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3rd Planet

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"3rd Planet" is a track by Modest Mouse, from the album The Moon & Antarctica. The track is 3:58 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Modest Mouse

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Lyrics

3rd Planet

Everything that keeps me together is falling apart
I've got this thing that I consider my only art
Of fucking people over
My boss just quit the job
Says he's going out to find blind spots
And he'll do it
The third planet is sure that they're being watched
By an eye in the sky that can't be stopped
When you get to the promised land
You're gonna shake that eye's hand

Your heart felt good
It was dripping pitch and made of wood
And your hands and knees
Felt cold and wet on the grass to me

Well, outside, naked, shivering, looking blue
From the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon
Baby cum angels, fly around you
Reminding you we used to be three and not just two
And that's how the world began
And that's how the world will end

Well a third had just been made
And we were swimming in the water
Didn't know then
Was it a son, was it a daughter?
When it occurred to me
That the animals are swimming
Around in the water
In the oceans, in our bodies
And another had been found
Another ocean on the planet
Given that our blood is just like the Atlantic
And how

The universe is shaped exactly like the earth
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth

Your heart felt good
It was dripping pitch and made of wood
And your hands and knees
Felt cold and wet on the grass to me

Well, outside naked, shivering, looking blue
From the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon
Baby come angels, fly around you
Reminding you we used to be three and not just two
And that's how the world began
And that's how the world will end

Well, a third had just been made
And we were swimming in the water
Didn't know then
Was it a son, was it a daughter?
When it occurred to me
That the animals are swimming
Around in the water
In the oceans, in our bodies
And another had been found
Another ocean on the planet
Given that our blood is just like the Atlantic
And how

Well, the universe is shaped exactly like the earth
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth

Everything that keeps me together is falling apart
I've got this thing that I consider my only art
Of fucking people over

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Track details

From The Moon & Antarctica

3:58
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The Moon & Antarctica
The Moon & Antarctica
Modest Mouse
9th June 2000
  1. 13rd Planet
    3:58
  2. 2Gravity Rides Everything
    4:20
  3. 3Dark Center of the Universe
    5:03
  4. 4Perfect Disguise
    2:32
  5. 5Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
    3:14
  6. 6A Different City
    2:54
  7. 7The Cold Part
    5:01
  8. 8Alone Down There
    2:22
  9. 9The Stars Are Projectors
    8:46
  10. 10Wild Packs of Family Dogs
    1:44
  11. 11Paper Thin Walls
    3:01
  12. 12I Came As a Rat
    3:47
  13. 13Lives
    3:18
  14. 14Life Like Weeds
    6:30
  15. 15What People Are Made Of
    2:14
  16. —3rd Planet
    3:58
  17. —Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
    3:14
  18. —Gravity Rides Everything
    4:20
  19. —Life Like Weeds
    6:30
  20. —Paper Thin Walls
    3:01

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