The Fruit That Ate Itself

By Modest Mouse

On The Fruit That Ate Itself

Released on May 13, 1997

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[Intro]


[Beat-boxing, continues throughout]


[Chorus 1]

We'll take a drive in the wrong hand lane

Bad breath talking about fresh rain

What hand? What hand is going to shake the same?

Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend?

Well, we taught the fruit how to eat itself

It was hanging out alone all on the shelf

(It was hanging out by itself)

Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well


[Post-Chorus]

How do I land? How do I land? How do I land?

'Cause I don't understand


[Verse 1]

Walk across the country, shaking many hands

And you're buying the product

But you didn't get that you already got it

And you do not understand

(You went to Moldy Muffin and you got yourself a muffin

And you went to the chicken and you asked him for the stuffing

You want a different view so you rotate the whole island

And you need to build a house so you might... a plan)


[Chorus 1]

Well, take a drive in the wrong hand lane

Bad, bad breath talking 'bout fresh rain

What hand is going to shake the same?

Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend?

Well, we taught the fruit how to eat itself

It was hanging out alone all on the shelf

Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well


[Verse 2]

The winner gets the muffin and you got yourself a muffin

And you think you're pretty tough, but you ain't done nothing

And you're goin' to the phone, you're gonna get animal

You're gonna drop a cold, maybe you'll go to hell

A black hole talking about nothing

You can't get the chicken or the stuffing

Going around and you think that you're tough

When you can't kick ass

(And the winner wants the muffin and you got yourself muffin

And the black hole and you're talking about nothing

And you think that you said something, but you didn't say nothing

And I think that I heard you, but I was listening to my headphones)


[Chorus 2]

Take a drive on a downtown train

Wake up so you can get drunk again

Well, well, well, well, well, well, well

(... Nuffin' and you bought yourself a muffin

But you wiped your nose on nuffin' and you bought yourself a muffin

And you want a different view so you searched the whole wide island

And you go to the saloon and got yourself some water

And you get drunk and you're gettin' real sober

And you're gettin' real young and you're gettin' real older

And you're gettin' real nevous and you're givin' them hell

And you didn't notice)


[Chorus 1]

Well, take a drive in the wrong hand lane

Got bad breath talking 'bout fresh rain

We taught the mirror how to admire itself

Are you gonna get sick worrying 'bout your health?

(You walk across the country and you move the product

But you do not get what you already got

When you get on the train, usually, you're kissing

But you wake up and you feel OK)

(You know I won't guarantee you picked the worst island

And get a different view so you rotate the whole island

And you think can do what you really do

And you need to buy a house so you feel OK)


[Post-Chorus]

Where do I land? Where do I land? Where do I land?

'Cause I don't understand


[Outro]

Well, you ache in your bones and you think you're too insane

But you can't, you can't, you can't explain

But you complain and it's already nothing

And you go to nose and nose and eat yourself a muffin

(You went to moldy muffin and you got yourself a muffin

And you want a different view so you rotate the whole island

And you go to the saloon and got yourself some water

And you get and you went to swimming pool

And you look at your pockets and you think you need contacts

Someone's had a little too much to put on to their plates

And you're hoping they be a bit more empty)

A black hole talking about nothing

You went to moldy muffin and you got yourself a muffin

A black hole talking about nothing

A black (black) hole talking about nothing

You get chicken but you don't get stuffing

It doesn't mean all that much, you know?