Steam Engenius

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Modest Mouse - Rock, Art Rock

Steam Engenius

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Duration: 4:26

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[Refrain] I was born in the factory Far away from the milky teat What's the use? Oh, what's the use? [Pre-Chorus] You cheered as I was split in half A mechanical sacrificial calf for you Oh, all for you [Chorus 1] Steam engenius, you see Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need But what's the use? [Verse 1] Human nature was installed in me Well, I did what's right But naturally it wasn't natural Though not my fault, no [Chorus 2] I held in my hands The beating heart of a robot He'd lost his car It was sitting there crying out waiting in a parking lot Just for you Woo-oo, woo-oo Woo-oo, woo-oo [Chorus 3] What a waste of time What a waste of words What a waste of strength Well, I spoke in binary And you for volume and for dizzying length [Refrain] I was born in the factory Far away from the milky teat What's the use? Oh, what's the use? [Pre-Chorus] Birds flew out as I was split in half A mechanical sacrificial calf They flew Oh, out they flew [Chorus 1] Steam engenius, you see Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need And, ah, that speed [Chorus 2] I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot He was lost in his car Was sitting there and waiting in the parking lot out for you Woo-oo, woo-oo Woo-oo, woo-oo [Chorus 3] What a waste of time What a waste of words What a waste of strength Well, I spoke in binary And you for volume and for dizzying length Woo-oo, woo-oo Woo-oo, woo-oo! [Bridge] Both halves are the better half Like a joke trying to make another joke laugh, ha-hah Stasis is what you bought Like a rickshaw getting pulled around By another rickshaw, rickshaw In the past talking present tense Gonna break it, gonna wreck it Gonna try to make it all make sense Stasis is what you got Like a rickshaw getting pulled around By another rickshaw [Chorus 1] Steam engenius, you see Steam engenius enough To bring my own damn doom What could I do? [Verse 3] I blame the blame that grew Well, deep inside and everybody knew it was them It was all on them [Verse 3] Things rang of stories Greek I didn't want it, you gave me deity It was you Yeah, all for you [Refrain] I was born in the factory Far away from the milky teat What's the use? Oh, what's the use? [Chorus 2] I held in my hands a beating heart of a robot He was lost in his car Crying out waiting in a parking lot just for you Woo-oo, woo-oo Woo-oo, woo-oo [Verse 4] I was thought up by man to think better than them Then revered, admired, and then destroyed or something by them You'd think that my demise was thought up by them Oh, even though that was my own damn plan [Chorus 3] What a waste of time What a waste of words What a waste of strength Well, I spoke in binary, you broke your thought You meant for it [Chorus 2] I held my hands The beating heart of a robot He lost his car just there crying out, waiting for you in the parking lot Going "woo-hoo!" [Outro] Stasis is what you got Like a rickshaw getting pulled around By another rickshaw...

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  • Isaac Brock