My interpretation of the song goes like this: It about a realtionship (lovers, friends) and she begins about all these things that just go together
"We're an oyster cracker on the stew,
And the honey in the tea,
We're the sugar cubes, one lump or two,
In the black coffee,
The golden crust on an apple pie,
That shines in the sun at noon,
We're a wheel of cheese high in the sky"
the relationship is fine, but something has happened:
"But we're gonna be sinkin' soon"
Either party of the realationship is too proud or hard headed (Same thing I guess) to admit error:
"In a boat that's built of sticks and hay,
We drifted from the shore,
With a captain who's too proud to say,
That he dropped the oar,
Now a tiny hole has sprung a leak,
In this cheap pontoon,
Now the hull has started growing weak,
And we're gonna be sinkin' soon."
My interpretation of the song goes like this: It about a realtionship (lovers, friends) and she begins about all these things that just go together "We're an oyster cracker on the stew, And the honey in the tea, We're the sugar cubes, one lump or two, In the black coffee, The golden crust on an apple pie, That shines in the sun at noon, We're a wheel of cheese high in the sky"
the relationship is fine, but something has happened: "But we're gonna be sinkin' soon"
Either party of the realationship is too proud or hard headed (Same thing I guess) to admit error: "In a boat that's built of sticks and hay, We drifted from the shore, With a captain who's too proud to say, That he dropped the oar, Now a tiny hole has sprung a leak, In this cheap pontoon, Now the hull has started growing weak, And we're gonna be sinkin' soon."
Great song. My favorite off the album..