Lives

Album: The Moon And Antarctica (2000)
Play Video
  • Everyone's afraid of their own lives
    If you could be anything you want
    I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?

    No one really knows the ones they love
    If you knew everything they thought
    I bet that you would wish that they'd just shut up

    Well, you were the dull sound of sharp math
    When you were alive
    No one's going to play the harp when you die
    And if I had a nickel for every damn dime
    I'd have half the time, do you mind?

    Everyone's afraid of their own lives
    If you could be anything you want
    I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?
    Am I right, am I right, am I right?
    Am I right, am I right, am I right?

    And it's our lives
    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember
    We're alive for the first time
    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember
    We're alive for the last time
    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember
    To live before you die

    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember
    That our lives are such a short time
    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember
    When it takes such a long time
    It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember

    My mom's God is a woman and my mom she is a witch
    I like this
    My hell comes from inside, comes from inside myself
    Why fight this?

    Everyone's afraid of their own lives
    If you could be anything you want
    I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right? Writer/s: ERIC JUDY, ISAAC BROCK, JEREMIAH GREEN
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Kathleen from Brownsville, TxI LOVE ISAAC BROCK!! This song ROCKS!! I LOVE MODEST MOUSE!!
  • Jake from San Fran, CaI wonder if he hates it when people make judgments on his prefrences when THEY HAVN'T EVEN MET HIM
  • Weston from Whitefish, Mtmy comment below is referring to jay's comment
  • Weston from Whitefish, MtActually he hates it when people ask him to interpret his songs because he thinks everyone should come up with their own thoughts and ideas from the songs. They can mean whatever they want to whoever it doesn't matter.
  • Jay from Allentown, PaI dont think thats true, especially since the next line is "I like this."

    I dont think it has anything to to with Isaac's real mom at all.. I think its all metaphoric.

    Plus, these are the things that piss Isaac off. He hates when people try to interpret his songs. He says that he wrote tham at a specific time in his life and mean stuff only to him.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Colbie Caillat

Colbie CaillatSongwriter Interviews

Since emerging from MySpace with her hit "Bubbly," Colbie has become a top songwriter, even crafting a hit with Taylor Swift.

Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles

Timothy B. Schmit of the EaglesSongwriter Interviews

Did this Eagle come up with the term "Parrothead"? And what is it like playing "Hotel California" for the gazillionth time?

Emilio Castillo from Tower of Power

Emilio Castillo from Tower of PowerSongwriter Interviews

Emilio talks about what it's like to write and perform with the Tower of Power horns, and why every struggling band should have a friend like Huey Lewis.

Trucking Songs That Were #1 Hits

Trucking Songs That Were #1 HitsSong Writing

The stories behind the biggest hit songs about trucking.

"Private Eyes" - The Story Behind the Song

"Private Eyes" - The Story Behind the SongSong Writing

How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.

Name the Character in the Song

Name the Character in the SongMusic Quiz

With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?