Dashboard
Modest Mouse Lyrics

Well, it would've been
Things could have been worse, but they weren't

Could've been worse than you would ever know
The situation was almost unbearable

Oh, the dashboard melted
Something in the car broke down

But we still have the radio
There's still something that works in the car

Well, it should've been
Things should have been better, but they weren't

Well, you told me about nowhere
You spoke about a place that doesn't exist

Well, it sounds like someplace I'd like to go
It seems like a better place than where I am now

Well, the windshield was broken
Another part of the car was damaged

But I love the fresh air ya know
Despite the damage, there are still some positives

Oh, it would've been
Things could have been worse, but they weren't

Well, we talked about nothing
Our conversation wasn't meaningful or significant

Which was more than I wanted you to know-oh-oh-oh-oh
I didn't want to share too much with you

Could've been worse than it had even gone
The situation could have escalated to a worse state

Well, the car was on blocks, but I was already where I want
The car was immobile but it didn't matter to me as I was content

Why should we ever even ever really even get to know?
Why bother trying to understand everything?

Oh, if the world don't like us
If people don't accept us

It'll shake us just like we were a co-oh-oh-oh-old
We'll be impacted as much as we were fragile

Well, we scheme, and we scheme, but we always blow it
We make plans, but they never work out as planned

We've yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it
We haven't experienced failure yet, so let's enjoy the ride while we can

Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon
We have the power to control our direction of travel

Every dawn you're surprising
Each new day brings new surprises

And the evening was consoling
The night brings comfort and rest

Saying, "See, it wasn't quite as bad as"
We can still see the positives despite the negatives

I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes
I was correcting my mistakes and trying to do better

After you had proved my point wrong
You showed me a different perspective that changed my opinion

It wasn't like I'd let it go, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
I wasn't going to forget or ignore it

I just wanted to catch the last laugh of this show
I wanted to have the final victory in the argument

Hard-wired to conceive, so much we'd have to stow it
We have a lot of ideas that we need to keep contained

Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants
Even our basic requirements require more than we realize

Don't wear eyelids so I don't miss the last laugh of this show
I don't want to miss my opportunity for success

Yeah, it would've been
Things could have been worse, but they weren't

Well, you told me about nowhere
You spoke about a place that doesn't exist

Well, it sounds like someplace I'd like to go-oh-oh-oh-oh
It seems like a better place than where I am now

Now here we go!
Let's continue on our journey