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Modest Mouse – The World At Large lyrics
Ice-age heat wave, can't complain.
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan.
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.
I move on to another day,
To a whole new town with a whole new way.
Went to the porch to have a thought.
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop.
You don't know where and you don't know when.
But you still got your words and you got your friends.
Walk along to another day.
Work a little harder, work another way.

Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan.
We'll float on maybe would you understand?
Gonna float on maybe would you understand?
Well float on maybe would you understand?

The days get shorter and the nights get cold.
I like the autumn but this place is getting old.
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.
The days get longer and the nights smell green.
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
Walked on off to another spot.
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want.
Did I want love? Did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
Outside, water like air was great.
I didn't know what I had that day.
Walk a little farther to another plan.
You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

I know that starting over is not what life's about.
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud.
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Songwriters: Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, Isaac Brock
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    A young man as he journeys through life, though he doesn't know what he wants to do, how he wants to live, or even where. He just lives in the moment and drifts place to place in search of the life he yearns to have with love and belonging. Sadly he doesn't see how he matters to the world because he believes the world is to large for him to leave a mark in it.
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    When I was in my sophomore year of high school, I performed this song in front of my guitar class. The song feels powerful and freeing almost. I seem to be attracted towards depressing type music, this being one of those songs. Though as sad as it is, the song is calming and sobering. I understand what the song is about, but I only care how the song feels and hears when I listen or play it. Music should be more than notes and words. Songs should be alive and joyous in feeling. This song is no different in these ideas.
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