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In this song Isaac is expressing how one might conform to traditional societal ideologies to prevent ostracizing themselves from everyone else – making life slightly less lonesome. Although at the same time, he questions whether or not it is worth sacrificing your individual identity in order to mak...
[Verse 1]
Woke up this morning, and it seemed to me
That every night turns out to be
A little bit more like Bukowski
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read
But God, who'd wanna be
God, who'd wanna be such an asshole?
God, who'd wanna be
God, who'd wanna be such an asshole?
[Verse 2]
Well, we sat on the edge of the river
The crowd screamed, "Sacrifice the liver!"
If God takes life, he's an Indian giver
So tell me now why, you'll tell me never
Who would wanna be
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well, who would wanna be
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
[Bridge 1]
Well, see what you want to see
You should see it all
Well, take what you want from me
You deserve it all
Nine times out of ten
Our hearts just get dissolved
Well, I want a better place
Or just a better way to fall
But one time out of ten
Everything goes perfect for us all
Well, I want a better place
Or just a better way to fall
Here we go
[Verse 3]
If God controls the land and disease
And keeps a watchful eye on me
If he's really so damn mighty
Well, my problem is I can't see
Well, who would wanna be
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well, who would wanna be
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
[Bridge 2]
Evil home stereo
What good songs do you know?
Evil me, oh yeah, I know
What good curves can you throw?
[Verse 4]
Well, all that icing and all that cake
I can't make it to your wedding
But I'm sure I'll be at your wake
You were talk, talk, talk, talkin' in circles that day
When you get to the point
Make sure that I'm still awake, okay?
[Verse 5]
I went to bed and didn't see
Why every day turns out to be
A little bit more like Bukowski
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read
But God who'd wanna be
God, who'd wanna be such an asshole?
[Outro]
(I fucked up the last line)
Bukowski was written by Benjamin Weikel & Eric Judy & Dann Gallucci & Isaac Brock.
Bukowski was produced by Dennis Herring.
Modest Mouse released Bukowski on Tue Apr 06 2004.
He expressed a negative opinion of him in an interview with Drowned in Sound, saying:
He glamorised alcoholism and misogyny. I’ve seen friends get impressed by him and he seemed to impress himself by being a pain in the ass. I just don’t like alcoholism being put in a way that makes my friends wann...