To me, this song seems oddly optimistic - when I hear the 'There's one thing you should know about this town / It's 500 miles underground / And that's okay!' line, it just seems like a very positive and life-affirming lyric. I'm probably wrong but that's my interpretation anyway. I suppose it's good that it and so many other Modest Mouse songs are vague in meaning - they can relate to any situation you're in, and that's another reason Modest Mouse are my favourite band.
BlueCadet1993, I know what you mean. Basically he's saying that in spite of all the bad shit in his life and/or in the world, he's saying it's alright and that he hasn't lost hope. Or something along the lines of that...
BlueCadet1993, I know what you mean. Basically he's saying that in spite of all the bad shit in his life and/or in the world, he's saying it's alright and that he hasn't lost hope. Or something along the lines of that...
That's the beauty of Isaac's writing. Sometimes I'm pretty sure I know what he personally means in his songs, but we can't know for sure. But either way, he writes in a way that it has a meaning, or multiple meanings, to a lot of people. That's the best kind of writing and Isaac is able to do...
That's the beauty of Isaac's writing. Sometimes I'm pretty sure I know what he personally means in his songs, but we can't know for sure. But either way, he writes in a way that it has a meaning, or multiple meanings, to a lot of people. That's the best kind of writing and Isaac is able to do that in almost all of his songs.
To me, this song seems oddly optimistic - when I hear the 'There's one thing you should know about this town / It's 500 miles underground / And that's okay!' line, it just seems like a very positive and life-affirming lyric. I'm probably wrong but that's my interpretation anyway. I suppose it's good that it and so many other Modest Mouse songs are vague in meaning - they can relate to any situation you're in, and that's another reason Modest Mouse are my favourite band.
BlueCadet1993, I know what you mean. Basically he's saying that in spite of all the bad shit in his life and/or in the world, he's saying it's alright and that he hasn't lost hope. Or something along the lines of that...
BlueCadet1993, I know what you mean. Basically he's saying that in spite of all the bad shit in his life and/or in the world, he's saying it's alright and that he hasn't lost hope. Or something along the lines of that...
That's the beauty of Isaac's writing. Sometimes I'm pretty sure I know what he personally means in his songs, but we can't know for sure. But either way, he writes in a way that it has a meaning, or multiple meanings, to a lot of people. That's the best kind of writing and Isaac is able to do...
That's the beauty of Isaac's writing. Sometimes I'm pretty sure I know what he personally means in his songs, but we can't know for sure. But either way, he writes in a way that it has a meaning, or multiple meanings, to a lot of people. That's the best kind of writing and Isaac is able to do that in almost all of his songs.