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Ansel by Modest Mouse

Release Date
Tue Mar 17 2015
Performed by
Modest Mouse
Produced by
Clay Jones & Brian Deck & Tucker Martine & Isaac Brock
Writed by
Isaac Brock
About

The fifth song on Modest Mouse’s 2015 album Strangers to Ourselves, “Ansel” was first performed in 2012 in Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University.

The song is inspired by the death of Isaac Brock’s brother, Ansel Vizcaya, who died in an accident on a mountain in June of 2004. The track marks a r...

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Ansel Lyrics

[Intro]
Here we go!

[Verse 1]
I took a trip down to Mexico
With my father and brother, Ansel
You can't know, well, you can't ever really know
Was I really supposed to know?
How the hell would I know?
There it goes!

[Verse 2]
I made a mess of myself and the trip on the whole
My father stayed patient with me; why? I don't know
You can't know, you can't ever really know
That's the last time I'd see my brother, Ansel
There it goes, so!

[Refrain]
Troubles on the head winds, troubles on the tail winds
Troubles on the head winds, troubles on the tail winds

[Verse 3]
Me and my sister we hung on the phone
Watching the news as they looked for Ansel
On top of that mountain, underneath the snow
Their dogs were a-sniffin', I guess you never know
You can't know, well, you can't ever really know
Would you really want to know?
How the hell would you know?

[Interlude]
On gears around an uncaring sun
It doesn't know what it gave
As the bone moon winds 'round again
Again this allows one sphere's heart to pump
Pumping waves of hearts that come and go
And then come and then

[Verse 4]
You can't know, well, you won't ever really know
Would you really want to know?
No, you can't know
The last time that you'll ever see another soul
No, you never get to know
No, you don't know

Ansel Q&A

Who wrote Ansel's ?

Ansel was written by Isaac Brock.

Who produced Ansel's ?

Ansel was produced by Clay Jones & Brian Deck & Tucker Martine & Isaac Brock.

When did Modest Mouse release Ansel?

Modest Mouse released Ansel on Tue Mar 17 2015.

What did Modest Mouse say about "Ansel"?

In a 2015 Track by Track Commentary of the album, via Spotify, Isaac Brock shares the following insight about the song:

Everyone wants to get to be the most interesting person in the room occasionally, and you know, once in a while, that award goes to me. Mainly because I’ll be the one with the mos...

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