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“Of Course We Know,” the closer from Modest Mouse’s sixth album, Strangers to Ourselves, zooms out from the environmental message that permeates most of the record to focus on a broader, existential crisis: with death inevitable and society keeping us ignorant, why would we ever want to learn anythi...
The streets are just blankets and we sleep on their silky course
Covered up by them, why would we ever want to wake up?
Oh, no
Well, of course, of course, of course, of course
Of course we just do not know
What in hell are we here for?
We just do not know
Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down your own damn soul
Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down your own damn soul
Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down your own damn soul
The air is like cotton that we wear wherever we go
Covered up by this, why would we ever want to try on your clothes?
Well, of course, of course, of course, of course
Of course we just do not know
Well, Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down
(Lay down your guard)
Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down your own damn soul
Lord lay down, Lord lay down, Lord lay down your only son
Of course we know
Of Course We Know was written by Isaac Brock.
Of Course We Know was produced by Brian Deck & Tucker Martine & Isaac Brock.
Modest Mouse released Of Course We Know on Tue Mar 17 2015.
In a 2015 Track by Track Commentary of the album, via Spotify, Isaac Brock shares the following commentary about the song:
As it devours itself, it worries how much weight it’s gonna gain. ‘I guess I’ll just skip dessert,’ it says. The billionaire is worried. It just needs another billion. Then, it...