Modest Mouseis an American alternativeband. The band was formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washingtonby guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Greenand bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success. Brock came up with the name "Modest Mouse" when he read the Virginia Woolfstream of consciousness essay The Mark On the Wallin which the author described the working middle class as "modest, mouse-coloured people." Brock frequently moved around with his mother when he was a child. Around this time, his mother left his father for his father's brother (Brock's uncle).
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Grey Ice Water Lyrics
Modest Mouse
Yer standing by yer grey ice water
Out in the wind above ground out in the weather
You had yerself a crazy lover
Becoming frozen trying hard to forget her
You got a job up in alaska
Its easy to save what the cannery pays
Cause there aint no way to spend it
At home on a boat, its a fish trap
You took the path of least resistance
On the phone cutting out talking
Short to long distance
Yer standing by yer grey ice water
Out in the wind above ground out in the water
You had yerself a crazy lover
Become unfrozen trying hard to forget her
You got a job up in alaska
Its easy to save what the cannery pays
Cause there aint no way to spend it
On the arctic blast (x7)