Fire It Up Lyrics
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
Etceteranough
When we finally turn it over
Make a beeline towards the boat or
Have a drink, you've had enough
If you need some conversation
Bring a magazine to read around
Our broke down transportation
Is there enough?
Is there enough?
Is there enough?
When we find the perfect water
We'll hang out on the shore
Just long enough to leave our clothes there
Oh, we ate all of the oranges
Off the navels of our lovers
Grabbed a book and read the cover
Like trying to hide the daylight from the sun
Even if we had been sure enough, it's true, we really didn't know
Even if we knew which way to head, but, still, we probably wouldn't go
We pushed off, we're rolling boulders
Crashing down the mirrored stairways
To a blast basement canaries
When we fix the carburetor
Then we'll push off once again
In an hour or so later
Like trying to save an ice cube from the cold
But even if we had been sure enough, it's true, we really didn't know
Even if we knew which way to head, but, still, we probably wouldn't go
Well we always
Had it all
Had it all
Had it all
Well we always
Well we always
Had it all
Had it all
Had it all
Well we always
Well we always
Had it all
Had it all
Had it all
Issac Brocks Interview with Rolling Stones
R.S.Whether you intended it or not, "Fire It Up" will be the stoner anthem of '07.
I.B. My fiancée pointed that one out to me. It wasn't my intention. I was saying "fire it up" in the sense of turning over a car. But I highly approve of stoners and stoner anthems.
R.S. Do you smoke a lot? I.B. Not a shit-ton -- I'm not stoned right now -- but I tend to get stoned in the evenings to unwind. It can make TV more entertaining. R.S. What TV shows do you anticipate? I.B.I watch the same cartoons over and over again. I watch Adult Swim. I watch Futurama repeatedly. Then it's DVDs, and I'm easily amused by crappy comedies. I've seen Super Troopers too many times, and there's a house rule that we're not allowed to watch Beerfest again.
I think this song is about the road trip of life. In comparison to broke down transportation or you crappy car that always breaks down. Like the things in life that break us down and we have to keep "turning over the engine" to keep pushing forward. It's shitty but yet a beutiful thing. Even if we had a "map" or knew the right way in life, we'd probably not want to head down that path anyways.
"But even if we had been sure enough it's true we really didn't know. Even if we knew which way to head but still we probably wouldn't go."
It's actually "Etceteranough", not "Is there enough?".
I hate when people think this song is about weed.
It has nothing to do with getting high.
dumbass.
hey fags, it is in fact "etceteranough." I have purchased the digital booklet off of itunes, and there in plain text, surely enough, words of Brock, "etceteranough."
Can't believe you wouldn't give him credit for creating such a beautiful word in the first place, cocksuckers.
I don't know what etceteranough means, or why the singer made it up..but to me, the song is pretty obviously about a guy on a road trip, with some friends and accounts of things he did on the trip "Make a beeline towards the border Have a drink, you've had enough" the drink part could refer to him and his friends having had enough of reality and thus drinking. the ice cube and suin thing could mean that their quest is fueled simply by dreams and futility and there's no point to it, as there's no point to saving an ice cube, etc.
Also, whoever said the rolling boulder/tire/acid thing is an idiot....
I love love love Modest Mouse <3 Simply amazing vocals.
- Just one comment thought, why does the beginning lyrics say "etceteranough" when it sounds exactly the same when it's written "is there enough?"
there is already a fire it up here.
yes, i think modestmousenirvana actually posted this. like way back sometime in the middle of february.
but i like the r.s. interview!
but this one needs to be deleted.
THANK YOU!!!
finally someone agrees with me.