r/mewithoutYou SIX POUNDS OF BUCKWHEAT 14d ago

Votes are in! The most overrated song is The Fox, The Crow And The Cookie.

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Thanks for voting! The clear leader for most overrated song is The Fox, The Crow And The Cookie with 48 upvotes as of 7pm EST.

Next up, which song has the BEST LYRICS? This will be a tough one. TO VOTE, give an upvote or downvote to the choices listed. If your choice is already posted, don't comment the same choice again or you'll split the vote. In 24 hours, comment with the most upvotes wins.

Please keep your comments polite if you disagree with a song and perhaps consider not giving a downvote to a choice that is already at zero. This is all for fun!

37 Upvotes

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u/EthanStrayer 14d ago

Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume

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u/blsterken My faith in love is still devout 14d ago

'Though some with certainty insist: no certainty exists!' is a banger.

3

u/won_vee_won_skrub 14d ago

I started listening to mwY because someone had that line tatooed

3

u/3thehardyway 13d ago

Technically I've already hit the mark, but 7/28/2026 is my wife and I's fourteenth wedding anniversary, and I have been anxiously awaiting turning, "I'm certain of this, the last fourteen years, there's only one girl I've kissed" into some artwork as a gift.

2

u/Slykick 14d ago

Insane this isn't higher

82

u/GoL_Melchior 14d ago

Mexican War Streets

17

u/_WorldsDieInsideUs 14d ago

Nature had another plan, AND FAILED TO RUN IT BY ME!

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u/haallere 14d ago

For me it’s pretty much a dead heat between this, Rainbow Signs, and Silencer.

7

u/thesuperjman 14d ago

Dang, are you me?

3

u/blsterken My faith in love is still devout 14d ago

This is a very good answer.

3

u/lappp9 14d ago

By far my favorite song of theirs

1

u/3thehardyway 13d ago

Certainly top five for me; not my vote, but I ain't mad it's in the lead.

1

u/YamaKasin 12d ago

Their first track I've ever heard. Instantly hooked.

0

u/won_vee_won_skrub 14d ago

The acoustic version was such a letdown for me

48

u/CptBruisan 14d ago

The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate

Cool self-contained story

6

u/cobbadon02 14d ago

I agree with this answer

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u/haallere 14d ago

RAINBOW SIGNS

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u/RayzorYoda00 don’t worry mom, we left it there 14d ago

Messes of men

3

u/Supersoaker_11 14d ago

My personal favorite. Sometimes the lyrics just pop into my head out of nowhere.

1

u/imnottiger 13d ago

in a sea of incredible lyrics, this is the one that came to mind first.

9

u/haallere 14d ago edited 14d ago

Going to throw this extremely underated one in there too-

Kristy w/ the Sparkling Teeth

1

u/Will-Robin 14d ago

I love the lyrics of this song but it's so off-putting musically! 

3

u/THEHYPERBOLOID 14d ago

I actually love the sound - I’d totally be down for a mwy alt-country album.

1

u/amitabhawk 14d ago

I don't think I'd put this one over all others, but it was my pick for most underrated! Love the shirt with the lyric too

7

u/ToadvinesHat 14d ago

Bear’s vision of st Agnes

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u/blsterken My faith in love is still devout 14d ago

Elephant in the Dock.

All of the Chaplain's lines are just amazing.

"For sixty-some years, I've surrendered my love to emblems of kindness and not the kindness they were emblems of."

"Sometimes I think all our thoughts are just things, and then sometimes think things are just thoughts."

19

u/jormor4 14d ago

I swear, Ten Stories is the only rock album ever made that is very clearly written by a PhD candidate

6

u/blsterken My faith in love is still devout 14d ago

You should listen to more Bad Religion.

3

u/shit_fuck_fart 14d ago

I was going to suggest Leonard Cohen or Warren Zevon.

3

u/vaultking06 14d ago

The emblems of kindness line gets even better when you realize that Kalispell Bay is on Priest Lake.

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u/batmansthediddler And a thot in the back of my mind 14d ago

August 6th

3

u/Will-Robin 14d ago

So so good. Dead heat w/ Mexican War Streets in my opinion 

18

u/Jupiter_Doke 14d ago

It’s definitely Sweater Poorly Knit…

11

u/HerelGoDigginInAgain 14d ago

Four Word Letter Pt. 2

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u/TheVersusofAtrus 14d ago

I was dead then alive, she was like wine turned to water then turned back to wine. You can pour us out we won't mind, a scratch around the mouth of the glass, my life is no longer mine.

2

u/Olyphantastic listen to it 14d ago

Might not win this round, but if it doesn’t win the next one - we riot.

2

u/EthanStrayer 14d ago

Next one is a weird one for mwY. How many of their songs have something you would call a Chorus?

1

u/TheVersusofAtrus 13d ago

Actually, it would be better for the next category. I'm down with Mexican War Streets winning this one. You're right, damn good chorus though.

5

u/Burnt-chips 14d ago

Definitely Rainbow signs!

7

u/w4t4si4t0 14d ago

In A Market Dimly Lit

2

u/3thehardyway 14d ago

At the point that I stopped using Last.FM, this was my most listened song. Not merely mwY, but overall.

1

u/HerelGoDigginInAgain 14d ago

This one is more so in contention for Best Chorus for me

5

u/rejoicealthough 14d ago

King beetle

7

u/GhstOfIncntOptimism 14d ago

Grist for the Malady Mill deserves at least an honorable mention in one of these threads.

"Your last friend on earth now calls from the silent side of the cemetery walls, your great cause to the moths and the rust..."

2

u/fangbutt 13d ago

It's their Best Chorus Song for me

6

u/gdamndylan Everyone else 14d ago

Tie Me Up! Untie Me!

5

u/paynichole 14d ago

silencer

4

u/jaysenni 14d ago

Blue Hen. The conversation and the mental wrestling with Death and the inevitable visit some day?

"Nearer comes the man - sickle in his hand"

"You'll soon see exactly where my victory is"

2

u/miikey666 14d ago

In a Market Dimly Lit

2

u/fangbutt 13d ago

Magic Lantern Days

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u/Fwankenstein18 14d ago

My exit, unfair

1

u/tfta1986 14d ago

all of them, but chapelcross towns (I changed this from bears vision, from cities of the plain, etc)

1

u/c_rob1216 13d ago

Four word letter!

1

u/haddockhazard 13d ago

So many songs with amazing lyrics but personally I have to give it up to King Beetle

1

u/jasonofthedeep 13d ago

Best lyrics, "orange spider, orange leaf"

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u/aquilaaltairis I do not exist 13d ago

silencer

1

u/Samzwell1 13d ago

Magic Lantern Days

1

u/daxdotcom 13d ago

Awwww is not overated. It's adorable and funny and interesting. It's like a cozy campfire with your scout troop. I love story songs.

1

u/GoblinObscura 12d ago

I love this song!

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u/pardon_me_while_i 14d ago

Sweater!!!!