Modest Mouse - Float On Lyrics

[Sawbones12]

I think this is one of those songs where, no matter how sad you are, you can listen to it and feel better

For me it is anyway

[stocker104]

Haven't heard this song in years...

Plays it and remembers the lyrics like a boss

[Laurielou862]

I just got my heart broken. It's ok, I'll float on...

[NegativeZer0Studios]

this makes me want to write a movie.

[GreyRose93]

lovely vid, thanks :)

[Alenmega1]

RIP ISAAC BROCK

[CitiCite184]

@Alenmega1 Um Isaac Brock is alive?

[DWaq32]

@Alenmega1 wtf? when did he die?

[Lance9559]

@Alenmega1 He is alive.

[maccantuono]

sounds like talking heads and the smiths combinated !!

[Stmad747]

Lupe Fiasco... What the hell were u thinking to rip such a crappy song? What the hell?

[gradeaaaplus]

@Stmad747 'fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[BlondBoy321]

Thenoob785, Thats called a fukin bimbo...

[TheNoob765]

A girl In my class played this melody on piano in class and I said oh float on good song and she said no its the show goes on, I almost cried

[duckslolsexy]

@TheNoob765 I feel your pain.

[dsm855]

cool video man - most people just stick subtitles under a static picture!

[Smaronned]

Fuck every motherfucker, alternative indie.

Love this song..

[Slmfireweed2]

Definitely one of their best!

[ProblemOfficer69]

167 people fell straight to hell

[randomjapan]

indeed.



[BlondBoy321]

Maybe their best song???...

[TechnicolorAlice]

the other version wouldnt exist if this song wasnt made first ...

[zailaSR11]

I always thought they were Scottish haha

[ChachaChapati]

@zailaSR11 sounds a bit like Franz Ferdinand...

[zailaSR11]

@ChachaChapati true, and also they became popular around the same time

[Benjy3634]

Come on the two songs ain't even that similar so I don't get the argument.

[998777able]

And Modest Mouse will "FLOAT ON" only being known by this song & Lupe's MUCH BETTER version!

[thefrownwillgetu]

@998777able rap sucks,it sounds like a fart that only gets worse,this song has meaning,rap doesn't its all the same shit!i love classic rock,hard rock,grunge,emo,and new rock or in other words(nickelback rock)and even metal has meaning,rappers and modern day pop singers are just a bunch of no talent sell outs!it sucks when you have to rely on a computer to make your own music!so don't fucking troll on a good song and go float on somwhere else!

[ATXGURL40]

@thefrownwillgetu Lupe Fiasco isn't even rap silly kid......Hip Hop.........and he is very socially aware of what is going on is this world. I bet if you ask MM what they think of Lupe you might be surprised.

[thefrownwillgetu]

@ATXGURL40 alright sorry my bad,but i guess my problem is i can't under stand what there sayin.they use computers and autotune,and then when you can understand them their just singing about money and bitches or just singing to get payed.but hey some hip hop is good. the rocket by Herbie Hancock even tho that song is 30 years old:)

[hardworkinwoman]

Thumbs up if the OnStar commercial sent you here!!!!!!!

[Panicfan1234567890]

WHO DISLIKED THIS SONG??

[Thekiddykiddykiddy]

Lupe Fiasco stole this song :p still show goes on us still a good song

[thegamedrifter]

This song makes me feel better

[catanista1994]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!

[TheSilverLambo]

Sounds like colours grouplove they r both awsum

[MusicMaker70911]

this song sounds so much like Laser Shoe Goes On.....still love this song

[alexboydincubus]

los gatos deben quererte

[JLNH96]

lol i love how they still play this song

<3

[EpikWulf]

Lol, I remember seeing this on MTV when I was 8.

[AwkWorldsWord]

I just sang this at karaoke. It ruled the most.

[Swatae]

"We'll all float on alright" everyone else needs to calm down nd just appreciate good music nd have a good time

[clarksframes]

LOL if nobody said the N word then..... we'll all float on okay.....

[itsmybunny1]

wtf? who listens to this?? gay ass shit...

[brickhead48]

@itsmybunny1 drop dead you wanker

[itsmybunny1]

@brickhead48 that's insulting you British cunt.. look at the songs you have Favorited.. that alone is self explanatory

[KillikisTheHungerer]

@itsmybunny1 why you haten when everyone else is just kicken' it? Don't be a dick man

[et896]

@itsmybunny1 all right all ready you will drown now all right i will choke you out all right

[cgdrummer22]

i hate how i tell everyone that lupe's song was made of this and they listen to this and say its nothing alike Show Goes On. Music noobs

[shayan822]

166 people arent going to float on alright

[EatingChannel]

Why do I feel like crying...?

