Lyrics for (Fork and Knife) as interpreted by luckykr3w

(Fork and Knife) Lyrics
We'll take it easy, tigers in a cage
We're pacing on our pads, and waiting
For the time to come in reverie
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry

You can't hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young
What we invented, I am now ending

The closest thing we had to royalty
A chance to break our parents' pattern
We chose to keep our teenage tragedy
In lieu of their romantic palette
Play tender like a newborn baby would
Play tender 'til the night is over
I'm leaving you to nurture cherished wounds
And care for it just like your lover, yeah

You can't hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young
What we invented, I am now ending

You can't hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young
The morning's over, the day is in full swing

I know you're busy, but please won't you come visit me?
You are an aimless ghost, you haunt your bag of bones
The wolf messed with your vision, he is sitting in your kitchen while you sleep tonight
He will eat your young and you will act surprised

You can't hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young
What we invented, I am now ending

You can't hold on to the thrill
So I hope you find your will to follow through
What we invented, I am now ending
Hold on to who you love
We are dry and blown like dust since we were young
The morning's over, the day is in full swing

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turtleblood
11-29-2007

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anyone ever get a lyric booklet? i sent for one in january. no response.

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Arter
11-30-2007

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I think I finally figuredout that one line that's been bugging me. Sorry if someone else got it first. But I think the line
"For the time to come in reverie"
is wrong. As far as I've been able to find, "reverie" isn't a word.
However, it sounds an awful lot like "reprieve" if he spaces out the syllables to keep the song's pattern going. And it actually makes sense.

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second_mourning
11-30-2007

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Arter...

"Reverie" is most definitely a word...a word with very strong Latin and Christian roots-the Chrisitan connotations being the main point of importance. The entire concept of the last album was Jesse's struggle with his faith, and considering that this song was initially meant to be one of the more emotionally touching tracks on the album, one can assume that it's heavily laden with Christian concepts. Reverie describes a feeling of awe brought about by righteousness and holyness. In essence, that entire verse is talking about the wait for Christ's second coming:

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

Basically, it's saying that the "tigers in the cage" (people stuck in the sorrow of this realm of reality) need to just be patient and wait for the coming of Christ (the time to come in reverie) and then their souls will be wed to the one that they were promised to (Christ is obviously the one to whom the souls of Chrisitans belong, and while wed probabaly isn't the best word here, it is the proper context because of the reference to dowry).

Oh, and luckykr3w...
It's not "royalty" it's...
The closest thing we had to loyalty.

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BrandNewMan
12-04-2007

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actually, thedefinition of reverie is "lost in thought" or "to daydream"

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prgator92
12-05-2007

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I can understand how your hearing reprieve, but reverie isn't a word? Man your a douche..

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Cherishedwounds88
12-09-2007

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I cant swear, but to me, turned up in closed headphones, it sounds like Jesse says "we'll take it easy tigers in a cage, pacing on our pads in waiting, for the Town to come and reparate, our lazy bones lay for our dowry" reparate is not a word, but to give reparations is something that can be done, artistic liscense? i dont know, i really like this song.

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ripkirl
12-10-2007

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i agree with arter reverie is a word but reprieve its a rep sound in there and its not time its town they are in the cage as if to be showcased to the town listen closely

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ripkirl
12-10-2007

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haha i looked at what i wrote now i sound liek a douche i meant to say arter i agree with you about reprieve cause it has a rep sound but i also agree reverie is a word so before i get people callin me a douche take notice

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j-love
12-10-2007

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I'm pretty sure that this song has strong Shakespere refrences... the main one alluding to Romeo and Juliet. The Capulets and Montagues were like the royalty of Verona almost, as shown by, "The closest thing we had to royalty,
A chance to break our parents’ patterns"). This may be Jesse's way of saying that he's in love with a girl, but either their parents have tensions with each other or a set of parents doesn't agree with the relationship. For the 2 lines after that, I'm pretty sure it's palace insted of "pallets". These lines, "You chose to keep your teenage tragedy, In lieu of their romantic [palace]" probably mean that the two young lovers had the chance to break apart from their teenage tragedy and acheive ultimate happiness in a metaphorical "palace", but instead followed in the footsteps of Romeo and Juliet and caused some sort of fiasco.

Furthermore, Jesse goes on to say, "Hold on to who you love. We are dry and blown like dust since we were young. The morning's over, the day is in full swing." Romeo goes to visit Friar Tuck in the morning to set up plans for his and Juliet's marriage. The plans to elope fail, and a few days later, the lovers accidentally commit a double suicide. The line about morning being over could mean that the plans have been made, and now are in the process of being executed (no pun intended.)

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Arter
12-12-2007

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I said as far as I could find. Meaning I typed it in on dictionary.com and it came up with nothing. I must've spelled it wrong. But thanks for being a complete asshole about it. And anyway, I'm sure I hear a p sound in there. Definitely a hard consanant, anyway. Not a soft v. And it sounds like there's an extra syllable barely uttered.

