This one was discussed on barenaked.net's board and it has much more clever meaning that I had thought...
Here's my take:
Obviously a song about losing someone...
"The onion rings, the phone makes me cry"
The onion is ringing instead of making him cry. The phone makes him cry now because it's not ringing.
"The water falls, the fire flies"
He is crying still, as the fire of their relationship flies.
"You're an abacus and my heart was counting on us"
Amazing line, doesn't need much interpretation.
"The birches bark, the williows weep
But I lie awake; I'm adrift without a snowflake"
I think he is saying something in him really wants the dead relationship to work, but he knows it can't. Adrift, and a drift with the snowflake, a clever BNLey pun.
Awesome song about trying to keep your head up when you're sad. Great song, wonderful way to kick off the new album.
This one was discussed on barenaked.net's board and it has much more clever meaning that I had thought...
Here's my take: Obviously a song about losing someone... "The onion rings, the phone makes me cry" The onion is ringing instead of making him cry. The phone makes him cry now because it's not ringing.
"The water falls, the fire flies" He is crying still, as the fire of their relationship flies.
"You're an abacus and my heart was counting on us" Amazing line, doesn't need much interpretation.
"The birches bark, the williows weep But I lie awake; I'm adrift without a snowflake" I think he is saying something in him really wants the dead relationship to work, but he knows it can't. Adrift, and a drift with the snowflake, a clever BNLey pun.
Awesome song about trying to keep your head up when you're sad. Great song, wonderful way to kick off the new album.