modest mouse - lives

[V0LC0M661]

lives= blame it on the tetons

can't decide >_<

[muzzleloader]

If you could be anything you want I bet youd be disappointed.

Am I right?

[FriendlyFour20]

My HELL comes from inside, comes from inside myself, why fight this?...and so...I smoke a lot of pot.

[peeeesh]

The picture used for this song is absolutely perfect.

[flatwormfarm]

Lives

Life Like Weeds

Other People's Lives

Workin on Leavin the Livin

A Life of Arctic Sounds

Modest Mouse is my:

[ErikRicardoLC]

Arcanine uses Flamethrower.

[ExplosiveTurd]

RAZOR LEAF!!

[PatchworkSweater]

It's hard for me too guys.

[spoonhombre]

MINT-BERRY CRUUUUUUUNCH!!!

[vaguelyhumanoid]

I love how the picture has nothing to do with the music.

[Chubigans]

@vaguelyhumanoid The pokemon is named "Gloom". It has everything to do with it.

[XMorgansWorldx]

"If you could be anything you want, I'd bet you'd be disappointed am I right?"

[3seedybhavior]

goddamn genius

[devin509306]

It's hard to remember were alive for the first time...

It's hard to remember were alive for the last time...

It's hard to remember to live before you die....

It's hard to remember that our lives are such a short time...

It's hard to remember when it takes such a long time...

It's hard to remember...

-My senior year yearbook quote back in 05'

[naseoj]

my mom's god is a woman and my mom, she is a witch

[Screamokokoneko]

Its so true.

[awesomeozzz77]

first time I've ever heard this song!! and love it!!

[kelseybc4ever]

Isaac Brock = the most sophisticated intellectual that has ever come to write music and should be PRAISED.... damn your amazing<3

[ardruma]

It's hard to to remember when it takes such a long time*

[Lemonjelllo]

what up gloom?

[corporateohio]

Just learned this on guitar, and it blew my mind that the main riff is all played on the fourth fret, second fret, and open strings. 420. Dammit Isaac you are a genius.

[VulgarityDivine]

@corporateohio Thats probably just numerology

[m3iscoolerthanyou]

@corporateohio i feel like a retard 4 asking this but ive seen it a couple times.

what is 420? (please be gentle)

[iPodAwesum]

@m3iscoolerthanyou

the official smoke some bud day.

This group of kids used to go out to smoke some weed at exactly 420 out in their college park everyday, and it became kinda historic for pot heads.

they smoked a shit ton of weed there.

[m3iscoolerthanyou]

@iPodAwesum hmmm... y dont they teach u stuff like that in history class?

[iPodAwesum]

@m3iscoolerthanyou

hahah i dont know man.

[m3iscoolerthanyou]

@iPodAwesum it beats genocide which is a very common thing in history. i mean when you think about stuff like that. drugs, sex, and drinking are all things that make u feel good but are very bad in excess. these things are considered very bad in society.

violence, war, murder, genocide, coups, tragic deaths. these are all things that little kids in elementary school are taught about.

im just asking "how is sex and drugs worse then murder and war?"

[pimpguitar1]

@m3iscoolerthanyou B/c The teachers are snooty......

[staphinfection]

My...mom's...god is a woman, and my mom she is a witch..... I like this.

[HandaCarr]

For some reason I laughed at the tags.

[hooligan6969]

Sounds a bit like Daniel Johnston 

[spoonradar]

Oh, Gloom.

=/

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

Shit this is a great song. I love the lyrics.

[CopperPython]

I love Modest Mouse. Sadly I have been missing out on such a great song (lives) this was my first time listening to this song and reading the lyrics along with the song made me fall in love with it on the first listen. Isaaq having amazing lyrics doesn't surprise me one bit though. I also love the transition from "am i right?" to "it's hard to remember" they just have an amazing unique style of music. Modest Mouse and Brand New. Two all time favorite bands.

[strwbrryfldsfrvr0]

@CopperPython me too i love the way most of their songs change but they find a way to make it beautiful. lyrics are the best :D

[Sethmyrrh]

Modest Mouse is bad ass. There are very few bands that change their sound up, and still make every single song great. Modest Mouse is one of those bands. Every song is just perfect.

[SussTownProGuitar1]

isaac brock is definatley top 5 best musicians ever and this song shows his talent

[bball9182]

modest mouse ruined music for me.

as in i cant listen to any other music without thinking its shit now

[killjoy58553]

@bball9182 lol same here

[poeticvariance]

@bball9182 I had that happen to me too! I don't really listen to any other music except modest mouse anymore.

