Heavy night it was a heavy night
Feels like we come back from the dead
Heavy night it was a heavy night
I cannot remember what I said to anyone

If we get up now we can catch the afternoon
Watch the under 15s playing football in the park
Let's sit in St. Leonard's in this alcoholic day
We're doing the best with what we've got

I love you in the morning ,
When you're still hung-over
I love you in the morning,
When you're still strung out,
I love you in the morning,

I would cry all week and so do you
We discern to let us sleep
Let all the droughts creep in to reach for this life
There might be white to smatter you in
That have the right answers
That we British forget
About those north eastern gaps

I love you in the morning ,
When you're still hung-over
I love you in the morning,
When you're still strung out,
I love you in the morning,

With you I am cut from a pearl in your oyster
Head on my chest a silent smile, a private kind of happiness
You see giant proclamations are all very well
But our love is louder than words



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Track duration: 05:00

"Sunday" as written by Noel Hogan, Dolores Mary O'riordan

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    General Comment:One of the things I love about Bloc Party is their ability to find beauty in the mundane, with lyrics that are very much based in real life, without the meaningless and cheesy "giant proclamations" which are so inherent in other song writer's work. This ability to express emotion and find beauty in the ordinary using imperfect characters and situations is for me what makes Bloc Party's work so compelling and relatable.

    Sunday is a perfect example; a song about couple who are stuck in rut where they "work hard all week", then binge drink away their weekends without ever really giving much regard to anything greater than this basic routine. Yet despite the bleakness of this situation they have found true happiness, comfort and solace in each other’s company, regardless of their short comings.
    Flag SupaPhreakon April 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so underrated. It isn't until you've scrutinized the song that the true brilliance of it is discovered. These lyrics particularly capture modern true love. In my opinion all this sleeping around and empty proclamations of love do a fine job of damaging the term "love". The modern dating scene consists of people sleeping together just for the fun of it that's why Bloc Party's lyrics are so powerful because of this sentence: "I love you in the morning" which is very unusual in this day and age where people are only loved in the evening.
    I love how the lyrics and the instruments intertwine and reveal the same message. "But our love is louder that words" after that sentence a beautiful guitar solo breaks out which to me is clear that represents the love. Words are not enough to explain what he's feeling, the divine guitar solo is.
    This song has a special place is my heart and the lyrics get me every time i hear them.

    "When I'm with you, I am calm.
    A pearl in your oyster.
    Head on my chest, a silent smile
    A private kind of happiness."
    Flag poisoninaprettyglasson January 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:A true modern love song.

    I like to think that after they'd watched the football in the park they went to Nando's and ate loads of chicken. Being hungover aint so bad.
    Flag shrimpy13on July 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Great song. It's catchy and sweet.
    Flag xmakesherflyxon September 21, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:An absolutely beautiful love song about a love so precious and unconditional. This song gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Reminds me of of days of young love, being so in love that you want to cry for no reason. Drunken Saturday nights, things said, maybe even hurtful things. You get up on Sunday morning in a haze but everything has refreshed itself and you enjoy the little pleasures in life with the one that you adore. Nothing matters but you and I and I will love you through thick and thin forever. They say that REAL love is like seeing UFOs , many have claimed to have experienced the phenomena but very few actually have.
    Flag PappyHabon August 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song, along with, 'I Still Remember' (i dont care if this song is about homosexual tendencies, the lyrics still fit for if its a girl), always makes me smile no matter how sad i am because it reminds me of being with my girlfriend
    Flag dbaron May 13, 2010   Link
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    Memory:I agree with everybody before me, it's a simple song about love.

    Sunday, the day itself, has such a distinct feeling to me. It's a lazy day, you wake up and the memories and drinks and feelings and city and lights and people of the night before hit you. The fun is behind you and it's pretty lonely."It was a heavy night."

    My favorite Sundays have been dragging myself out of bed for late lunch with friends, tons of greasy food and recounting stories from the night before, laughing, all of us in sweatpants and no makeup. Then doing something lazy, taking the day slow, like in the song, going to the park or just hanging out.

    But I heard this song on a Sunday once, and it hit me, how nice it would be to wake up on a Sunday next to someone you love, spending the whole slow lazy day with them, a simple small part of love we overlook. People, myself included, look back on love and remember anniversaries and valentines day but not the Sundays. Just waking up with someone, looking in their eyes, "head on my chest, a silent smile, a private kind of happiness " even if you aren't perfect, even if there are more beautiful girls, just doing your best together.

    Whoever wrote this song knows about love, past the stages of lust, but at the point when you just smile hearing their name, when you're totally comfortable with them, and open to them in the most intimate Sunday morning way..
    Flag xsn13on May 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I agree, mowsssss has the best-fit interpretation.
    Flag Dodgyon April 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think mowsssss's got it right
    Flag bikoon March 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this is not a 'thank you for spending time with me' or a getting over those alcoholic nights song... some of you people are silly! to me, it's purely about waking up hungover from an alcoholic night and feeling gross but just realizing you have something amazing with someone. and even though you don't feel that great at the moment and there might be people with better shoes elsewhere, you're still doing the best with what you've got, and you have the love of your life there with you. just laying in the park on a lazy sunday morning with a lover. best hangover cure, huh :)
    Flag mowssssson March 19, 2009   Link

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