I wake up every morning, stretch my arms out wide
Splits my chest right open & I put my heart back inside
You used to keep it in a jar, but this metaphor has gone to far
& now it's just a work of art
On my wall & in my mind
When you get the courage, you'll swim beyond the waves
& the stillness of the ocean, will make all fear go away
Yeah, I fucked up good & well & you put me through fucking hell
But good luck finding someone, who can love you better than I
I wanted to be tangled up in someone long & blonde
So honest in my belief that nothing would go wrong
but now all we can say we have, are some photographs & a wiener dog
That chews up everything I love & all the things you left behind
You're the girl, I lost in Sunnyside
You're the girl, I lost in Sunnyside
You're the girl, I lost in Sunnyside
You're the girl, I lost to Sunnyside
Splits my chest right open & I put my heart back inside
You used to keep it in a jar, but this metaphor has gone to far
& now it's just a work of art
On my wall & in my mind
& the stillness of the ocean, will make all fear go away
Yeah, I fucked up good & well & you put me through fucking hell
But good luck finding someone, who can love you better than I
So honest in my belief that nothing would go wrong
but now all we can say we have, are some photographs & a wiener dog
That chews up everything I love & all the things you left behind
You're the girl, I lost in Sunnyside
You're the girl, I lost in Sunnyside
You're the girl, I lost to Sunnyside
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I love this song!!!
"When you get the courage, you'll swim beyond the waves & the stillness of the ocean, will make all fear go away"
This sounds like maybe the reason they broke up was because of the adversity they faced as a lesbian couple. She's telling her ex-girlfriend to "swim beyond the waves," beyond the societal turmoil. To stop being thrown by the waves and worrying about what other people think.
The rawest song on Junior in terms of King’s passionate singing and wrenching lyrics is the folkish ballad “Sunnyside,” which is about the end of a relationship. “It happened very close to the time I was making the record,” the artist recalls. “It’s a very personal story about something that I went through with another person. Every reference to every lyric is true to life. I’m hoping there’s something universal in that song that someone’s gonna listen and think ‘Wow, I can relate to that,’ because I don’t want it to by my pity party.”