[maalbe987]

@poeticvariance It's so stupid to reply to a 6-month-old comment!

[killjoy58553]

happy one year for this video being on youtube O .O

[thetrueawesemokenzie]

love this song

also now we know gloom doesn't swallow lawl

[420sk8fiend]

Wow that pokemon is on the nod.

[imjohnandyouare]

this song is fucking

[imjohnandyouare]

To the guy down there that said weed is a depressant I have just one question for you, how exactly are you smoking your weed?

[liltony9144]

I'm subbing just because of your use of pokemon for these videos.

[GoOnAlone]

My two favourite things, pokemon and modest mouse :D

great song

[niggernoize]

fuck i just fully listened to the lyrics to this song and it made me realize 2 things, 1 that there is no fucking point to me...nevermind fuck it and 2 fuck i cant remember what i was gonna say but yeah so damn sad yet so fulfilling at the same time

[kerenilan]

clever

[E2daM2daE]

WTF, a pokemon, really how idiotic are you.

[cossatotfalls]

@E2daM2daE it matches the mood though lol

[OneoftheCharlies]

Y'know... that song leaves me with a strong desire to hang myself, but y'know...

I. Like. This.

[wyndowliquor]

People are stupid.

[xCrystalContagiousx]

this songs mentioned in a book by jason myers.

[TheGreatTimePro]

@xCrystalContagiousx

omg i luv that book

[stok11]

@xCrystalContagiousx Exit here :D I just read the book, and it was great.

[marisa666daniels]

Thank you. <3 Love this.

[ChandlerDonati]

Why don't you guys chill out. I'm just saying that they attract the wrong group of people. Calm down guys. I'm entitled to my opinion. Okay? Watch, now you guys send messages back saying "You don't know what your talking about. F*** you" And stuff. Just don't I don't care, im just stating my point. That's it. :)

[ChandlerDonati]

Modest Mouse is a great band, they attract the wrong group of people though. I went to one of there concerts with my dad and all i saw were potheads, basically. I think I saw like one other kid my age, he was with his dad too. Anyway, great band. I have 83 of their songs on my ipod.

[DukworthTurnpike]

Jew ever think that maybe YOU are the wrong kind of person? Pot is amazing and Isaac Brock agree's. Maybe you'll understand this one day, untill then...

[OneRadRudeboy]

the fuck are you talking about? what the hell is wrong with potheads?

closed minded.

[herrkamphenkel]

Whether you smoke pot or not does not define you as a human being.

No one's gonna play the harp when you die either - what makes you so special?

[DukworthTurnpike]

Its true, it doesn't define you. But by that logic, it'd be wrong to judge people based on whether or not they're 'potheads'. My point was thats just being closed minded

[ChandlerDonati]

@DukworthTurnpike

I didn't really mean to judge them. I didn't know what to define them as.. Sorry. It's all good now. Your right. I shouldn't judge them based on smoking weed. It's not right. I am not being sarcastic either. I know it's hard to understand by text.

[BOBSAGETPWNSURFACE]

break it down & roll it up, smoke the pain away.

[ChandlerDonati]

Smoke the pain away? Pot is a depressent. You do it to make yourself feel better, then you do it more for feeling depressed about relying on pot to make you feel better. Then eventually you get cancer and die. I don't care, you can have your opinion, and I will have mine. Agree to disagree.

[DukworthTurnpike]

If you think that pot makes you depressed, you are clearly doing it wrong

[ChandlerDonati]

@DukworthTurnpike

I'm not the one who called it a depressent. It's a proven fact. Health class ;-)

[TheGreatTimePro]

@DukworthTurnpike

lmao

[LinusVanPelt111]

@ChandlerDonati

Dude, you can't get cancer from smoking pot.

It is actually used as a treatment AGAINST cancer in some cases.

[ChandlerDonati]

@LinusVanPelt111

As a matter of fact you can get cancer from pot. Pot has been proven contain over double the quantity of cancer-causing agents than regular tobacco. Btw, you said some. And that is 100% true. SOME.

[KingRobbStark]

@ChandlerDonati Weed does exactly the opposite. There has been numerous studies that prove that weed helps stop the spread of cancer.

[ChandlerDonati]

@KingRobbStark Yes. But, It can still cause cancer. It still has tar and other things that i'm not going to go into much detail about. But it's a fact that It can cause Testicular Cancer and other cancers. Unless my health book is mistaken. Lol :D

[KingRobbStark]

@ChandlerDonati Is this "health book" located in your ass by any chance? How can an ingredient that helps stop the spread of cancer cause cancer? Your contradicting yourself, and the claim that it causes testicular cancer is as stupid as stupid can be. If you had claimed a different organ in the body it might have stupid still, but a little bit believable.