[jenny4256]

@EatingChannel

maybe because the years went so fast =/ i used to be like 12 when i used to listen to this song , and 8 years went so fast =/....

[Breakfastclub]

@jenny4256 i agree

[ImmaGoners]

This right here is genuine 100% creative awesome music. You know what isn't? When some nigger (intended racisim to GHETTO black people, respectable black people are equal to anyone else) steal someone else's work and take the credit for it. It makes me sick.

[assumedkilla]

@ImmaGoners Since when has sampling a song been stealing? People (probably more white than black) have been doing it for decades. I like this song and Lupe's, but his version is better to me since he's actually talking about something. A positive rap song not being underground, making it to the radio, and having millions of views on YT hardly happens nowadays. This version just sounds good... it's not really about anything. Also, you using the N word makes you seem like a dumb hick.

[ImmaGoners]

@assumedkilla When an artist samples a song he gives the rights to the creators, Lupe didn`t. I will admit it`s an upbeat song for rap but listen to his other song, there not..

[assumedkilla]

@ImmaGoners Modest Mouse gave Lupe permission. At least according to an interview by him they did. If they didn't, then there would be multi-million dollar lawsuits. There are underground rappers more conscientious than Lupe, but he is the primary mainstream one. You must not know his songs very well if you think that's his only song about something; "Things I Never Said" and "All Black Everything" are actually better than "The Show Goes On" IMO and he has a lot of other songs.

[khangboi69]

@ImmaGoners are you kidding me? superstar/state run radio/i dont really wanna care/BREAK THE CHAIN (again)...they're upbeat and good as hell

[efgragin]

@assumedkilla As he stated, nigger only applies to the stereotype. A citizen who happens to be black would simply be a citizen.

[assumedkilla]

@efgragin No, the N word is a racial slur against black people. You tards trying to change the definition just so you can get away with saying the word is stupid. Black or some other race, you're an idiot for saying the word, but doubly so if you're not black. Also, if you're not black I'd love to see you say the N word in a room with black guys and try to explain "it's a word for people with no class, not just black people". I'm sure that would turnout well for you lol.

[efgragin]

@assumedkilla I do in front of my black friends all the time. But they're all civilised oreos. People such as yourself reserve such words with power, giving them really the only ability to offend they have in our society.

[assumedkilla]

@efgragin The idea that you're implying only "oreo" black people are civilized makes you seem even more racist. If you say that around normal/real black people you'll probably get beat up and deservingly so. I'm not giving the word extra power; it's just crude and hateful to say. I also don't go around calling women cunts/twats or saying racial slurs to take the power away from them and I doubt you do either. You just want to say the N word to seem cool... great job keyboard warrior.

[AwesomeDIL]

Just shut up and we'll all float on okay.

[MrCaspian7]

This song will get you through the bad times in life. It did for me. :)

[thedonodon]

Brilliant song ,can't stop listening to it.

[AwesomeDIL]

THUMBS UP IF ROCK BAND UNPLUGGED SENT YOU HERE :)

[PinkamenaPiePARTY]

@AwesomeDIL it was guitar hero world tour :)

[silenttANDgreyy]

Things are definitely OKAY! :)

[kimoistheshit]

@tjay439 lupe is good, so is this

[volcomxl1080]

@CommonWsd your right about not needing to diss either song artist, but is there really a need to turn an already good song, into something completely different than its original version, all I'm saying is, let Rock be Rock and Rap be Rap, I'm just surprised it took people a while to point this out,

[TANKKER5]

@volcomxl1080 i agree, dont fix wats not broken

[CommonWsd]

@ashyxt and @TJay439 You can't compare Lupe to Modest Mouse, two completely different genres. Both are good songs, don't need to be dissing either one.

[TJay439]

Lupe is 15 times better than this

[TANKKER5]

@TJay439 you probably thought you could one of the top comments with this

[ilovezombies85]

Rest in Paradise Mally. -3

[deliveryboy6263]

<3



[allnatural2010]

Yes we will all float on ok :)

[Bchase3393]

All u haters of lupe fuck off his song the show goes on is bad ass, yet so is float on. Stop hating and just listen to the music!

