Modest Mouse
The Fruit That Ate Itself
[Intro]
[Beat-boxing, continues throughout]

[Chorus 1]
We'll take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Bad breath talking about fresh rain
What hand? What hand is going to shake the same?
Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend?
Well, we taught the fruit how to eat itself
It was hanging out alone all on the shelf
(It was hanging out by itself)
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well

[Post-Chorus]
How do I land? How do I land? How do I land?
'Cause I don't understand

[Verse 1]
Walk across the country, shaking many hands
And you're buying the product
But you didn't get that you already got it
And you do not understand
(You went to Moldy Muffin and you got yourself a muffin
And you went to the chicken and you asked him for the stuffing
You want a different view so you rotate the whole island
And you need to build a house so you might... a plan)
[Chorus 1]
Well, take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Bad, bad breath talking 'bout fresh rain
What hand is going to shake the same?
Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend?
Well, we taught the fruit how to eat itself
It was hanging out alone all on the shelf
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well

[Verse 2]
The winner gets the muffin and you got yourself a muffin
And you think you're pretty tough, but you ain't done nothing
And you're goin' to the phone, you're gonna get animal
You're gonna drop a cold, maybe you'll go to hell
A black hole talking about nothing
You can't get the chicken or the stuffing
Going around and you think that you're tough
When you can't kick ass
(And the winner wants the muffin and you got yourself muffin
And the black hole and you're talking about nothing
And you think that you said something, but you didn't say nothing
And I think that I heard you, but I was listening to my headphones)

[Chorus 2]
Take a drive on a downtown train
Wake up so you can get drunk again
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well
(... Nuffin' and you bought yourself a muffin
But you wiped your nose on nuffin' and you bought yourself a muffin
And you want a different view so you searched the whole wide island
And you go to the saloon and got yourself some water
And you get drunk and you're gettin' real sober
And you're gettin' real young and you're gettin' real older
And you're gettin' real nevous and you're givin' them hell
And you didn't notice)
[Chorus 1]
Well, take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Got bad breath talking 'bout fresh rain
We taught the mirror how to admire itself
Are you gonna get sick worrying 'bout your health?
(You walk across the country and you move the product
But you do not get what you already got
When you get on the train, usually, you're kissing
But you wake up and you feel OK)
(You know I won't guarantee you picked the worst island
And get a different view so you rotate the whole island
And you think can do what you really do
And you need to buy a house so you feel OK)

[Post-Chorus]
Where do I land? Where do I land? Where do I land?
'Cause I don't understand

[Outro]
Well, you ache in your bones and you think you're too insane
But you can't, you can't, you can't explain
But you complain and it's already nothing
And you go to nose and nose and eat yourself a muffin
(You went to moldy muffin and you got yourself a muffin
And you want a different view so you rotate the whole island
And you go to the saloon and got yourself some water
And you get and you went to swimming pool
And you look at your pockets and you think you need contacts
Someone's had a little too much to put on to their plates
And you're hoping they be a bit more empty)
A black hole talking about nothing
You went to moldy muffin and you got yourself a muffin
A black hole talking about nothing
A black (black) hole talking about nothing
You get chicken but you don't get stuffing
It doesn't mean all that much, you know?