[niggernoize]

@KingRobbStark ahahaha dude u crack me up. and then there's the drooling mushroomhead pokemon thing i dig that too. whoo!

[thetrueawesemokenzie]

@ChandlerDonati the straight smoke withoutout like bong filtering can be kinda harful by there is definitley no tar

[bigboss1491]

@ChandlerDonati i smoke and im pretty happy actually i have a great life lol

[bigboss1491]

@ChandlerDonati Ohhhh no potheads lol. Theres a right group of people to attract?

[chrismoss420]

This song is harder to play on guitar then it sounds. Singing and playing it is hard as well...another well written tune by Isaac. The song explains the human nature to seperate ourselves from well... ourselves.

[jenyouwhine]

I. Like. This.

[Uborpriest]

Lol Gloom! :D

[ITZR4CH3L]

oh my god. this song is so perfect. i just love MM.

[looshkin66]

Its hard to remember were alive for the first time.

Its hard to remember were alive for the last time.

Its hard to remember to live before you die.

Its hard to remember that our lives are such a short time.

Its hard to remember what it takes such a short time.

Its hard to remember to live before you die.

Its hard to remember.

[shadrachleobeck]

@looshkin66 MY MOMS GOD IS A WOMEN AND MY MOM SHE IS A WITCH I LIKE THIS,MY HELL COMES FROM INSIDE COMES FROM INSIDE MYSELF WHY FIGHT THIS

[Bren4lh]

good song..deep

[WaitsWeights]

"you were the dull sound of sharp math when you were alive. no ones going to play the harp when you die." <3

[oxfordkingpin24]

@WaitsWeights he wrote that about u bitch

[WaitsWeights]

How did you know!? :)

[BMXorHOMICIDE]

i cant honestly tell ya i wouldnt want to live another life...but now that ive lived it ...being a god damn millionaire might just make life too perfect now huh?

[oxfordkingpin24]

@BMXorHOMICIDE gay ass nigga

[TheAshesAreFalling]

"if you knew everthing that they thought about you'd wish that they'd just shut up."

[j0hannahbu]

"If you could be anything you want, I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?"

i fucking love them yo

[JakePhillipsVideos]

iTunes features another recording of this song called "Your Life" and it's pretty much the same but without the guitar fills and an alternate vocal track

[BULLTRONHERO]

GOD DAMN GLOOM

[Bts27]

HI BILLY!

[miserybusiness112907]

"Nobody's First but You're Next"

will be out sometime

[dasummitt]

new stuff is out!

[killit62]

DUDE! is there going to be another album get back at me a.s.a.p man

[themagicdragon1]

Wow great song with a picture that reminds me of when I was really young, awesome.

[NathanPathan]

are you 23 hahah

[nicholaslongsays]

love the intro chords. one of my favorite modest mouse songs. this band is really underrated. are they coming out with anything new soon? thanks in advance.

[staphinfection]

This album is by far my favorite Modest Mouse material......

Cold Part

Alone Down There

Lives

Life Like Weeds

Different City

soooooo fucking good.

[YellowArrowShot]

This is probably in my top five for modest songs.

[NathanPathan]

forsure

[buryxyourxdeadxx]

i love you for having this song

^_^

[musicmybaby]

um. great song. but what is with the picture?

[jetershomie]

Issac is the fkn man. that opening riff is tasty

[rougestr]

tastes like chicken

[jetershomie]

I was gonna say my grandmas cranberry suace on thanksgiving.

[rougestr]

yeah your probally closer

[dissident39]

I think that using a picture of this pokemon was genius. Just wanted to say that.

[MrSNES1]

woot!!!!

[11adha11]

lol

[staphinfection]

My moms god is a woman and my mom she is a witch...  I like this....

My hell comes from inside comes from inside myself.... why fight this?

[Looney420247]

That my fav part :)

[xAlexB1993x]

haha i still like Tangela bette but Gloom is still sick!

[HyperSleeper]

Well, you were the dull sound of sharp math

When you were alive

No ones gonna play the harp when you die

[thebeartaxes]

and if i had a nickle for every damn damn

i'd have half the time

do you mind?

[citrussplash31]

best part

[willm1105]

omg gloom is fucking so sick i love gloom i mean like gloom is so cool he uses fuckin acid and sleep spore gloom is so gloom gloom loves you i love gloom

[Sugadaddy774]

Charazard punks on that bitch.

