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Artist: Modest Mouse
Canonical path: /modest-mouse/lives
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lives
Read Lives lyrics by Modest Mouse on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lives
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Everyone's afraid of their own life.
If you could be anything you want I bet you'd be disappointed.
Am I right?
No one really knows the ones they love.
If you knew everything they thought I bet you'd wish that they'd just shut up
Well you were the dull sound of sharp math when you were alive.
Not ones gonna play the harp when you die
And if I had a nickel for every damn dime I might have half the time
Do you mind?
Everyone's afraid of their own life.
If you could be anything you want I bet you'd be disappointed.
Am I right?
It's hard to remember we're alive for the first time
It's hard to remember we're alive for the last time
It's hard to remember to live before you die
It's hard to remember that our lives are such a short time
It's hard to remember what it takes such a short time
It's hard to remember to live before you die
It's hard to remember
My mom's god is a woman and my mom she is a witch
I like this
My hell comes from inside comes from inside myself
Why fight this
Everyone's afraid of their own life
If you could be anything you want I bet you'd be disappointed
Am I right?
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