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 ya 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-oh-oh-oh-oh
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 co-oh-oh-oh-old
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, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
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-oh-oh-oh-oh
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


Lyrics submitted by karlgetsalong, edited by TheDistantPanic, dodgerblue

Dashboard Lyrics as written by Isaac K. Brock Joe Plummer

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    I saw somebody mention earlier that they can't relate to upbeat-ness of this song, a contrast to the old Modest Mosue sound. They attribute this to Issac's soberness and possibly that he is getting more optimistc.

    If you watch the video it's great cause he's with older men, the old sailors with beards, sitting around telling stories. It's like he's found a community of people like himself, who in fact, have the same problems of self-despair and failure. Except these are old men. Personally I don't always connect myself to older men, I feel like all their opinions are outdated and dry.

    However I wonder if the seeming "optimism" of this song is more of Modest Mosue's realization that their despair is not completely unique to the universe and SUPRISE! there are older men who have similar feelings. If we believe our misery is unique then in some ways we are deceiving ourselves in some ways. Misery is very personal however, people experience pain in different ways.

    Just a side note, but I wonder if Issac read Moby Dick, cause the whole idea of sailors talking about life in a bar, telling stories is one of the great themes of that book.

    Soundboyon April 28, 2008   Link

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