrMatsu06 What a hackneyed thing to say about a band. You like there old shit better than the new shit. Every band inevitably changes over time. I'm sure you would find a way to complain about that anyway. I like all of the music Modest Mouse has put out there. Building Nothing Out of Something was my favorite though.

  66. k.... ....

    @VaporTimes
    Haha, everytime i watch this video and read your comment i laugh so hard at the "rock my balls off" part.

  67. s.... ....

    what are the lyrics in the chorus in the back ground before the lead singer comes in?

  68. n.... ....

    I used to hate modest mouse but this whole album is fucking shooting stars!

  69. v.... ....

    I thought of a sec that this was going to be a softer song (like blame it on the tetons) but then it was like "AAAAAAAAAAH SHIT" and started to rock my balls off
    How could I call myself a modest mouse fan with out hear this "eargasm" BTW n=this song makes me understand how people could be dissapointed with the new albums (but there still REALLY good, Whale song pwns)

  70. p.... ....

    aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh shhiittt

  71. b.... ....

    I really only care for the beginning of this song, but it is another one of brocks masterpieces.
    captures my life word for word.
    (rapid cycling bipolar1)

  72. J.... P....

    this was originally on Interstate 8

  73. B.... O....

    Cranking the distortion and playing the breakdown after 'aw shit!' with your own geetar is one of the most fulfilling experiences I can give myself.

  74. C.... C....

    you really dina get better than modest mouse, even though the new shit isnt as good, they are a great band

  75. J.... P....

    Man... Modest Mouse USED to be so fucking rad. The last two albums are such dissapointments. This shit was golden though!

  76. D.... O....

    Awesome Songggg :)

  77. C.... C....

    yeah, they ARE the best band out there nowadays, and this has to be their best album, the new albums great aswel though

    C.... C....

    Do you know similar bands? One you celebrated the same way?? :D

  78. S.... D....

    wow... thats awesome

  79. T.... G....

    amazing