Ocean Breathes Salty

"Ocean Breathes Salty" is the second single released from Modest Mouse's album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. There were two releases of the single. The first included the album version of "Ocean Breathes Salty", as well as a live studio recording of "Float On". The second release was an Enhanced CD, released on January 11, 2005. It included the original recording of the song, an additional live studio session of the song, the live version of "Float On", and finally the music video for "Ocean Breathes Salty". The music video for "Ocean Breathes Salty" was directed by Chris Milk and is very similar to a segment of the Pink Floyd film, The Wall. The video shows a young boy finding a bird with a broken wing, which throughout the video becomes lead singer Isaac Brock. The boy patches up the bird and shows it to his mom, who disgusted, tries to take the bird away. The boy runs away and spends the night in a field with the bird where he dreams that he can play with it when it heals. Unfortunately, when he wakes up, the bird has died and he buries it. As he walks away, the band dressed up as animals, appear and finish the song.

[Verse 1] Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in In my head, in my heart, in my soul And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again Well, I don't know, I don't know I don't know, don't think so [Chorus 1] Well, that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me, you get away from me Collected my belongings and I left the jail Well, thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell I had to think awhile, I had to think awhile [Verse 2] The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, in your mouth, in your soul And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old Well I don't know, I don't know I don't know, I hope so [Chorus 1] Well, that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me, you get away from me Collected my belongings and I left the jail Well, thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell I had to think awhile, I had to think awhile [Bridge] Well, that is that and this is this Will you tell me what you saw, and I'll tell you what you missed When the ocean met the sky (You missed) You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye (You missed) When the Earth folded in on itself (You missed) And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope Heaven and Hell (You missed, you missed) Are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath" (You missed, you missed) You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? (You missed, you missed) You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? [Verse 3] The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, in your mouth, in your soul The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind Well, I don't mind, I don't mind How the hell could I mind? [Chorus 2] Well, that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me, you get away from me Well, that is that and this is this Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed When the ocean met the sky (You missed) You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?