Lyric discussion by amused2it 

Cover art for Sunny Came Home lyrics by Shawn Colvin

How is she using transcendence in the song? If it's religious then she "had a list of names" because she didn't believe in the power of God outside of the physical realm? So, she had to make plans to go somewhere because God wasn't going to do it for her? Or was it a list of names for vengeance because she didn't believe in God in the spiritual sense? No life after death, so why not exact a little revenge? Or there would be no punishment in the after life so "fix" the situation by punishing the list on Earth? Or did she make a list of names because she didn't believe in experiencing the situation like the person on whom she was exacting the vengeance? So, she made the list to get away from the aftermath? Transcendence is also listed as "going beyond". So, maybe she had a list of names of people to go to because she didn't believe there was an after life if she went up in flames with the house? Or did she think that she couldn't "go beyond" the situation so she had a list of friends to help her because she didn't think she could make it on her own, until she burned the house down, escaped and then found she could make it on her own? Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this.

Translation

@amused2it There is a therapeutic/Counseling technique known as Transcendental Meditation. Basically, using rational thoughts to stop reacting irrationally. But Sunny has no intention of coping with her abuse rationally. She is out for bloody Vengeance. After all, she is convinced no one seemed to care about her pain. She is out to punish the people she sees as directly or indirectly responsible,