Fly Trapped in a Jar Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Xim 

Cover art for Fly Trapped in a Jar lyrics by Modest Mouse

Yeah, and if we don't buy the album, they'll be FORCED to make more music to make ends meet!

Ah, I'm gonna buy it, but I really have no issue with people who don't. That's what T-shirts and concerts are for -- it's not like album sales are a band's only source of income.

And now that I've brought up a lot of things this band hates, I'll just say that there's a few corrections I'd like to make..

"Of part and parcel, so well we're already dead,"

should be

"Oh, pardon, pardon, sir Well, we're already dead"

..at least I think so. I don't know, "part and parcel" just doesn't do anything for me.. maybe if someone would explain why they think it should be that way, otherwise, it doesn't seem to fit in with the song. Not that "pardon, pardon, sir" does, mind you, but hey, that's what I hear.

And

"we had got these dogs so we didn't read what the sign read, how simple enough you taught me that the ground needs to be fed,"

sounds more like

"We had darkened doors So we didn't read what the sign read Though simple enough It was to me really tough The ground needs to be fed"

or something like that.

"well two feet of us and two of our hands and our flies trapped in a jar,

should be

"Well, two feet above each of our heads There was a fly trapped in a jar"

And right after that

"so every single one of us hit the ground,"

should be

"So every single one of us Fed the ground"