Modest Mouse - Bukowski Lyrics Meaning

He is upset at God (who he doesnt believe exists, its just a hypothetical scenario in which his life is the same but god does exist) because his life is turing to shit and he is becoming sinical however god only fixes other people problems even when he sacrifices things to god("See what you want to see" says god only fixes what he wants to fix. "you should see it all" is brock saying fix everything. "Take what you want from me, you deserve it all" is his ironic/satirical way of saying ive given you all this and you wont fix my problems?)

Brock says the majority of the time(nine times out of 10) everything just gets fucked over for him and hes never there durng the good times(all that icing and all that cake? I wont make it to your wedding... what hes saying is that he wants the cake but he wont be there for it.)

Many ancient civilization believe the liver is the center of the source of life, which is why when Brock says we sat on the river and the crowd screamed "Sacrifice the liver" they wanted gods will and kill. He then goes on to say If god takes life hes an indian giver, which i believe is because when something was killed native americans would use the whole body for tools as not let it go to waste and to thanks the body. The most practical and humane way to deal with a body. But the worshippers want the body for a sacrifice and tell them never to use it(hence the phrase:"Tell me why you tell me never?")

In short, if god controls everything than why is it when we try to make him happy he makes us miserable and die?