Parting of the Sensory Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's no work in walking, and it fueled the talk
I would grab my shoes, and then away I'd walk
Through all the stubborn beauty, I'd start at the dawn
Until the sun had fully stopped, never walking away from
Just a way to pull apart, dehydrate back into minerals
A lifelong walk to the same exact spot


[Chorus]
Carbon's anniversary
The parting of the sensory
Old, old news to read
The parting of the sensory


[Verse 2]
Who the hell made you the boss?
(They laid traps at the exact same spot)
We placed our chips in all the right spots, but still lost
(Carbon’s on display)
Any shithead who had ever walked
(There I opened up and I walked)
Could take the ship and do a much finer job
This fits like clothes made out of wasps!
(You don’t know when the fuck you’re goin’ to the same damn spot)
Oh, fuck it, I guess I lost
(You were supposed to know it all gets lost)
[Chorus]
The parting of the sensory
Carbon's anniversary
Just part of the game, if you please
Carbon's anniversary


[Verse 3]
Who the hell made you the boss?
(I burned my ships and then all the docks)
If you say what to do, I know what not to stop
(I’ll follow them guys to the same damn spot)
If you were the ship, then who would ever get on?
The weather changed and for the worse
(Hoooooo) (Who the hell made you the boss?)
It came down on us like it had been rehearsed
(Hoooooo)
Not like you hoped, but change will surely come
(Hoooooo) (Like hell, I made you the boss)
And be awful for most, but really good for some
(Hoooooo) (Who the hell made you the boss?)
I pulled your trip to the exact same spot
(Hoooooo) (I don’t where the fuck we’re goin’ to, the same dame spot)
We pulled the trigger, but we forgot to cock at every single shot…
(Carbon’s anniversary) (Single shot)
Ah, fuck it, I guess we lost
(Carbon’s anniversary, all right)
[Bridge 1]
Someday you will die, and somehow something's gonna steal your carbon, hey
(Someday you will die somehow, and something's gonna steal your carbon)
Someday you will die and somehow something's gonna steal your carbon, hey-hey-hey
(Someday you will die and somehow something's gonna steal your ca-a-arbon)

[Bridge 2]
Well, someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon
(Someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your)
Someday you will die and someone's or something will steal your carbon
(If I were you, and I was you, then I have died for you
Someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your)
(Aww…)
Someday something will die and somehow you'll figure out how often
You will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon
Something will die and you will probably just steal its carbon


[Bridge 3]
(Yeeeew!)
Someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon, hey-hey-hey
(You will somehow die and I’ll watch you go and lose your carbon)
Someday, somehow, or something will die and you will steal its carbon
Somehow you will die and you will figure out how often
(You will somehow die and I’ll watch you go and lose your carbon)
You will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon
(Someday you will die somehow and someone's gonna steal your carbon)
(You will somehow die and I’ll watch you go and lose your carbon)
Someday you will die somehow and someone's gonna steal your carbon, hey
(You will somehow die and I’ll watch you go and lose your carbon)
Someday you will die, and somehow
You will figure out how often

[Outro]
Someday you will die somehow, and something's gonna steal your carbon
(You will die, that’s just how it goes, you will finally lose your)
(Someday you will die somehow, and you are gonna lose your carbon)
You will die, and somehow something’s gonna steal your
(You are gonna make them steal your carbon)
All us have to figure out and find out we were bathed in carbon
(Well, someday you will die somehow, something’s gonna use your)
You will figure out that somehow you will lose your
(Someday you will die somehow, and you are gonna lose your carbon)
(Someday you will die and you are gonna die and)
Someday you will die somehow and someone's gonna steal all the carbon
(Someday you are gonna die and you are gonna have to lose your carbon)

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In “Parting of the Sensory,” Modest Mouse challenge any delusions their listeners may have about being anything more than an amalgamation of various chemicals and minerals, and reflect on the day we will all inevitably succumb to the carbon cycle.

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Produced By
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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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