| Modest Mouse – Blame It on the Tetons Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| "was it written by a committee" haha wow. Take a moment to factor in personal growth. Isaac Brock has always been a bit of a thinker and seeker. This album just goes along with that, but takes it to a higher level with more refined ideas. The lyrics here are wrong, but he's basically talking about escaping responsibility in this song, as he often has. He's saying he's looking for a scapegoat. The last half of the song is just a reflection that we're all basically dying. It's just worded better because he's grown (as people tend to do with time). The music probably sounds better because they've been playing for years and have found new tricks and refined their style. Not a bad thing. Not everybody sticks in their rut for the rest of their life as hipsters try to do. | |
| Modest Mouse – Blame It on the Tetons Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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actually neither are right. "Blame it on the web" is wrong. The web is something spiders create. There would be no rationality in blaming the creation for the creator. Isaac is intelligent. What he is saying is "Blame it on the wind / But the spider's your problem now". Newly hatched spiders are very light and have a thread that carries them on the wind to land wherever the wind takes them. Therefore it would be the wind causing the spiders to be there. The wind, not the web, is the scapegoat. He isn't talking about useless and baseless arguments trying to shift blame, but blaming what actually is at fault rather than take responsibility for his actions. Tongue in cheek, of course. Another correction in the lyrics would be "Because she knows I would've let it happen" which on the album is sung as "'Cause she knows I would only had it happen" it means the same, but he's using colloquialism, using common speech of the area rather than formal speech. He uses expressions he's picked up along the way in a lot of songs. |
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| Iron & Wine – Rattling Bone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Home Sessions - October 1, 2001 | |
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