Cover art for Invisible by Modest Mouse
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Invisible Lyrics

[Fades in]
(—Shouldn't have to ask...)
(Hey, hey, hey...)

[Verse 1]
Hah, well listen, dancin' shifter, got a strong cellphone arm
Well, you're not invisible inside your car
No matter what consuming sort of mission you're on
Well, you're not invisible inside your car
Hey, hah...

[Verse 2]
Hah, so absolutely mental, gonna ramble and charge
Well, you're not invisible inside your car
No matter, you should breathe it like your flies in a jar
Yeah, you're not invisible

[Chorus]
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon could pull it
Back and forth away from me
I should just let it be
Well, it's true that the moon could pull it
Back and forth away from me

(And it's sad, [?]–)
[Verse 3]
Oh, it had to happen sometime, gonna shake like a charm
Well, you weren't invisible, not all along
No matter how many eons came and are gone
We were not invisible, and you said

[Chorus]
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon could pull it
Back and forth away from me

And there's the orphaned sea
We were never invisible
But that, I guess we did not see

[Guitar solo & chanting]

[Bridge]
Of course this all had been laid down
Way before. We laid down for it all
Before we had a course, of course
Of course this all had been laid down
Of course we laid down, of course we laid down
Of course we laid down, of course we laid down
Of course we laid down, of course we laid down

[Chorus]
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon can pull it
Back and forth away from me

And like the orphaned sea
Well, we were never invisible
But that, I guess we did not see
[Outro]
We'll get crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet (Crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet)
By the ocean, but it will not get us wet
(Crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet)
Crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet
(Crushed by the ocean)
Crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet

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Background Vocals
Bass Guitar
Upright Bass
Assistant Engineer
Recording Engineer
Recorded At
Sweet Tea Studio, Oxford, MI, U.S.A.
Release Date
March 20, 2007
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