Dramamine by Modest Mouse (Lyrics)

Traveling swallowing dramamine
Feeling spaced breathin' out Listerine
I'd said that I'd said that I'd tell ya
And that's you've killed the better part of me
If you could just milk it for everything
I've said what I've said and you know what I mean
But I still can't focus on anything
We kiss on the mouth but still cough down our sleeves

Traveling swallowing dramamine
Look at your face like you're killed in a dream
And you think you've figured out everything
I think I know my geography pretty damn well
You say what you need so you'll get more
If you could just milk it for everything
i've said what I'd said and you know what I mean
But I still can't focus on anything

[Cody-musj]

Rip lil bro. No road trip will be the same. Nothing is the same

[MarkieDood]

By the way, for those of you curious, the highway featured in this video is US Route 50, specifically the Nevada portion, which has been nicknamed "The Loneliest Road in America."

[jeromeswanson]

R.i.P. my sweet son, I have a picture of you learning to play this. I miss you.

[labRat-fony]

this song feels like finding an old photo of someone you use to know and realising its been year since you last spoke to or even thought about them.

[addingtonacres]

The comments here have been almost as comforting as the song. This song has always entranced me. It got me through some of the roughest times in my life and is like a friend who understands you even when you dont understand yourself. I am so thankful for this song's existence as well as this video's. Thank you.

[JohnnyDogs]

30+ hour drive from Chicago to Phoenix with my buddy Devin. We had this song on as we looked around in amazement at how different the Southwest is from the Midwest. We loved every second of it. Dev just recently passed and this had me thinking of him. Perfect video for a perfect song. Kudos.

[thelonedart]

It doesn't get any better or any worse than this. All emotion is captured in this one song and sobers you as you feel elated by being understood about always feeling misunderstood.

[kylebroussard]

I feel like this is one of those songs where the music says more than the words.

The breakdown towards the end makes me feel lost and yet in familiar ground. As if it resembles somewhere you have been and will be again. But you aren't sure why. Ironic it also happens to be about addiction and bad habits...

This is one of those songs you can get lost to and find yourself to at the same time. Just a masterpiece.

[retroplayground]

First time I heard this was in 1999 when my husband walked out and left my son and me penniless. They played in on this local college radio station called *KNON*
I was driving to the store to cash in change I had in a jar. This song has always made me think of the worst night of my life. Now it's just bittersweet. He almost killed me, but didn't break me entirely. Almost though. Felt that way for a few years.

[matronmalice]

"I've said what I'd said and you know what I mean
But I still can't focus on anything"

This song reminds me of a bad relationship, well not outright bad but stagnant and going through the motions anymore and you either stay because you hope it can be saved or you are too scared to be alone so you stay. It speaks of the loss of intimacy that you once had and walking around in a daze because you just don't know what to do. At least that is what I get from it, the great thing about MM lyrics is they speak to everyone differently.

[marypalmer]

Listening to Modest Mouse makes me feel like I'm in my bedroom, in a cheap one storey house in a very small quiet American town somewhere in the Midwest, where I've lived my whole life (I'm actually Russian and have lived in an apartment on the 5th floor my whole life). It's almost surreal.

[Hans-yocq]

I love how no matter how many times I listen to it it always sounds better than the last time I listened to it.

[dohjay]

it feels like sitting in a cheap motel at 4am not being able to sleep while having a cigarette and drinking the complimentary coffee they have in the rooms that you steep like tea bags. I love it

[Nicktwd]

It’s crazy how you can hear this song even when it’s not playing

[artemistsori]

this song reminds me of that feeling in the pit of your stomach you feel when in agony, stressed or overly excited. Thank you for that, it's a feeling most both desire an try to get rid of.

[halfalseepbehindthewheel]

RIP Jerimiah you will be missed and your music will live on forever.

[humanojoven]

I listen this when I was 16 years old. Now 29 and its the same esence of pure music for me. Always come here when I need some dramamine musically speaking

[addiemarieruhome]

As a young kid I actually had a friend of mine die from an “overdose” of Dramamine. Over the years I’ve had many more friends die of heroin overdose. This reminds me of times I’ve had and times I have not yet had. The hopelessness of reminiscing, but also the hopefulness of the future. Damn I love Modest Mouse

[Apeekachu]

This song is haunting... Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, * Edits Arcade fire, Death Cab For Cutie... I don't know what I'd do without them...

[brantmiller]

This song means so much to me and I can't describe why.