The View (album Version) Lyrics & Chords By Modest Mouse

While we're on the subject could we change the subject now?
I was knocking on your ears' door but you were always out
Looking towards the future we were begging for the past
Well we know we had the good things But those never seemed to last
Oh please just last
Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
Well we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
Well nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
Our ideas held no water but we used them like a dam
Oh, and we carried it all so well, as if we got a new position
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell, saying yes, this is a fine promotion
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell
Of course everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
We made ourselves a pillar but we just used it as a crutch
We were certainly uncertain at least I'm pretty sure I am
Well we didn't need the water but we just built that good god damn
Oh, and I know this of myself, I assume as much for other people
Oh, and I know this of myself, we've listened more to life's end gong
Than the sound of life's sweet bells
Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
Well we knew we missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
We didn't read the invite we just danced at our own wake
All our favorites were playing so we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
Sitting drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
Oh, and we carried it all so well, as if we got a new position
Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves, without the skills to make a shelf with
Oh, what useless tools ourselves