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MODEST MOUSE
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
"Satin In A Coffin"
Tabbed By Garrett Gold (Yugugelizer)
The Intro Is Really A Banjo
Part 1
E |-----------------------|
B |--------------------8--|
G |------5-7-5---5--------|
D |5-7-8-------8---8-5---5|
A |-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
Part 2
E |-------------------|
B |----------------8--|
G |------5-7-5--------|
D |5-7-8-------8-5---5|
A |-------------------|
E |-------------------|
Part 3
E |3-1-0-1|
B |3-1-0-1|
G |4-2-1-2|
D |5-3-2-3|
A |5-3-2-3|
E |3-1-0-1|
Part 4
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |7---7------------------------------|
D |--8---8-7---7---12----12----7---7--|
A |----------8---8----13----13---8---8|
E |-----------------------------------|
Part 5
E |---------------|
B |--6-4-------4--|
G |7-----7-5-7---7|
D |---------------|
A |---------------|
E |---------------|
Part 6
E |-------|
B |8-6-4-3|
G |-------|
D |-------|
A |-------|
E |-------|
Part 7
E |---------|
B |---------|
G |---------|
D |3-5-3-1-0|
A |---------|
E |---------|
PART ORDER
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3
44
55555555 5X2 5X2
6 6 6
7
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jordan Rhythm Player |
#1 by Jordan at Aug 19, 1971 at 3:53 AM EST |
| You were laying on the carpet Like you're satin in a coffin for some reason, this lyrics makes me think of someone who's doin a crazy crazy drug and all they can do is lie there. and drugs obviously kill ppl when they overdoes. prob not the right meaning,but just an idea... | |
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#2 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Dec 27, 1972 at 3:57 AM EST |
| The beginning of the song it sounds like he is talking about an abusive father, maybe he found his father or someone else abusive or that he hated in his life lying on the floor and he though/said You were laying on the carpet Like you're satin in a coffin You said, "Do you believe what you're sayin'?" Yeah right now, but not that often Are you dead or are you sleepin'? Are you dead or are you sleepin'? Are you dead or are you sleepin'? God I sure hope you are dead Well you disappeared so often Like you dissolved into coffee Are you here right now or are there Probably fossils under your meat? Are you dead or are you sleepin'? Are you dead or are you sleepin'? Are you dead or are you sleepin'? God I sure hope you are dead those first 2 really sound like he was talking about what I thought | |
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Kyle Average |
#3 by Kyle Bish at Jul 18, 1974 at 8:17 PM EST |
| He's being more comfortable about death, accepting that it's natural and without reason. Not being bitter toward death makes you more alive. People whine about and and glorify death, making their lives chaotic and painful, less worth living. | |
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Sara Average |
#4 by Sara Sunshine at Nov 16, 1974 at 7:58 AM EST |
| It's clearly about how society is following a path to it's own destruction. A clear example would be; "Now the blow's been softened, since the air we breathe's our coffin Well now the blow's been softened, since the ocean is our coffin Often times you know our laughter is our coffin ever after And you know the blow's been softened, since the world is our coffin And now the blow's been softened, since we are our own damn coffins" That whole bit makes it obviously clear. | |
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~Ivy Loves Shav Rhythm Player |
#5 by ~Ivy Loves Shavo~ at Jul 8, 1978 at 6:49 PM EST |
| There are some secondary metaphors here. "Like satin in a coffin" - You have the "like" aspect of what the "You" on the floor is. "Satin in a coffin," however, on it's own, is a wordplay. Satin: luxury, refinement, wealth. what good is it really if it's lining a coffin? In other words... "You're lying there looking (sounding) pretty, too bad you're dead" or "What you're saying sounds so pretty, so good - too bad it's bullshit (hollow)." Same goes for the dissolving into coffee phrase. Usually sugar disolves into coffee, it's sweet, but dissapears, dies, dissolves. MM seems to have an anti-material bent, what good is anything? Air, oceans? But I think that they're double-edged, why complain, just enjoy it, enjoy the satin, the sugar - even if it is all just ending in death. What's the point of being depressed over the inevitable? MM might have struggled over that for a while... I think this album deals w/ that struggle in part. | |
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Phillip Wanna Be |
#6 by Phillip Doucette at Aug 9, 1987 at 9:18 AM EST |
| This song is indeed interesting, and I think its ambiguous on purpose. Especially when you compare it to 'Cowboy Dan' you get the feeling that it may half refer to God himself. It could be a person, but I also think it is Isaac questioning if God is out there or if he is 'dead'. With the 'disappeared' and 'dissolved into coffee' it seems that he is refering to all the times he felt that God left him. Like Nietzche, he is basically saying God is Dead. The opening could refer to someone who he is talking to about his beliefs, and the person looking like satin refers to later in the song when we are 'our own damned coffins'. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#7 by Matt Cromwell at Aug 5, 1988 at 1:05 AM EST |
| Thought: Modest Mouse's song Satin in a Coffin is a reference to the scene in Trainspotting when Ewan McGregor overdoses on heroin and falls down on the floor which then morphes into a coffin covered in satin. "You were sittin on the carpet like you're satin in a coffin .... are you dead or are you sleepin' " | |
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Tyler Average |
#8 by Tyler Hutchison at Oct 25, 1988 at 4:47 PM EST |
| this song is about is about how the things around us are sort of trapping us (the world is our coffin... we are our own coffins) thats basically the only part i get. the rest might as well be jibberish 'cause i don't get it | |
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chris Average |
#9 by chris at Sep 1, 1992 at 1:49 PM EST |
| Listen to this song then listen to Five to One by The Doors. Similar beats. | |
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The Great South Lead Player |
#10 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Feb 5, 1995 at 10:03 AM EST |
| I think it says "Do you believe what you see?" It's about the rejection of religion/God and an afterlife; the beginning of an atheist outlook. "The blows been softened since we are own damn coffins" "The blows" meaning the sins that we commit and our supposed consequence for them; our death comes at random and without reason; our sins have only the consequence of non-existence. It's a great song. Very catchy. | |
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Mike Average |
#11 by Mike Dawgg at Aug 1, 1997 at 8:59 PM EST |
| this song is directed at organized religion with him talking to a preacher/monk. etc. "God I sure sure hope you are dead" does a good job summing it up | |
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Justice Wanna Be |
#12 by Justice Fish at Apr 27, 1998 at 10:18 PM EST |
| I always thought that the line "God I sure hope you are dead" was being adressed to god, not used as an intensifier, thus making this more of a 'whats wrong with god that the world is so screwed up' song. But then again, I've got no idea what I'm talking about. In any case its a great song. | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#13 by Steve Smyth at Jan 3, 1999 at 2:25 PM EST |
| Bosnia: You can't really say with any certainty whether he's saying "god I sure hope you are dead" is addressing some regular person or god. That's kind of the point of the line, it's left ambiguous for a reason. Considering that most MM lyrics are ANYTHING BUT straightforward, I'd be more willing to bet that he was saying it to "god" and not a person. Or at least trying to put that idea out there... that part of it seems intentional to me. | |
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Simon (Si) Lead Player |
#14 by Simon (Si) Brown at Aug 9, 2005 at 9:14 PM EST |
| When I first heard this song i related it to drug usage. But once i got more into the lyrics i believe it is about how we have always been afraid to sin for religion but since he realizes the likelihood of it isnt great its easier to deal with being the world is our coffin, and the part Do you believe what you're saying yeah right now but not that often, depicts peopls general religios views | |
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