Modest Mouse Lyrics
"Spitting Venom"

We were spitting venom
at most everyone we know.
If the damned gave us a road map
then we'd know just where to go.

Now let it drop.
Let it all drop.
Let it all drop.
Oh let it all fall off.

Well, you were talking soda pop,
you talk it quite a lot,
the opinions that I do not give
and the opinions I ain't got.

So let it drop.
Let it all drop.
Let all it drop.
Let it all fall off.

You were spitting venom
at most everyone you know.
If you truly knew the gravity
you'd know which way to go

and let it drop.
Let it all drop.
Let it all drop.
Oh let it all fall off.

My ears were pressed so firmly
right against your mouth to hear.
When you tried to spit your venom out
your words were not so clear.

Now, drop.

Hold onto what you need
we've got a knack for fucked up history.
Hold onto what you need
we've got a knack for messed up history.

Well we walked downtown and we sat in the rain
both lookin' one direction and waiting for a train of
thought over. Thought over.
I don't know who kept track. I didn't know there was a score
but it looks like you're the winner. I ain't gonna play know more.
It's over. Game over.

Well we walked real stiff and our canes tapped the ground.
You hit me with yours and said, "You're gonna stare me down".
It's over. Oh it's over.
You can say what you want but don't act like you care.
It takes more than one person to decide what's fair.
It's over. Take it over!

You were spitting venom at most everyone you know.
If the damned gave you a road map then you'd know just where to go.
So we carried all the groceries in while hauling out the trash
and if this doesn't make us motionless I do not know what can.
So to say. What a rotten thing to say, such an awful thing to say.
I didn't mean to bite you, sorry.
What always did, what "always" did, what always had to slang.

So let it drop.
Let it all drop.
Let it all drop.
Oh let it all fall off.

Let it drop.
Let it all drop.
Let it all drop.
Oh let it all fall off.

Cheer up baby it wasn't always quite so bad for every
bit of venom that came out the antidote was had.
Well, cheer up baby it wasn't always quite so bad for every
venom then that came out the antidote was had.

Cheer up baby it wasn't really always quite so bad for every
venom then that came out the antidote was had. (x3)
Cheer up baby it wasn't really always quite so bad for every
bit of venom that came out the antidote was had.
Cheer up baby it wasn't really always quite so bad for every
venom then that came out the antidote was had.
Cheer up.

Cheer up baby it wasn't really always quite so bad for every
venom then that came out the antidote was had.
Cheer up baby it wasn't always quite so bad for every
venom then that came out the antidote was had. (x5)