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I missed you before I left you

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The Loneliness Of The Long Flight Home: Sunday (1994) 𓆝

I need to talk to literally anyone willing to read about this INCREDIBLE song. I find it so beautiful and I'm gonna give a brief interpretation, break down a few of my favorite lyrics, talk about why I like it, and whatever else about the song because it's seriously so good. I will listen to this song on repeat for hours at a time so please listen to my excited blabbering about it:)

My Interpretation of the Song:

After doing some brief research (reading and watching interviews with the band, and looking at lyric summaries) and using my own ideas I've come up with a short interpretation on the meaning behind this song:

This song was written by Lee (one of the band members) about his wife, Paige (the band's lead singer). Lee wrote this song as he flew home after having his visa expire, he had to fly away from the love of his life when all he wanted was to be with her. I think more broadly this song can be seen as a metaphor for feeling alone/isolated and dazed. It can be a longing for the past or what was once had in a relationship. Or this song could be taken literally and be seen as a disliking towards traveling and feeling trapped in the sky. This song truly has a number of possible interpretations which can allow it to touch the hearts of many people.

Favorite Lyrics:

The song writers in Sunday (1994) are lyrical geniuses - I feel such strong connections to so many of their lyrics, I can genuinely relate and/or be touched by everything they say in each song they write and I LOVE IT!!

~ "Someone is sick behind me. Aren't we all, I whisper."

I feel a strong personal connection to this lyric as I often feel a disconnect from both myself and society and I feel like this lyric perfectly encapsulates this feeling. It starts as a literal lyric (someone is most likely throwing up on a plane), but the songwriter then turned it metaphoric and phrased it in a more "sick-in-the-head" way.

~ "I missed you before I left you. But now it's getting stupid."

~ "I read the safety pamphlet back to back. Pick me up, take me home to your cul-de-sac."

Both of the previous lyrics feel as if they understand the feeling of missing someone so deeply. I get very close to people (and have horrid attachment issues) so I feel really connected to these lyrics. They explain the gut wrenching feeling of actually missing a person and always wanting to be with them.

~ "I've got no signal on my phone. No one can ever truly know. The loneliness of the long flight home."

This lyric had to be included for numerous reasons. It summarizes the overall song, it can be interpreted in infinite ways, and again helps to describe the isolating feeling of missing someone you love so deeply. I really don't think there's any better way they could have written this lyric.

Personal Connection:

I feel like this song truly understands me, it's like it can see inside me and read my thoughts. It feels like it was written for me, especially coming from a more niche artist. As cheesy as it sounds: this song at times feels like a part of me. Listening to Sunday (1994) songs feel like a diary of mine that someone else wrote. I don't think I can explain it better then that, I just have such a strong emotional connection to so much of their music and hope other people can love their music the way I do.

Fuck gatekeeping, I want everyone to hear how beautiful they are. Truly, listening to their music gives me so much inspirational and makes me want to learn to sing, play guitar, write poetry/music, and just overall be creative.

I hope someone out there really reads this and listens to the song, if you do please tell me!! I'd love to talk to anyone about the beauty that is "The Loneliness Of The Long Flight Home".

Thank you for reading this, it means a lot to me if you did <33