"Well you didn't wake up this morning 'cause you didn't go to bed..." Much of the song describes hitting bottom, but there's that moment when "You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky," and it is exactly then that the chorus cuts in with "This Is The Day, your life will surely change." Whenever the lyrics pore over the loss and the sadness, we come back to this line, and its companion, "This is the day when things fall into place."
Now it could be that those lines are sung with irony -- there's no insight, no escape, no hope, just the illusion of it. But I don't buy it. One of the reasons is the music itself. It's in a major key, and the accordion part sounds like something falling into place, not something limping along, out of whack.
They say you have to hit bottom before you can come back. It sounds to me like the singer is reflecting your feelings back to you, the feeling that you have had enough of burning bridges and chasing illusory pleasures. Today you finally realize it's all empty and now you know which way to go -- with the plane, taking the high road back home. But the melancholy accordion says it's not another case of getting high. This time, it's just getting things right.
@asongsmith I have a similar interpretation. The tone of this song to me seems bittersweet and I imagine it is about someone who has come to a turning point in his life and spent a night staying up both lamenting and celebrating the event.
@asongsmith I have a similar interpretation. The tone of this song to me seems bittersweet and I imagine it is about someone who has come to a turning point in his life and spent a night staying up both lamenting and celebrating the event.
"Well you didn't wake up this morning 'cause you didn't go to bed..." Much of the song describes hitting bottom, but there's that moment when "You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky," and it is exactly then that the chorus cuts in with "This Is The Day, your life will surely change." Whenever the lyrics pore over the loss and the sadness, we come back to this line, and its companion, "This is the day when things fall into place."
Now it could be that those lines are sung with irony -- there's no insight, no escape, no hope, just the illusion of it. But I don't buy it. One of the reasons is the music itself. It's in a major key, and the accordion part sounds like something falling into place, not something limping along, out of whack.
They say you have to hit bottom before you can come back. It sounds to me like the singer is reflecting your feelings back to you, the feeling that you have had enough of burning bridges and chasing illusory pleasures. Today you finally realize it's all empty and now you know which way to go -- with the plane, taking the high road back home. But the melancholy accordion says it's not another case of getting high. This time, it's just getting things right.
This is a song of redemption.
@asongsmith I have a similar interpretation. The tone of this song to me seems bittersweet and I imagine it is about someone who has come to a turning point in his life and spent a night staying up both lamenting and celebrating the event.
@asongsmith I have a similar interpretation. The tone of this song to me seems bittersweet and I imagine it is about someone who has come to a turning point in his life and spent a night staying up both lamenting and celebrating the event.