Dashboard

Album: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Charted: 61
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  • 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 why 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
    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 cold.
    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,
    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.
    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. Writer/s: ERIC SCOTT JUDY, ISAAC K. BROCK, JEREMIAH MARTYN GREEN, JOE PLUMMER, JOHNNY MARR, THOMAS P. PELOSO
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Indigo from Adelaide, AustraliaMy favourite Modest Mouse song. It makes me smile: "the dashboard melted but we still had the radio", "Well, the windshield was broken but I love the fresh air y'know". so happy :)
  • Jon from Enumclaw , WaI just heard this song and I love it. One of my faves from Modest Mouse.
  • Kane from Wytheville, Vasuch an underrated song i for one love it
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