This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
We're an oyster cracker on the stew
And the honey in the tea
We're the sugar cubes, one lump or two
In the black coffee
The golden crust on an apple pie
That shines in the sun at noon
We're a wheel of cheese high in the sky
But we're gonna be sinkin' soon
In a boat that's built of sticks and hay
We drifted from the shore
With a captain who's too proud to say
That he dropped the oar
A tiny hole has sprung a leak
In this cheap pontoon
Now the hull has started growing weak
And we're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
Everybody hold your breath
'Cause we're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
Everybody hold your breath
And down and down we go
Like the oyster cracker on the stew
The honey in the tea
The sugar cubes, one lump or two?
No thank you, none for me
We're the golden crust on an apple pie
That shines in the sun at noon
Like the wheel of cheese high in the sky
Well, we're gonna be sinkin' soon
And the honey in the tea
We're the sugar cubes, one lump or two
In the black coffee
The golden crust on an apple pie
That shines in the sun at noon
We're a wheel of cheese high in the sky
But we're gonna be sinkin' soon
In a boat that's built of sticks and hay
We drifted from the shore
With a captain who's too proud to say
That he dropped the oar
A tiny hole has sprung a leak
In this cheap pontoon
Now the hull has started growing weak
And we're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
Everybody hold your breath
'Cause we're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
We're gonna be sinkin' soon
Everybody hold your breath
And down and down we go
Like the oyster cracker on the stew
The honey in the tea
The sugar cubes, one lump or two?
No thank you, none for me
We're the golden crust on an apple pie
That shines in the sun at noon
Like the wheel of cheese high in the sky
Well, we're gonna be sinkin' soon
Lyrics submitted by softasfire
Sinkin' Soon Lyrics as written by Norah Jones Lee Alexander
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i love this song i think it might be my favorite off of her new album! i love the feel of it, how it's like old time scandalous lol she is one of the greatest artist of our time and for as far what it's about i think that it's just that "ther" all have there bad side and they will be "sinking" soon
The muted horn is great :D
what I like about this song is that it's kind of fictional. it really makes it attractive. i don't look for a very special meaning in this song. the feeling that it has, the capitan's character, and the tangible descriptions ... these are things that makes me listen to this song thousands of times. and each time i get a different impression.
I believe its about a couple that are happy and go together well, but something was wrong with their relationshiop from the start that is causing them to "sink"
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I got the vague impression it was about a couple breaking up soon, but the above mentioned environmental consciousness message fits very well too because it's too wide to be just about two people.
My interpretation of the song goes like this: It about a realtionship (lovers, friends) and she begins about all these things that just go together "We're an oyster cracker on the stew, And the honey in the tea, We're the sugar cubes, one lump or two, In the black coffee, The golden crust on an apple pie, That shines in the sun at noon, We're a wheel of cheese high in the sky"
the relationship is fine, but something has happened: "But we're gonna be sinkin' soon"
Either party of the realationship is too proud or hard headed (Same thing I guess) to admit error: "In a boat that's built of sticks and hay, We drifted from the shore, With a captain who's too proud to say, That he dropped the oar, Now a tiny hole has sprung a leak, In this cheap pontoon, Now the hull has started growing weak, And we're gonna be sinkin' soon."
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It seems quite political to me. This album was made during the Bush Administration and her dislike of Bush can be found in some of the other songs as well. I think it's about how we're "sinking" but being lied to and made to think that things aren't as bad as they really are.