In her time away, she rehash plans in her head. She was probably burdened with many chores and the care of her family and possibly a job outside the home. She did her best to keep her sorrow a secret and maintain sunny persona. She spent a lot of years holding it together and in her times of solitude she probably thought about ways to escape or leave but never had the strength or courage to put a plan into action. I suspect that he was unfaithful and Sunny was abused by her husband either emotionally or physically. Though her life started to Fray due to the behavior of her husband, she maintained her composure in society. I always have assumed that this song is about an attractive, positive woman who tried to maintain her sanity and dignity by doing what was expected of every woman in society. She eventually burns down the house while the song ends with the narrator noting that this woman is getting ready to start a new and much better life having burnt all the things that represent her past. In the bridge, she tells the children to leave the house and wear a sweater, signifying the arson Sunny is about to commit. As seen in the chorus and second verses, Sunny here is not happy about her current life, blames it on the people and events in her past and wants to leave it all behind by destroying it all. She talks about how this woman returns to her house seeking to carry out a premeditated plan of escape. ![]() ![]() The narrator in this track talks about a woman named Sunny who seems to be frustrated and still living in pain because of the people and things that took place in her past. In addition to co-writing credits, Leventhal also receives production credits on this track. She worked with multiple Grammy-winning songwriter and producer John Leventhal to compose the song. It is the second single from Colvin’s fourth album, which she titled “A Few Small Repairs”. “Sunny Came Home” was released on June 24th, 1997. In Britain, it also performed relatively well, reaching number 27 there. It also performed likewise on Canada’s Adult Contemporary chart. And generally speaking, it charted in seven different countries. was protesting the fact that his crew did not win an award (rather losing to Puff Daddy) earlier in the evening.īut speaking of the song itself, it also topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts. These awards are:Īnd during Shawn Colvin’s acceptance of the latter award, she was famously interrupted by the late O.D.B. It actually took home two coveted coveted awards at the 1998 Grammys. I remember the first time I heard this song, I was not in my best possible mood.“Sunny Came Home” was a smash hit. I was advised that I should go on a walk and listen to some good music. And there again, the weather decided not to act on my favour. ![]() So I went to my room for an excuse to sit and overthink and plugged in my earphones. She says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen We all have those instances in life where we'd listen to the right song at the right time and I heard this song that obliged my refuted heart to get in-sink with it's lyrics so meticulously that my surreal temper was instantly cured. I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fireįor me, I think the meaning of this verse is way more deeper than how simply it's portrayed. While everything around you is falling apart and fading you into a dim source of light, the flickers from this light are dispersed and tangled all along with your memories and the places you've been to witness the nothingness that today made your throat so heavy. On one such day, walking back home is not the same as everyday, you walk home with dry tears and heavy heart, you walk home pretending to be unpretentious so as to analyse a book and box of tools. But at the end of the day you know you came home with a mission to silence your apprehensions. This verse also explains the process of captivating thoughts into a chain of grieving repulses. Sunny came home with a list of names She didn't believe in transcendence 'I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire' is one such repulse by which to hush the reality, the inevitable end called death is summoned.
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