Setting Up Sunday

to me, this is the most beautiful song on the album... but these lyrics are off by a mile

destroyerr your right as this IS the most beautiful song on the album. but the meaning im not quite sure, maybe it's about watching the season's pass by.

Kid I'm right here and I'm not leaving There's no way to make you stay But I'm saving all my worries for the day you don't need me

This part reminds me of a mother watching her kids go to university and such. She can't and doesn't want to make them stay at home, but she's worrying about the day that she won't be needed anymore.

Yeah, it sounds like a house wife/stay at home lover gets left behind when her children grow up and leave home, and her lover either dies or leaves her.

Dammit, here's what I meant to say:

It sounds to me like a House Wife/Stay-at-Home mother gets left behind when her children grow up and move out, and her husband/lover leaves her or dies. The song's about her trying to cope with her loneliness and longing for what she once had?

Technically the lyrics are correct. This is the demo version. Apparently the song is based on Catcher in the Rye.

This song means that the husband died or left the wife and kids when they were young.So the wife had to take care of the kids.And when the kids go off to college,the wife gets lonely and she feels that the kids don't need her anymore.But the kids come back every weekend.So yeah..you get the point.

This being my first post.... The album version of this song is terrible , its like some pseudo-artistic producer newbie set up the instrumentation and feel of the song. Since when were they a bluegrass band? (not that bluegrass is terrible) The breakdown is just laughable with the drums at 1:42. The gimmicks don't work especially the "it's always about me" line at the very end. They should rerecord this song with a better producer. But perhaps im over-analysing this song. I suppose i like it so much that i find plenty of faults in its album version. I first heard it on youtube and i was blown away by their acoustic performance. Ive only known "Masterpiece" before that and i was bummed out that i missed out on listening what is now my favorite song of theirs. If you have not heard the acoustic version of this song, i suggest that you go to youtube. There are more harmonizing going on with the sisters and its great.

The lyrics are and the melody work great together. Its like...well sooo smooth. I can't really describe it. TO ME, the song is about missing out on life; people, opportunities, love. Clinging on to what you can grab because theres a little voice inside you that is telling you that all things, good or bad, do not last forever.

...and one more thing.

Did anybody notice that the chord progression with this song is similar to that of Masterpiece?

Try it. Have a friend play the guitar and sing this song while you sing masterpice.

okaaaaay, well, this is one of my favorite songs by meg & dia, especially the demo version. i have a theory about what this is about, and i just realized it now! okay, so did anyone ever read The Glass Menagerie? Because this song is very similar to the storyline. Let's analyze this! I'm setting up Sundays Watching the winter grow So oh... no Oh we're making excuses For human frailties It's not about me Oh it's never about me *The play is about a mother, Amanda, who is always all up in her kids (Laura & Tom) business. But not in a bad way. She wants the best for them, but she's a little controlling. The lines repeated in the song "it's not about me, it's never about me" are very similar to what Amanda says throughout the book. She constantly says that all she does she does for them. The "making excuses for human frailties" part seems to talk about Laura's "disability." I can't remember the how or why, but Laura had one leg shorter than the other and she was always upset about it. However, Amanda wouldn't let her make excuses for why she was so shy. She would not tolerate Laura's excuses. Setting up Sunday, I think, refers to the main part of the play, where Amanda and Tom set up a dinner for Laura and a "gentleman caller" whose name was Jim.

Now home is gone And I'm lost and alone Now my lover's gone And I'm lost and alone *Amanda's husband was a travelling salesman who ran away from his family and was never heard from again. Hence, "my lover's gone."

Kid I'm right here And I'm not leaving And there's no way to make you stay But I'm saving all my worries for the day you don't need me *Tom, who gave some sort of stablility to the family, threatened to leave his sister and mother several times because Amanda was so overbearing. I think she also thought that withought her, she would not know how Tom could go on with life, because he had somewhat of a dead-end job.

Oh we're selling out Mondays Watching those children grow So cold.. no Oh we're weighing our hands down Our insecurities It's not about me Oh it's never about me *Laura was insecure talking to other people and spent most of her time with her glass animals. She weighed herself down with her shyness.

Setting up Sundays Setting up Sunday Watching their hearts in soil It's not about me Oh oh it's never about me Making excuses For human frailties It's not about me It's not about me It's never about me Hey it's always about me *Amanda told Laura not to make excuses for her frailties, but in fact Amanda was making her own excuses. She wanted to better her children's lives to better her own.

And this is my theory!