Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I can't stand to see your picture
On the dresser where I left it
Another sunny day
And you're eighty miles away, Tuesday
Come Saturday, you'll come to stay
You'll come to sway in my arms
Who cares if there's a party somewhere
We're gonna stay in
And come Saturday, you'll come to say
Maybe there's no harm
In a wasted summer with no drama
We're gonna stay in
I could stand to be a fixture
In your faded family picture
But I can't see into the sunset
All I know is that you're perfect right now
Come Saturday, you'll come to stay
You'll come to sway in my arms
Who cares if there's a party somewhere
We're gonna stay in
Come Saturday, you'll come to say
Maybe there's no harm
In a wasted summer with no drama
We're gonna stay in
You don't have to write at all
You don't have to make a call
I know that you will come again and again
You don't have to dress to please
Perhaps undress for me
I know that when you come we'll be staying in
On the dresser where I left it
Another sunny day
And you're eighty miles away, Tuesday
Come Saturday, you'll come to stay
You'll come to sway in my arms
Who cares if there's a party somewhere
We're gonna stay in
And come Saturday, you'll come to say
Maybe there's no harm
In a wasted summer with no drama
We're gonna stay in
I could stand to be a fixture
In your faded family picture
But I can't see into the sunset
All I know is that you're perfect right now
Come Saturday, you'll come to stay
You'll come to sway in my arms
Who cares if there's a party somewhere
We're gonna stay in
Come Saturday, you'll come to say
Maybe there's no harm
In a wasted summer with no drama
We're gonna stay in
You don't have to write at all
You don't have to make a call
I know that you will come again and again
You don't have to dress to please
Perhaps undress for me
I know that when you come we'll be staying in
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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Great version of a great song,
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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"this is a song about ejaculation" -- kip berman, last night
lovely. (:
This song reminds me of the cure. I absolutely love it.
I love the Another Sunny Day reference in this!
Reference to what? The Belle&Seb song?
also I think it's 'on the dresser'. Makes (a little) more sense - picture frame on the dresser in his room.
Another Sunny Day is an Indie-Pop band, probably not the Belle and Sebastian song.
Yes, a band that The Pains were inspired by!
Actually, it's possible it is a B&S reference... When I saw the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kip was wearing an If You're Feeling Sinister t-shirt, I think...
It is definitely a reference to the indiepop band. Kip said he hadn't realised there was a B&S song that also referenced them.
wasted summer with no drummer??? wut.
i think it might be drama. drama associated with summertime parties and the like.
anyway, love this song!
It's "drummer" according to the official lyrics. It's referring to the band not having a drummer, so the summer is "wasted" as far as the band goes, but it's okay because they're "staying in" anyway.
more sex puns!
I see it as a song of youthful longing. They don't have much time together or they don't see each other often. "I can't stand to see your picture..." "I don't want to be a fixture in your faded family picture..." the verses suggest they mostly see each other in treasured photographs. But Come Saturday they make the most of what they have and spend every waking hour together.
Of course it can't last forever "I can't see in to the sunset" But he's living in the moment and enjoying what they've got "All I know is that you're perfect right now"
Of course, maybe I'm being coy about the whole thing. There are some massive double entendre worked in there.