Modest Mouse Quotes & Sayings

Our ideas held no water but we used them like a dam. — Modest Mouse

Sometimes life's OK — Modest Mouse

You're the icing on the cake on the table at my wake, You're the extra ton of cash on my sinking life raft, You're the loud sound of fun when I'm trying to sleep, You're the flowers in my house when my allergies come out. — Modest Mouse

The days get longer and the nights smell green I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave. — Modest Mouse

I was in heaven, I was in hell, Believe in neither, But fear them as well. — Modest Mouse

Someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon. — Modest Mouse

Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. — Modest Mouse

If life's not beautiful without the pain,
well I'd just rather never ever even see beauty again. — Modest Mouse

The good times are killing me — Modest Mouse

Well see what you wanna see. You should see it all. Well take what you want from me. You deserve it all. Nine times out of ten our hearts just get dissolved. Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall. — Modest Mouse

We're all doctors trading sadness for numbness
grass looks much greener but it's green-painted cement
the mayor's machines are there cleaning the pavement
you can't make dirt clean so we'll just lemon-scent it — Modest Mouse