"Fork and Knife" as written by and Vincent Accardi Jesse Lacey....
We're uneasy, two tigers in a cage,
We're pacing on our pads, in waiting,
For the time to come in reverie.
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
The closest thing we had to royalty,
A chance to break our parents' patterns.
We chose to keep our teenage tragedy,
In lieu of a romantic palace.
Play tender like a new born baby would.
Play tender 'til the night is over.
I'm leaving you to nurture cherished wounds,
And care for it just like your lover, yeah.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
The morning's over, the day is in full swing.
I know you're busy,
But please won't you come visit me?
You are an aimless ghost,
You haunt you bag of bones.
The wolf messed with your vision.
He is sitting in your kitchen,
While you sleep tonight.
You will eat your young,
And you will act surprised.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
The morning's over, the day is in full swing.
We're pacing on our pads, in waiting,
For the time to come in reverie.
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
The closest thing we had to royalty,
A chance to break our parents' patterns.
We chose to keep our teenage tragedy,
In lieu of a romantic palace.
Play tender like a new born baby would.
Play tender 'til the night is over.
I'm leaving you to nurture cherished wounds,
And care for it just like your lover, yeah.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
The morning's over, the day is in full swing.
I know you're busy,
But please won't you come visit me?
You are an aimless ghost,
You haunt you bag of bones.
The wolf messed with your vision.
He is sitting in your kitchen,
While you sleep tonight.
You will eat your young,
And you will act surprised.
You can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Can't hold on to the thrill.
So I hope you find your will to follow through.
What we invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love.
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young.
The morning's over, the day is in full swing.
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"Reverie" is most definitely a word...a word with very strong Latin and Christian roots-the Chrisitan connotations being the main point of importance. The entire concept of the last album was Jesse's struggle with his faith, and considering that this song was initially meant to be one of the more emotionally touching tracks on the album, one can assume that it's heavily laden with Christian concepts. Reverie describes a feeling of awe brought about by righteousness and holyness. In essence, that entire verse is talking about the wait for Christ's second coming:
We'll take it easy, tigers in the cage,
Pacing on our pads, and waiting,
For the time to come in reverie.
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry.
Basically, it's saying that the "tigers in the cage" (people stuck in the sorrow of this realm of reality) need to just be patient and wait for the coming of Christ (the time to come in reverie) and then their souls will be wed to the one that they were promised to (Christ is obviously the one to whom the souls of Chrisitans belong, and while wed probabaly isn't the best word here, it is the proper context because of the reference to dowry).
Oh, and luckykr3w...
It's not "royalty" it's...
The closest thing we had to loyalty.
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""We'll take it easy, tigers in a cage We're pacing on our pads, and waiting For the time to come in reverie Our lazy bones ache for our dowry"" this whole phrase is talking about the second coming of christ as someone stated earlier it makes the most sense out of anything i have heard.
""You can't hold on to the thrill So I hope you find your will to follow through What we invented, I am now ending Hold on to who you love We are dry and blown like dust since we were young What we invented, I am now ending"" Hes basically saying you cant hold on to anything forever in life it will pass so hes hoping everyone will have the will to follow through and believe in christ jesus.When he says what we invented i am now ending hes saying watever comfort hes created for himself on this earth he is now ending it to follow god. Then he says hold on to who you love we are dry and blown like dust since we were young. In other words hes saying help the ones you love stay with Jesus because were all being blown away from him since the day we were born.
""The closest thing we had to royalty A chance to break our parents' pattern We chose to keep our teenage tragedy In lieu of their romantic palette Play tender like a newborn baby would Play tender 'til the night is over I'm leaving you to nurture cherished wounds And care for it just like your lover, yeah"" In this line he changes the subject to a girl he loved assuming its the girl who cheated on him with TBS singer. He saying the only thing they had was a chance to break all there parents patters of losing the ones they loved and staying with them forever but they chose to not get over what happened wen they were younger. and then to avoid this line of mistakes he decides to stay tender and peacfull and forget everything be mindless maby by taking drugs drinking ect. Then he says play tender till the night is over hes saying keep himself in this mindless state till night is over and he has peace. then he says im leaving you to nurture cherished wounds. Hes saying hes doing this cuz he wants to get her out of his head completely and he will care to his wounds just like his ex lover cared for hers.
""I know you're busy, but please won't you come visit me? You are an aimless ghost, you haunt your bag of bones The wolf messed with your vision, he is sitting in your kitchen while you sleep tonight He will eat your young and you will act surprised"" In this ending line hes pointing out how she needs to turn to christ and raise her kids in the lord or theyll get pulled away too. basically when he says I know your busy but please come visit me hes saying even though shes busy she should take the time to listen to what he has to say. then he says you are an aimless ghost you haunt your bag of bones. in other words the way she is living now has no meaning at all and by saying you haunt your bag of bones hes saying bag of bones "when she dies" shes just haunting it by pulling away from god either by longer purgatory or just straightup hell either one which Jesse believes in.Then finally the llast part ""The wolf messed with your vision"" first off the wolf is referring to the devil the devil was mentioned in the bible as a wolf who is crafty and decieving, so the devil messed with her whole vision on life and how to go through it then ""he is sitting in your kitchen while you sleep tonight He will eat your young and you will act surprised"" this is basically saying you've know aloud satin into your houshold and when your guard is down hes gonna go after your children and ruin there perspective on life like he did to her and she will know why her kids ended up like this but is still gonna be surprised knowing that jesse was right.
This is the true perspective of the song it really does make since seeing as how there last cd was about Jesse faith right her hes pronouncing he believes in God. Hope this helps some people who may have questions.
But as much as I like the "laying down the fork and knife" theory, I'm pretty sure takeiteasytigers is right, it's the name of a restaurant on Long Island.
Hell, maybe he means both. I wouldn't put it past the greatest lyricist of our time.
That is what I was about to say.
anyway...this is just my interpretation:
"We'll take it easy, tigers in the cage,
Pacing on our pads, and waiting,
For the town to come in revelry
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry."
revelry is sort of like partying...or "merrymaking"...and if the 'town' were to come in revelry...well...that makes sense. everyone else having the time of their lives while the 'tigers' are locked up waiting for their time to be let loose and join in on the fun! i dk thats just what i think...but it could be just as much right as it is wrong
This song, at least the bridge, seems to me like the girl the guy loved went for another guy who was only using her, and she knew it but refused to see it.
they're probably in parenthesis because it probably doesn't have any literal correlation to the song...
while this song might have christian references, to me it seems like he's talking about what was a perfect match being thrown away.
after all, TDAG was all about his relationship falling apart after his engagement.
This line he sings just gives this whole song a whole new demension; i just love it.