[ForBraig]

@Bchase3393 this song is about just being mellow and taking life as it is..go with the flow guys just FLOAT ON

[taingu112]

@ForBraig Isn't it about no matter how bad things get, always "float on" and continue living your life like you should? lol

[MrLolrus12345]

Oops I meant vid

[MrLolrus12345]

Ugh I'm happy I found a bid where there aren't so many haters cause if you look at other vids there is just a bunch of idiots saying that modest mouse stole the song from someone else

[TANKKER5]

This is god damn music right here

[C0BRASTR1KE]

@TANKKER5 you mean lupe fiasco.. Haha fail

[C0BRASTR1KE]

@TANNKER5 you mean lupe fiasco... Haha fail

[hotpinkheelsx3]

Love this.

[TheFadingYouth]

Okay so I skip vevo.. still get ads. lmfao. whatever man. great music ! (: check me out! got a kanye west runaway cover! and I play piano and shit!

[ashyxt]

lupe fiasco's version is a fiasco compared to this

[deimoscrrazy]

@ashyxt  so it was horrible?

[ashyxt]

@deimoscrrazy

that?

hell yeah

[sheen49]

Don't judge a book by it's cover. Sure Lupe has the same beat, but that's no reason to hate. Have you actually heard the song yourself? Have you read the lyrics? It isn't the same as the rest of the hip hop/rap industry. Give it a listen, read the lyrics. And Ill garuntee that you won't be dissapoited.

[medlepwn]

@sheen49 Sure it has lyrics that are really deep but, it doesn't give him the right to take the the beat to it.

[sheen49]

@medlepwn He has permission, its not like he stole the beat.

[RussFaraci]

@sheen49 kind of.... he may have went through the appropriate channels and payed the label and dealt with the white tape BS but.... he didnt write it and he uses it to make money and notoriety so MORALLY he did STEAL it so I guess you are both right. I just wonder how the band feels about it.

[NezuG]

I know this is just a lyrics post, but the font, color and pictures of different album covers... I actually enjoy watching this as much as listening to it. Nicely done.

[triserahtops]

this version is wayyy better than lupe's

[rollacosta41]

Wait didn't some rapper steal this melody?

[MegaGoldenpoo]

@rollacosta41 BECAUSE...rappers are stupid, and modest mouse is a amazing band. if a rapper stole this melody i would track them down and punch them in the stomach.

sorry...i LOVE modest mouse!!

[khangboi69]

@MegaGoldenpoo haha...if its so good how come theres only 2 mil views? hmmm...white peeps r sad and sore losers....hmmm

[multilawson123]

I like lupe fiasco's better but lupe copied it

[SkyressGaming]

:O I've been hearing this on the radio for like two years now and never realized it was modest mouse!

[SkyressGaming]

@SkyressGaming Really? same here!!

[SkyressGaming]

@SkyressGaming Oh god, did I really just reply to myself? I'm losing it XDD

[MegaGoldenpoo]

@SkyressGaming i do that alot...

[MegaGoldenpoo]

@MegaGoldenpoo so do i!

[THEletLOOSE]

doesn't look like that cop car can drive on okay, but wha-eva

[Dalinoh]

Brings me back!

[machinimaman1]

i cried a bit when i thought about all the fucked up shit that's happend to me but i still manage to mask it with a smile ;D

[QuincyOfChoice]

Look at it from a different perpective- Modest Mouse was kind enough to let Lupe have his own version of this song. They probably knew Lupe was a very mainstream popular artist, and they let him do it anyway, and they were fine with it! Im guessing people nowadays would do that, then turn around and sue him for millions of dollars or something.

[ksb78]

@QuincyOfChoice There's no letting people have anything. Fiasco's people as well as OnStar's people have to pay to use or re-use or remix or put in a commercial. Otherwise its copyright infringement.

[ksb78]

Anyways, I LOVE this song but the video always made me sad at the end.

[QuincyOfChoice]

That proud moment when you were reccomended this band by your choir teacher before it was famous...

[cereal7726]

i cant belive LUPE FIASCO made a remix of this

[HipHopereincarnation]

sounds so much like that song by Lupe fiasco

[Skittlesking]

@HipHopereincarnation 

They sampled this song..

[71mikew]

They obviously play cod

[Awesometastic118]

161 people didn't see the lupe fiasco comment.

[seahawkballer15]

this songs just real cool... chill... like cool... :)

[HsJellybean]

@GahSonChan same here bro

[27john182]

In one way or another every comment here is somehow related to Lupe Fiasco, whether it be against him, or with him, or against the people against him, or against everyone with any opinions such as this comment, or comments regarding other comments about comments like the top comments which are both about comments involving Lupe Fiasco or responding to comments about Lupe Fiasco.

..sigh..

[iEatSoulCookies]

I want to make a comment against Lupe Fiasco comments, but the problems is that in doing so I'm just adding another one to the pile.

