Well take it easy, tigers in the cage
Pacing on our pads, and waiting
For the time to come for reverie
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry

Can’t hold on to the thrill
So, I hope you find the will to follow through
What we’ve invented, I am now ending.
Hold on to who you love
We have tried, and flown like doves since we were young
What we’ve invented, I am now ending

The closest thing we had to loyalty (royalty?)
A chance to break our parents’ pattern
You chose to keep your teenage tragedy
In lieu of their romantic pallet
Play tender like a new born baby would
Play tender to the night is over
I’m leaving you to nurture cherished wounds
And care for it just like your lover, yeah

Can’t hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we’ve invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We have tried, and flown like doves since we were young
What we’ve invented, I am now ending

Can’t hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we’ve invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We have tried, and flown like doves since we were young
The mornings over, the day is in full swing.



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    General Comment:Sounds a lot like Badly Drawn Boy
    Flag Rasioon November 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song has been called Fork and Knife and will be released on Amazon October 23rd - rerecorded of course.

    amazon.com/Fork-And-Knife/dp/B000X6ZHBI/ref=sr_1_27/…
    Flag ringlordon October 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:whenever i hear this song i think of romeo and juliet.
    Flag God save the markon September 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"The closest thing we had to royalty?
    A chance to break our parents’ pattern"

    This may be a reference to the Kennedys
    Flag jawsthmswimmingon August 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:why didn't they play this when i saw them.. that makes me angry. i'm in love with this song. i fucking love jesse.
    Flag __angieslaughteron June 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think he's saying romantic palates. (the thing on the roof of your mouth.) which is commonly associated as 'taste'.

    I think this song is about marriage/divorce

    "can't hold on to the thrill, so I hope you find the will to follow through."

    to me that line speaks of the impossibility to remain 'in love' forever, but the need to still remain faithful to the promise you make when you marry someone.
    you may not keep the same butterfly feelings and other thrills when you first fell in love with the person but you need to stay together to keep the promise.

    *the closest thing we had to loyalty
    a chance to break our parents pattern.*
    (I think this talks about the huge number of people that get divorced, a majority of people in america.)

    *you chose to keep your teenage tragedy
    and ruin their romantic palates.'*
    (instead of remaining loyal they made drama out of it like teenagers, and in doing so ruined their taste for romanticism.)

    *hold on to who you love, we are dry and blow like dust since we were young.*
    (I think this line talks of how often we move on from one to the next. if we don't like a relationship, we blow like dust to the next one.)


    anyways that's just my take on the song. it's a very very catchy song. and both these demos and the new album are mind-blowing.
    Flag hollywooooooodon May 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:A strong theme with this song is things ending (or not) or just repeating. Examples:
    I hopw you find the will to follow through
    What we invented, I am now ending
    Chance to break our parents' patterns
    ...Until the night is over
    The morning's over, the day is in full swing.
    That being said, there is significance. The song starts in the middle of a drum beat and also ends in the middle of a drum beat... and if you can repeat the song without it stopping to find its place, the song will seamlessly loop and never stop.
    Just wondering if anyone else thought the same things.
    Flag Arteron February 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah I saw this one live and have to say that it was pretty much just bitchin.
    Flag Unrumble25on February 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song so much...I keep changing which one of the demos is my favorite because I like them all a lot! But right now this one is my fav. I LOVE the new cd, but I like some of these demos just as much as I do the ones that actually made the cd.
    Flag kayla0dgon December 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:It should not have made the album because it would not have fit anywhere. Awesome song still, though.
    Flag followtheformaton November 24, 2006   Link

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