The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nosferobtu 

Cover art for The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box lyrics by Modest Mouse

I get the impression that this song is about evolution and how it's created something (us) that has backfired and how that creation is going to destroy everything else that's been created and we just don't care for the most part.

"The world's an inventor We're the dirtiest thing it's thought about And we really don't mind"

The line "We're gonna throw a party / All the ghosts of trees are coming out" makes me think of deforestation.

It's just a very strong 'creation destroying the creator' them.