• Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Sunny came home with a list of names She didn't believe in transcendence It's time for a few small repairs she said Sunny came home with a vengeance She says days go by I don't know why I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it Days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Light the sky and hold on tight The world is burning down She's out there on her own and she's alright Sunny came home Sunny came home... My interpretation was inspired by the movie "the burning bed" which I think was based on true events about an abused wife who eventually escaped the clutches of her husband by burning his bed (and their house) while he slept. She then took the kids off in the car. In this song however, there is a slight madness to Sunny - as if she has finally snapped. Firstly her name is ironic "Sunny" being bring and happy. It kind of gives that image of the abused woman who always makes an effort to appear as though nothing is wrong (who claims she fell down the stairs or walked into a door) "favorite room" is reference to being a housewife but if you listen to the song there is a slight ironic inflection on "favorite". The next line states that this room is the kitchen. The book and the box of tools, at first I thought of a a bomb kit... but maybe it is the Bible with fighting fire with fire? The tools is a box of matches. The chorus says how she is "walking on a wire". This, I see, as her tredding the line between sanity and insanity but also as her having to tip toe around her husband because if she puts one foot out of place, she gets beaten. The next line supports this by saying: "I close my eyes and fly out of my mind into the fire". This can be both a metaphorical escape from the beating and also her mentally snapping and going 'out of her mind'. The next verse is where I get the idea that she has finally had enough and mentally snapped. I don't have my own ideas on this verse, but I think the ones presented so far are good. I thought that maybe the list of names could be people who could help her/ she could take the kids and live with after she'd burned down the house? Then "repairs" says to me that she's finally reached a point where she knows that the only one able to save and repair her is herself. There is also a hint at anger with "vengence" so maybe the idea of the list of names being a list of her husbands girlfriends is right. Maybe finding out about his affairs is what finally makes her snap? The verse: "Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it" is said in a kind of demented/dreamy voice which is the final clue that she's lost it. "Count the years, you always knew it" supports the idea that it was a list of names of her husband's lovers that made her snap. "it" I believe is the fact that he didn't love her. Someone said a few comments ago that she brought a sweater because of the cold she'd be standing in while the house burnt... well I think it's that but also "bring a sweater" is a very normal thing to do. It's juxtaposed against this horrific scene to emphasise how she no longer believes what she is doing is wrong. It's also put there to show tht she thought about burning him and the house. It wasn't something spontanious but was well planned and thought through. "Light the sky and hold on tight The world is burning down She's out there on her own and she's alright" This just gives me an amazing mental image of her burning the house and standing watching it burn while holding onto her children. Even though the only world they ever knew is burning down, being out there in the world on her own and without her abusive husband makes her alright. Despite the horror of it, "light the sky" has a positive conitation, almost as if it is lighting the future (the skies always being related to the future). "Sunny came home" is repeated in a kind of ironic way because she doesn't have a home anymore but also in the more metaphysical way of her finding herself and "coming home" to the mental self she was before her husband abused her.

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