In an reversal of the context of what seems like many a lyrical thread in most of CAKE's songs, "She'll Hang the Baskets" has the woman playing the role of "hanger-on" in the face of a relationship gone totally kaput. Throughout the song this poor gal still goes through the motions of maintaining a harmonious household (over & over "she hangs the baskets on the wall") in the face of the reality of hearing slamming doors-- even how her s.o. blatantly uses the excuse of going to get her Turtle Wax as his cue to "never come back" (an unusually clever way to bail out--IMHO, the best line in the whole song, LOL). And even as time goes by to where those lovingly hung baskets start falling off the walls, the woman is still there to hang those darn things back on the walls in her state of futility...just in case...
In an reversal of the context of what seems like many a lyrical thread in most of CAKE's songs, "She'll Hang the Baskets" has the woman playing the role of "hanger-on" in the face of a relationship gone totally kaput. Throughout the song this poor gal still goes through the motions of maintaining a harmonious household (over & over "she hangs the baskets on the wall") in the face of the reality of hearing slamming doors-- even how her s.o. blatantly uses the excuse of going to get her Turtle Wax as his cue to "never come back" (an unusually clever way to bail out--IMHO, the best line in the whole song, LOL). And even as time goes by to where those lovingly hung baskets start falling off the walls, the woman is still there to hang those darn things back on the walls in her state of futility...just in case...