Education lyrics

Song information

Artist: Modest Mouse
Album: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Lyrics

Call it education, it was somewhere inbetween
You gave me some sound advice, but I wasn't listening
After we had capsized, I couldnt tell you how you found
Well im not sure if I lay to rest, on the ceiling or the wall

Not quite conversation, it was somewhere inbetween
You said everything you thought and I listened patiently
All this dog and pony,we're still monkeys the whole time
We could not help from flinging shit in our modern suits and ties

Our instincts they were cringing, 'bout how we'd lived our lives
It didnt seem we lived enough to even get to die
All these dense distractions, so beautifully complex
I love lifes surprises so much I dont want to know whats ahead

Stubborn shouting he said
"Dont do what you do"
I dont know, could'nt really hear. highly
If you highly care
And you dont stubborn beauty stubborn beauty. ah very well

Hardly education it was somewhere inbetween
Oh, I hit the roof, but I had aimed for the ceiling

Hardly education all them books I didnt read
They just sat there on my shelf, looking much smarter than me
Good 'ol nostradamus, he knew the whole damn time
There'd always be an east from west and someone in them fighting
Stubborn thru it, stubborn thru it

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" album track list