Steam Engenius lyrics

Song information

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

Lyrics

I was born in a factory
Far away from the milky teat
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?

You cheered as I was split in half
A mechanical, sacrificial calf for you
Oh, all for you

Steam engenius you see?
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
But what's the use?

Human nature was installed in me
Well I did what's right, but naturally it wasn't natural
Still not my fault
No

I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He lost his car, it was sitting there crying out, waiting in the parking lot just for you
What a waste of time, what a waste of words, what a waste of strength
Well I spoke in binary and you for volume and for dizzying length

I was born in a factory
Far away from the milky teat
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?

Birds flew out as I was split in half
A mechanical, sacrificial calf they flew
Oh, out they flew

Steam engenius to see
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
And all that speed

I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He lost his car it was sitting there waiting out, in the parking lot out for you
What a waste of time, what a waste of words, what a waste of strength
Well I spoke in binary and you for volume and for dizzying length

Both halves are the better half. like a joke trying to make another joke laugh. ha ha

Stasis is what you brought, like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw, rickshaw

In the past talking present tense
Gonna break it, gonna wreck it, gonna try to make it all make sense

Stasis is what you got, like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw

Steam engenius ya see?
Steam engenius enough to bring my own damn doom
What could I do?

I blame blame that blame had grew
Well deep inside everybody knew it was them
It's all on them

Things rang of stories greek
I didn't want it! you gave me deity it was you
Yeah, all for you

I was born in a factory
Far away from the milky teat
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?

I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He'd lost his car, it was sitting there crying out, waiting in the parking lot just for you

I was thought up by man to think better than them, then revered, admired, and then (destroyed himself???...???) [I'll have to ask isaac about this]

Ahh, even all that was my own damn plan

Well, what a waste of time, what a waste of words, what a waste of strength. well I spoke in binary and you for volume and for dizzying length

I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He lost his car, it was sitting there crying out waiting for you in the parking lot going whoo-hoo!

Stasis is what you got, like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw

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

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