This song was apparently inspired by the famous Phoenix Lights UFO sighting in 1997 where Modest Mouse was on a plane stuck in a holding pattern and ended up landing and being sent to a hotel surrounded by police tape after their plane landed. "The best news that we all got was just some dumb hokum we’d all bought" referring to Jesus Christ and his religion being the best thing we've seen since the existence of humans. "These western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with" referring to the common thoughts westerners have as opposed to others around the world which can vary widely between the two because of the social status and perceived wealth of westerners.
This song was apparently inspired by the famous Phoenix Lights UFO sighting in 1997 where Modest Mouse was on a plane stuck in a holding pattern and ended up landing and being sent to a hotel surrounded by police tape after their plane landed. "The best news that we all got was just some dumb hokum we’d all bought" referring to Jesus Christ and his religion being the best thing we've seen since the existence of humans. "These western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with" referring to the common thoughts westerners have as opposed to others around the world which can vary widely between the two because of the social status and perceived wealth of westerners.