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A Life of Arctic Sounds Lyrics
As long as you're gone I can't apologize
For all the things that I haven't said and done
And 100 miles is a long drive inside a car
200 miles is a long drive inside a car
300 miles is a long drive inside a car
400 miles is a long drive inside a car
500 miles is a real long drive inside a car
600 miles is a long drive inside a car
700 miles is a long drive inside a car
800 miles is a long drive inside a car
900 miles is a long, long, long, long ways in a car
1000 miles is a long drive inside a car
1100 miles is too far inside a car
I wrote my name on the sun
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
A life of arctic sounds
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
All the sad comedians
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
I might be goddamned
For all the things that I haven't said and done
And 100 miles is a long drive inside a car
200 miles is a long drive inside a car
300 miles is a long drive inside a car
400 miles is a long drive inside a car
500 miles is a real long drive inside a car
600 miles is a long drive inside a car
700 miles is a long drive inside a car
800 miles is a long drive inside a car
900 miles is a long, long, long, long ways in a car
1000 miles is a long drive inside a car
1100 miles is too far inside a car
I wrote my name on the sun
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
A life of arctic sounds
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
All the sad comedians
Hey, all right, I might be goddamned
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this song is about the length of different distance drives inside a car, i think hey allright i might be goddamned
For some strange reason I get the feeling this is about a long car ride.
isn't it life of artic sounds? without the C
this song is all over the place. I would say he is trying to get away from someone he let down. Traveling to the sun and to the arctic.
I think Isaac is saying that he'd drive or do anything for someone he knows and loves a lot. He knows it's a long drive, but he feels strongly for them.. At 1100 miles, he realizes this has been far too long of a drive. He wrote his name on the sun to get their attention. A life of arctic sounds is being around arctic areas and having to go through there. In other words, the long drive is really trying his best to be good for them, but it's obvious that the road just isn't the right one. Finally he drops...
I think Isaac is saying that he'd drive or do anything for someone he knows and loves a lot. He knows it's a long drive, but he feels strongly for them.. At 1100 miles, he realizes this has been far too long of a drive. He wrote his name on the sun to get their attention. A life of arctic sounds is being around arctic areas and having to go through there. In other words, the long drive is really trying his best to be good for them, but it's obvious that the road just isn't the right one. Finally he drops it at 1100 miles/ a big fight or realization. He does something really big and kinda stupid to get the person's attention. A life of arctic sounds would be having to listen to such strange things you've never heard before, or having to go way out of your way to listen to really cold stuff from the person you're trying to get to. 'I might be goddamned' probably means that he does a lot of stuff he's not proud of, and so he's kind of saying he may be thrown into hell. The sad comedians, this part I'm not sure of, might mean like the stand-up comics that try and laugh and joke about their life, even if it's fucked up.
Of course, it's personal interpretation; and that's just one of the great things of Modest Mouse.
Artic - The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
Well, I went an interpretted it as the feelings of guilt that come from breaking off a long distance relationship.
But then again, that doesn't explain all the lyric-like nonsense towards the end.
Well, I should probably add that it made sense as a song about long distance relationships because umm, the must and the lyrics give of an impression of driving many many miles through flat boring places without much excitement in your destination.
But then again, that applies to most of the songs. A sense of futility and sadness. Boy is what I'm writing here ever lame. Haha, I try to interpret meaning from other people's obfuscated emotional statements. Whatever.
^----Hee hee, I agree with the above
God, I love how Isaac repeats his metaphors throughout his songs, especially long-distance driving (life of arctic sounds, this is a long drive..., long distance drunk, ohio, out of gas, interstate 8). Sitting in a car on a flat road for hours is a situation we've all been in and it has certain feelings attached to it that Isaac conveys so perfectly.
With you all the way surfinnoodles. This is my all time favorite Modest Mouse song. (You didn't even mention Convenient Parking)