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xStickxCorex
12-14-2007

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I'm pretty sure the lyrics are:
" Play tender till the night is over / I'm leaving you to nurse your cherished wound"
rather than "Play tender to the night is over.
I’m leaving you to nurture cherished wounds,"
that makes more sense, considering the pronoun (it) in the next line is singular.
I can't be sure, but i think it might be "romantic palace" rather than "romantic pallet", i here an "s" sound
Also, i think it's "a nameless ghost" rather than "an aimless ghost"
the lyric "the closest thing we had to royalty" is absolutely right, there's no way it's "loyalty", there's an obvious "r" in the beginning of the word.
Aside from that, the lyrics are right, and reverie is definitely a word.

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coutureaholic
12-15-2007

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i agree with xstickxorex...it is most defenitly ROYALTY...theres no way thats an 'L' sound...
anyway...this is just my interpretation:
"We'll take it easy, tigers in the cage,
Pacing on our pads, and waiting,
For the town to come in revelry
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry."
revelry is sort of like partying...or "merrymaking"...and if the 'town' were to come in revelry...well...that makes sense. everyone else having the time of their lives while the 'tigers' are locked up waiting for their time to be let loose and join in on the fun! i dk thats just what i think...but it could be just as much right as it is wrong

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prgator92
12-16-2007

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Sorry Arter that was pretty asshole of me i just cant believe u didnt kno reverie was a word, but I do agree that reverie isnt what they say. There is definitely a P sound.

We'll take it easy, tigers in the cage.
We're pacing on our pads and waiting,
For the *town to come and *reprieve.
Our lazy bones ache for our dowry.

...

The closest thing we had to royalty.
A chance to break our parents' patterns.
*We chose to keep our teenage tragedy,
In lieu of *a romantic *palace.

-If you listen closely you can hear a "ss" sound at the end of the word. There is no significant t sound so i dont think it is pallet even though that could also make sense.

Play tender like a new born baby would.
Play tender till the night is over.
I'm leaving you here to *nurse your* cherished wounds,
And care for it just like your lover, yeah.

-Listen to it closely i am positive he says nurse your not nurture.

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Arter
12-19-2007

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I agree.
This song, at least the bridge, seems to me like the girl the guy loved went for another guy who was only using her, and she knew it but refused to see it.

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Cherishedwounds88
12-19-2007

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i swear, he says reparate.... not reverie.
artistic liscense on reparations?

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lifelonglines
12-22-2007

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It's most definately "nurse your" not "nurture". I don't really care, they both mean the same thing, but if you listen closely. mmm, I just love listening to this song so much. Beautiful

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ima_introvert
12-22-2007

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Yeah, it's definitely "reverie". I'm not feeling this as a song about Christianity. Shakespeare sounds right.

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jaccuzicasanova5
12-31-2007

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I'm sort of with Arter on this one. I think Jesse is talking about a girl who is in a relationship with a bad dude yet she keeps on going back to him time after time. "I’m leaving you to nurture cherished wounds, And care for it just like your lover, yeah." I think that Jesse's being sarcastic and that the "lover" really can't do anything to nurse her wounds because he doesn't care. And the wolf reference seems pretty obvious and the girl is continuously "suprised" because she keeps going back to the same guy, expecting a change. When he eats her young, or basically just hurts the girl, she is shocked by it. Personally, I don't think this song was intended to reference Shakespeare or Christianity but I suppose you can make a case for both.

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mildeto
01-04-2008

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Does (fork and knife) have anything to do with anything??

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Br& Nizzle
01-04-2008

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Personally I think it's Jesse talking about how the music style of Brand New has changed. It seems like he's singing to the old music and himself at the same time. The chorus appears to be him wanting to change Brand New's sound but he's never really been able to do it. So now he's trying to "follow through" and he is ending what he invented. In their first two albums, most of the topics are "teenage tragedy". And instead of making music that could touch people on a mental and emotional level they make self pity-ing songs. That's just what it seems to me.

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Peace Of Mind
01-05-2008

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mildeto...what use is a fork without a knife or a knife without a fork? sometimes u can use them on your own...but not really...they were invented to be used together.

they're probably in parenthesis because it probably doesn't have any literal correlation to the song...

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Arter
01-05-2008

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Br& Nizzle, while that's a good theory, it doesn't hold much water. Brand New is known and well-praised for their vastly changing musical style between albums. I don't think Jesse found that very difficult at all.
I think the idea of a Fork and Knife going well together sounds interesting. The only thing that really has made much sense to me so far.
The parentheses... I'm almost pretty sure are just there to screw with people. My initial impression when reading their Myspace stuff about the song was that the title was put in parentheses as a sort of reference... I don't know if that makes sense. But Brand New's newer songs don't really have official titles, you know? They get called different things on different publications, in different interviews etc. When you read stuff on their street team site, they apparently tend to name their songs long after they're completed. I think they really believe in their music, they want the music to stand for itself. They seem to not want to restrict these songs to labels and titles. But they still need to have something to make reference to them... thus, the different but still similar titles found all over the place.
That's all I make of the parentheses.

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milligramsmiles
01-08-2008

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"And you will act surprised. "
This line he sings just gives this whole song a whole new demension; i just love it.

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milligramsmiles
01-09-2008

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"And you will act surprised. "
This line he sings just gives this whole song a whole new demension; i just love it.

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milligramsmiles
01-09-2008

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"And you will act surprised. "
This line he sings just gives this whole song a whole new demension; i just love it.

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