Steal My Sunshine Lyrics
"tribal lunar-speak" is the key to the lyrics of the song. The female singer is referring to the "tribe" women belong to. Women's "cycles" are entrained on a 28 day rhythm. During the month 400-600 million little critters may enter "paradise" or Hell (=Her) and that may happen several times during a typical cycle from several different donors. At the end of 28 days, the cycle begins again. Males have their "sunshine" stolen. Only males produce gametes owing to the Y having "hijacked" the sex determining chromosome 300 mya. Proof of that interpretation? Near the end of the video a pregnant woman is shown baring her belly. Biology is key to understanding relations between men and women as portrayed in music video but mythology is no less important. "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel is a good example where biology is important, however, the hammer is a mythological reference as is the symbol for Tao. The video opens to a bunch of sperm swimming next to and attempting to fertilize an egg.
I believe it is a disquisition on Canadian identity.
You folks have dirty minds!
It's a song about being depressed/upset....and someone making you more depressed.
"Stealing my sunshine" means taking away the happiness.
I agree with you. I always thought the verse "Steal my sunshine" was what haters do to bring you down, but you refuse to let them bring you down. After reading the lyrics I think its about people you love bringing you down. You want to be there for them but you don't want them to steal your sunshine to wallowing in their misery. Possible the drug use is true too. Mess with your brain and you mess with your happy seratonins levels.
I agree with you. I always thought the verse "Steal my sunshine" was what haters do to bring you down, but you refuse to let them bring you down. After reading the lyrics I think its about people you love bringing you down. You want to be there for them but you don't want them to steal your sunshine to wallowing in their misery. Possible the drug use is true too. Mess with your brain and you mess with your happy seratonins levels.
Um, did anyone ever think that maybe this song is about being unhappy because of someone else? 'Cause if you listen really really closely in the beginning of the song, you'll hear them saying things like "I wonder why him/her is so down." Some songs don't have double meanings, but hell, let's be like everyone else and think that every song is about sex and drugs, shall we?
"Shar and I had this killer fight, and she totally wasn't speaking to me," Costanzo explained. "I didn't know what to say to her to fix things, and I was completely bummed, so I just went home and wrote that song. It's about me trying to tell her how much I need her around — she's my sunshine," he said.http://www.chartattack.com/damn/1999/19990924.html
sunshine=virginity... she was contemplating whether to give it up and the speaking parts are of her love interest's friends who are wondering if "karen" and her love interest commited this act my opinion the verses are of what events took place and how the singers felt afterwards
Well that doesn't explain all of it, even if they are on drugs. What's with all the speaking parts in between that aren't written here? I think she's pregnant, and they're being total jackasses about it and just laughing.
Tim: hey Matt... Matt: Yeah Tim? TIm: Hey you talked to Marc lately? Matt: Uh..haven't really talked to him but..he looks pretty uh..down. Tim: He looks pretty uh..down? (while laughing) Matt: Yeah well maybe we should cheer him up then Tim: What do you uh..suppose we should do? Matt: Well does he like butter tarts?
Tim: hey Matt... Matt: Yeah Tim? TIm: Hey you talked to Marc lately? Matt: Uh..haven't really talked to him but..he looks pretty uh..down. Tim: He looks pretty uh..down? (while laughing) Matt: Yeah well maybe we should cheer him up then Tim: What do you uh..suppose we should do? Matt: Well does he like butter tarts?
I agreeee. I first heard this song when I was about 12, and I always thought she was pregnant.
I agreeee. I first heard this song when I was about 12, and I always thought she was pregnant.
I think the drug theory might be right, except I think they might have just been smoking crack when they "wrote" it. I suspect this is just the way one talks after a 2 week crack bender and/or if one is from Canada.
Yeah, I'm changing what I said. Definately about drugs.
Actually, does anyone remember the videoclip for it? I do, and it showed the girl (Sharon..or Karen..whatever) lying on the grass...and then later on in the song it shows her and Mark together, and she is quite obviously pregnant. The lines "So i missed a million miles of fun", could be showing this, that they got pregnant at a young age and werent able to experience everything the rest of their friends did, such as late nite parties etc