well first off this is one of my personal favorites from cake. fingers are a motif representing your inner self. you may not know who you are but cake says to reference your fingers while you sleep. who are you really? "do they tremble on the edge of the bed
or do you fold them neatly by your head
do they clench like claws against your own skin
when you're living your day all over again"? what's your real personality... not your words, not even your actions. just something much more subtle like your fingers while asleep. whenever someone wakes up he/she's in a most natural position. you can control the position you fall asleep but cannot control your posture when you wake up. so you're forced to witness your real self. i think the end part is the most revealing: "when you sleep
do they tremble on the edge of the bed
or do you fold them neatly by your head"? are you scared to go to sleep or are you confident that you know who you really are. in other words do you know what your fingers are doing while your asleep??
well first off this is one of my personal favorites from cake. fingers are a motif representing your inner self. you may not know who you are but cake says to reference your fingers while you sleep. who are you really? "do they tremble on the edge of the bed or do you fold them neatly by your head do they clench like claws against your own skin when you're living your day all over again"? what's your real personality... not your words, not even your actions. just something much more subtle like your fingers while asleep. whenever someone wakes up he/she's in a most natural position. you can control the position you fall asleep but cannot control your posture when you wake up. so you're forced to witness your real self. i think the end part is the most revealing: "when you sleep do they tremble on the edge of the bed or do you fold them neatly by your head"? are you scared to go to sleep or are you confident that you know who you really are. in other words do you know what your fingers are doing while your asleep??