[sohailio11]

Pokemon + modest mouse = greatness

[NathanPathan]

hahaha till you start growing pubic hair then you will relize that pokemon is not so great lol well compared to modest mouse anyways,. and they should never be put in the same equation

[crosswalkernie]

Early MM is so much better than the last few albums have been.

[jgood911]

They've had some newer songs that are just as good. But you're right, the albums as a whole aren't as good.

[luxtrip]

this songs lyrics are awesome!

[equivocalx]

Dull sound of sharp math is genius, and it goes very well in the context of the song. It's very poetic so it can be intrepreted many different ways, but I picture the guy that lived his live spouting all of his intelligence off on facts about science, math, the circumference and everything, but ultimately his life ends and all his endless banter was meaningless and no one cared.

The guitar reminds me of this wasteland of lost and empty souls.

[Markau102]

@equivocalx: mmm... I think it's about the opposite. Isaac often writes songs about people who just live their life without thought, people who don't think about life, or philosophize. I think he's talking about someone stupid, who just wasted their life (HAR HAR) with trivial shit and mortal coil.

[MartyMcF1y24]

Just cause we think about life or philosophize, does that make our life any more meaningful?

[Markau102]

Life doesn't have meaning anyway. Life is just a random occurence, however, if Life DID have meaning, then my answer would be yes, yes it does. A truly intelligent, real, and rational person who can see through the shit is more valuable than the average dumbass who's a real nice guy.

[hellraser1234]

Gloom is like the classic stoner pokemon, what do you think it does with all that grass? Eats it? I think not!

[felice333]

ugh i know grass and bug pokemon are SO damn lame and useless i bet if a gloom were to be anything itd be disapointed that its not charizard :P

[dillonpwnshard]

ugh i hate gloom

[MrSNES1]

lawl

[foxhoundunit360]

maybe one of the best early MM songs

[51jake51]

Best.

[ddi92011]

pokemon xD

modest mouse ftw

[NmHman127Nugget]

this song is unbelievably depressing and it's well done I hope modest mouse never stops making music and i hope they stop doing as many drugs if they already havnt

[ItallstartswithH]

This song reminds you about how precious life is. That's not depressing to me, Modest Mouse's music always gives me the feeling that things suck but they are very wonderful at the same time.

[NmHman127Nugget]

ok...well there definatly giving a good message...but at the same time part of it is meant to be very very depressing.. and it fuckin tweaks lots of people out.like the song world at large..that song just completely represents how so many people feel today and its purposeful..they are genious obviously i knew that the first time i heard them. but some friends of mine call them tweakers.,.i also agree.........................­.........................aboli­sh tv and country music now

[dudesons441]

the only good thing TV does for me is masturbaition and they introduced me to MM and now i have like almost everything by them except some early demos and their new EP which is coming out in august

[FishOfTheOcean]

whys there a picture of a pokemon?

[sixerz123]

The song starts off with the sad tone, and the sad fact that your wasting your life as a drone to society... then half way through it gets a little brighter and he tries to wake you up and make you realize you only live once, and you should live your life to the fullest. do what makes you happy. then he goes back into the sad tone and basically portrays his disappointment in people, and the reality of the fact that you're never going to take that step. you're going to do the cockroach =P

[HelenKellersArmy]

Hit the nail right on the head man.

[dmrick]

That is a perfect description.

[FishOfTheOcean]

why write long descriptions. just listen to the song.

[ItallstartswithH]

Beautiful poetry and music deserve to be discussed and thought about jackass.

[SmoothHourglass]

@sixerz123 Explain what this song has to do with society? It never mentions anything that has to do with being a drone to society.

[tannernoykoa]

What a GLOOMy song.

[aneurysms35]

no pokemon man

[mcirioni]

nice song a friend made me listen totally not disapointed

[myfriendsareplatypus]

i f you knew eve r y t h i n g they thought i bet you'd wish the y'd just shut up. true, and sad.

[ARCTICVOODOO]

When he says " You were the dull sound of sharp math", everyone asks what does that mea. Think about what the dull sound of sharp math is, NOTHING, so its basically saying you were nothing when you where alive, and thats why no one is gonna play the harp when you die. I hope that makes the song a lil easier to understand.

[TheCareMores]

or it could mean,that "sharp math" =our full potential,and we were a weak expression of that.

[MJohnF]

GLOOM

[monkeyjoe9]

This is such a good song. It makes me think about how this crazy world and life I live will eventually come to an end. Its so hard to grasp that concept.

[SomethinRofl]

lol gloom

[luweeze]

why is there a pokemon? :/

[staphinfection]

Great song off their best album.