| Modest Mouse – Interstate 8 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I made an account just to comment on this song ^^ The song is a hopeless love song. The chorus ( "You go out like a riptide" to the last "How have you?" ) is a description of the person that the narrator loves, but who either doesn't understand or doesn't want his love. The narrator says that the person is "an angel with an amber halo, black hair and the devil's pitchfork" ... which is a description of how the narrator feels about the person... how he can't help but love her but also hates her for making him "drive around the interstate 8" (fruitless love, get it?) Some important lines: "How have you been? How have you been? How have you? How have you?" The above passage is a recount of the conversations he has with this person, simple small talk that goes nowhere. "I drove around for hours, I drove around for days I drove around for months and years and never went no place" The above also says how no matter how long he's been trying he's never gotten anywhere with the person. "We're on a pass, we're on pass I stopped for gas, but where could place be To pay for gas to drive around Around the Interstate 8" The narrator asks himself why he simply continues down the endless, meaningless road that goes nowhere, only to find that the reason is some misplaced and pathetic strand of hope that he'll get somewhere. |
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