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The eighth track from Modest Mouse’s 2015 album, Strangers to Ourselves, “Pups to Dust” was one of the first songs to surface; a very early version was played on a 2011 episode of Don’t Move Here, a documentary series about music industry personnel in Portland, Oregon. Modest Mouse’s lead singer, Is...
[Verse 1]
Our hearts don't change from pups to dust
Couldn't see clearly, but I had a sense of what right and wrong was
Honest to God, I was honest as hell
I don't lie very often, but I lie very well
Give it away, take what you need
Love does not cost money, but it ain't free
[Chorus 1]
We're learning slowly
Equal parts of what you do, you don't
We don't remember
We don't remember just how we got here
Equal parts of what we do, we don't
We don't belong here
We were just born here
[Verse 2]
We remain the same (I'm not sure about that)
Or pretty much the same (Now that's more like it)
From birth to grave, I couldn't see so clearly what I was or became
Oh, I missed a spot (Scrubba scrubba scrubba scrubba)
On my dirty thoughts
The way we feel about what we do is by who has watched us, so...
[Chorus 2]
Aw, how'd we get here?
Equal parts of what we do, we don't
We don't remember
We were just born here though
Oh, what's the bother?
Equal parts of what you do, you don't
We don't remember
We were just born here
We don't belong here
We were just born here
[Bridge]
Well, I feel so anxious mostly all of the time
Well, if there's some point to this then which one is mine?
[Outro]
We really don't belong here, we really oughta wander
We really don't belong here, we really oughta wander
We really don't belong here, we really oughta wander away
Pups to Dust was written by Isaac Brock.
Pups to Dust was produced by Tucker Martine & Isaac Brock.
Modest Mouse released Pups to Dust on Tue Mar 17 2015.
In a 2015 Track by Track Commentary of the album, via Spotify, Isaac Brock introduces the song with the following statement:
Oh dear, I hope you tripled up on diapers. The world just bought itself some new ass-kicking shoes. Shiny new ass-kicking shoes.