Modest Mouse

Lyrics Picking dragons' pockets Modest Mouse

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Picking dragons' pockets


I ain't your passenger now
I ain't your passenger now
Nor your equipment
An auditory trick
They're a boot that begs to be licked
I am the tarmac, I'm the pilot
I'm the flight path, can't get past that

Well, they'll go crazy if you don't go crazy somehow
And I'm not crazy 'bout what they're so crazy 'bout now

We've been eating our own
We've been eating our young
We've been eating our own young
Idle hands around the devil's throat
A suicide note that another's hand wrote
And we're used to this

And they'll go crazy if you don't go crazy somehow
And I'm not crazy 'bout what they're so crazy 'bout now

Picking dragons' pockets and away we go
Breathed in poison, then you breathe out smokeIt's clear I'm looking for an anecdote
Well, you pay for garbage, and you've cast your vote
I found out just how low I'd go
Came up from the bottom looking like a ghost
I tried to go to Auckland but just did not go
Turns out when it rains, it snows

A pile of leaves in the wind
Fresh clothes on dirty skin
The means to meet no ends again

Picking dragons' pockets and away we go
My eyes are their eyes, watch the show
Facts aren't facts on screens that glow
But we're a pretty tricky little animal

Well, I'm not crazy 'bout what they're so crazy 'bout now
And they'll go crazy if you don't go crazy somehow

The looked-at side of a microscope
Voice to skull, try to crush your soul
But we're pretty tricky little animals
Killers get killed, that's just the way it goes
Well, something that I know for sure
Is love makes love and hate makes more
We're pretty tricky little animals
Well, we're pretty tricky little animals
Well, something that I know for sure
Is love makes love but hate makes more
For sure, a pretty tricky little animal
We're a pretty tricky little animal

I ain't your passenger now
I ain't your passenger now
I'm just equipment
We've been eating our own
We've been eating our young
We've been eating our own young

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The lyrics PICKING DRAGONS' POCKETS of MODEST MOUSE is also present in the album An eraser and a maze (2026)

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Biografia

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in Issaquah, Washington, in 1993. The founding members were guitarist and vocalist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. Known for their experimental sound that blends elements of alternative rock, folk, and psychedelia, Modest Mouse have gained a growing following thanks to albums like "Lonesome Crowded West" (1997) and "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" (2004). Their success culminated with the album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (2007), which reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Among their most representative songs are "Float On", "The World at Large", and "Dashboard". Jeremiah Green, the band's founding drummer, passed away in 2023 after a long battle with cancer.

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