Sugar Boats
Sugar Boats

Modest Mouse - Sugar Boats Lyrics

This composition delves into the existential ponderings of life, its purpose, and our place in it. The lyrics suggest a sense of disillusionment and frustration with the world, viewing life as a "big mistake." The 'sugar boats' could symbolize transient… Read more

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Sugar Boats Lyrics

This rock of ours is just some big mistake
And we will never know just where we go
Or where we have came from
These veins of mine are now some sort of fuse
And when they light up and my mind blows up
My heart is amused so
This heart of mine is just some sort of map
That doesn't care at all or worry about where the hell you're at
But you're right there

Well, I've been meaning to dismiss you
Yeah I have some plans to dismiss you
So stand by, by, by, by, bye-bye
Wave bye, sugar boats!
As soon as you paint every last grain of sand
As you soon as you paint every star
In the sky, sky, sky, sky, sky, sky
Wave bye, sugar boats!
Well, I'm swatting at mosquitoes as they're orbiting me
I'm orbiting the sun and this goes on and on and on, you see
This heart of mine is just some broke machine
And when it gets a-goin', and it often gets goin'
It starts blowin' steam
Here we go again!

This rock of ours is just some big mistake
And we will never know just where we go
Or where we have came from
This watch of mine is like some sort of void
Cause when I look in, and I shouldn't look in
I, I see it swallow my time
Oh no, there it goes!

I ain't getting on no fast plane
Hell, I ain't getting on no stuffy train
Sugar boats on the Atlantic are fine
The sugar boats, they're just fine
I'll stand on the deck so you could see
I'll stand on the deck you could wave bye, bye, bye, bye
Here's the ghost that goes and waves bye, bye, bye, bye
I'm the ghost that goes and waves bye, bye, bye

Writer(s): Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, Tom Peloso, Jeremiah Green, Kirby Fairchild, Russell Higbee
Copyright(s): Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sentric Music
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What is the Meaning of Sugar Boats?

This composition delves into the existential ponderings of life, its purpose, and our place in it. The lyrics suggest a sense of disillusionment and frustration with the world, viewing life as a "big mistake." The 'sugar boats' could symbolize transient pleasures or illusions that we chase, only to realize their fleeting nature. There's a strong desire for dismissal and escape from these illusions, indicated by lines like "I've been meaning to dismiss you". The references to 'orbiting' and being lost in time might indicate feelings of insignificance in the grand scheme of things. However, there's also an acceptance of this reality - whether it's standing on the deck of the sugar boat or swatting at mosquitoes - indicating that despite everything, life goes on.

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