[maranaco123]

Modest Mouse is perfect.

[2bkonkon]

Lupe Fiasco got permission from them! Thanks to him, now i like them so much!!!

[bubblyblondie101]

i like this song. 

[ThePDpablo]

omg this sounds exactly like the show goes on by lupe fiasco :O

[kelechilovea]

@ThePDpablo because he copied it

[IbrahimT13]

@ThePDpablo Technically, The Show Goes On sounds like this song....

[QuincyOfChoice]

@ThePDpablo other way around.

[GahSoonChan]

it seems i found this song at an appropriate time in my life. I've had alot of sh!t thrown my way lately but this song cheers me up.

[DavidKent94]

Interesting album name.

[TheJetsrdabest]

good song, just DONT BE HATIN ON LUPE

[HuntertheHacker]

@9issodivine just saying that it takes more skill to write the music and lyrics than just to write a rap and sing a chorus that resembles another song released before.

[TheSammydude98]

Who else has cried to this song once?

[Grimm124]

@TheSammydude98 me.

[Mariorox10]

161 people are snotty lizzards

[nathanisthetruth]

Lupe did not plagiarize this song, if he did, you'd hear about it, and he'd be broke. I like Lupe but I like the original way better. the sad thing is, is that a lot of people thought Lupe's version was the original. And even sadder than that is the fact that the most popular song on Lupe's album was Show Goes On, instead of one of his own originals

[snowblazer12]

@nathanisthetruth ppl hate on him for no reason imo. songs like the show goes on are songs that makes in like 2 mins to satisfy his employers, cuz he wants to quit rap. have you heard of his band japanese cartoon

?

[voltsfabian]

Jesus!! I just figured out Danger Mouse and Modest Mouse are not the same people.

[EastsideSILENCER777]

the guy to the far right with the olive green jacket in the picture lokks like Ben Stiller

[Cheehooo24]

Lupe credited them, Modest Mouse is okay with it, why are you people so damn stubborn?!

[maryyyjane420]

this was the song playing when i found my best friend dead last year, we'll all float on anyways, rest in paradise

[HydroAlexis]

brings back memories of E3 2006

[HuntertheHacker]

Lupe Fiasco plagiarized the shit out of this song.

[9issodivine]

@HuntertheHacker this is music not your english essay

[nuclearthreat545]

@HuntertheHacker You're retarded dude

[ksb78]

@HuntertheHa You're a dunce.

[bitrbitr32]

Imagine dying to this song.

[BIGBIRDandWHITEBOY]

@bitrbitr32 no

[Music4Life2471]

watch my float on video and tell me wat u think :) thanks.

[obsessivechickx]

I get to see them live today :):):):):)

[BlackvvvFist]

Just because you don't like that Lupe Fiasco sampled this doesn't mean his song sucks. Last time I checked it was certified platinum.

[comedyking77]

nice job with the video

[sebas2846]

A LO BESTIA CHUCHA SIGAN PA ARRIBA



[8Dpoptarts]

Sounds a lot like u2's Sunday bloody Sunday.

[murt2006]

anyone who dislikes this i think just might possibly be tone deaf

[saprando]

stfu john glenn.



[phillywilly87]

get over it, we'll all float on allright .

[dudesHN123]

Minecraft who's with me!!!!!!!!

[briisrightaboveit33]

this song is my pick-me-up<3

[TheDjomar1234]

i listened to this song when i was five and it was the last day of camp and i was with my ex girlfriend just dancing slowly and she started crying and i was like man ima miss this girl

[TBlakeRaps]

@TheDjomar1234 swag haha

[wafrhest]

gotta love that intro.

[DrEpicsaurus]

My school just broke a 30 hour drum roll world record,and our director was whistling this while he played

[ejvols4]

They are two different songs in two different genres. You can't compare them. They're both great songs...

[ordinaryteen17]

Its wierd how legally in the U.S you can join the military & shoot at people, but you cant buy a beer until your 21.........

[3percentmilk]

@ordinaryteen17 The weirdest thing is that that has nothing to do with this song.

Obvious troll is obvious.

[AndynymR]

@ordinaryteen17 You forgot half of that.

[jjtheslayer69]

@ordinaryteen17 marijuana being illeagal concerns me the most

[markus3oh3]

Don't worry, BE HAPPY

[schitbrick666]

This is the perfect "oh well fuck it" song

[kenyacies32]

Cold

[KurizuKurizu]

@The100s no top comment here bro

[MrAlmightyRa]

look this song is about chillin' so can we stop fighting. can't we all just float on