Missed The Boat Lyrics - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse

While we're on the subject 

Could we change the subject now? 

I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out 

Looking towards the future 

We were begging for the past 

Well, we knew we had the good things 

But those never seemed to last 

Oh, please just last 

Everyone's unhappy 

Everyone's ashamed 

Well, we all just got caught looking 

At somebody else's page 

Well, nothing ever went 

Quite exactly as we planned 

Our ideas held no water 

But we used them like a damn 

Oh, and we carried it all so well 

As if we got a new position 

Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell 

Saying, 'yes, this is a fine promotion.' 

Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell 

Of course everyone goes crazy 

Over such and such and such 

We made ourselves a pillar 

We just used it as a crutch 

We were certainly uncertain 

At least, I'm pretty sure I am 

Well, we didn't need the water 

But we just built that, go God damn 

Oh, and I know this of myself 

I assume as much for other people 

Oh, and I know this of myself 

We've listened more to life's end-gong 

Than the sound of life's sweet bells 

Was it ever worth it? 

Was there all that much to gain? 

Well, we knew we missed the boat 

And we'd already missed the plane 

We didn't read the invite 

We just dance at our wake 

All our favorites were playing 

So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake 

Tiny curtain's open, and we heard the tiny clap of little hands 

A tiny man would tell a little joke, and get a tiny laugh from all the folks 

Sitting, drifting around in bubbles, and thinking it was us that carried them 

When we finally got it figured out, that we had truly missed the boat 

Oh, and we carried it all so well 

As if we got a new position 

Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves 

But not the skills to make a shelf with 

Oh, what useless tools ourselves