The Whale Song by Modest Mouse
“I should've found a way out, so everyone could find a way out”
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I should've found a way out, so everyone could find a way out
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Continuing my Modest Mouse Top 25 countdown: 3. The Whale Song Every time I hear the opening bass line of The Whale Song, I start to grin. When I first discovered it, I had to hear it at least three times a day or life wasn't worth living. The structure of the song is exactly right. It gradually builds and hits us with the lyrics halfway through. It seems to be about the band's success, and how they moved away from a small label and humble beginnings, to a situation which wasn't entirely comfortable. The second half of the song is more intense than the first, and provides an almost orgasmic release as it reaches its conclusion. There is no other Modest Mouse song that indulges the guitars quite like this one.
