Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jazzyboops 

Cover art for Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds lyrics by Modest Mouse

i'm surprised no one thinks this song is about him talking to a therapist. i hate it when my friends are depressed, and i said "i wish i could make everyone happy", then since modest mouse is my favorite band it reminded me of this song. and even more so after i read the lyrics. i'm going to disagree with what everyone has said this song is about, because i sense that it's isaac talking to a therapist. if you've ever been depressed and talked to one, you'd probably understand.

I've never talked to a therapist, but in a way i agree with you.

"I think it's a state of mind. If you think shit's going to happen, it's going to. It's a whole power-of-positive-thinking bullshit I'm on. I'm trying to think more positively about shit, you know? It's a bummer, being all bleak about everything."- a quote from Isaac Brock

He seems to have been in a depression until he eventually attempted to change his mindset by thinking more positively about shit. I recently had the same realization although i was tripping on shrooms and...