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We've all heard it before, the cute, catchy song by The Cure, "Friday I'm In Love."
At base level, it's just a cute song about a guy that obviously is in love with a woman and he simply hates the work week so much that he can't wait until Friday, when he can spend more time with her. As far as sappy love songs go, this one's pretty decent, I'd say. But is that really what this song's all about?
I propose a different view: One much more sinister.
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love
He's obviously having a bad start to the week here. Monday is blue and Tuesday and Wednesday are even worse, apparently. By Thursday, this poor guy's really just given up on the week. But wait, what's that? Here comes Friiiiday! Things are so much better now.
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
Why is Monday falling apart? What's going on with Monday? On Tuesday and Wednesday, his heart is breaking, and the pain is so unbearable that he sleeps through Thursday it seems. But hey, Friday comes along again and he gets smashed at the local bar and everything's okay.
So here comes the kicker: He doesn't actually have a lover. Why do I feel this way? The odd bridge section:
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
She's a ghost. SHE'S FUCKING DEAD AND SHE'S A GHOST.
She's spinning round and round and he watches her eat in the middle of the night? This is the kinda stuff people report when it comes to their house being haunted!
So there you have it, his girlfriend's dead, and so now it all makes more sense. Monday is always bad because he can't party all weekend and take his mind off of it. He's probably stuck at work doing mindless tasks and he likely has a picture on his desk of his deceased lover. By Tuesday, he's a head case, and by Wednesday things are even a little worse. By Thursday, the poor guy has pretty much given up on life, and he'd probably kill himself if Friday didn't come along and start his weekend of partying and forgetting about how much his life fucking sucks.
The loss of his girlfriend - AND SUBSEQUENT HAUNTING BY HER SPIRIT - obviously took a great mental toll on the poor guy and the stress of it all is making his physical condition bad as well:
I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday Wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It's Friday I'm in love
The guy had a heart attack part way into the week - ONE THAT LASTED TWO DAYS - and what did he do? By Thursday he forgot about it... He's not even bothering to look back. Did he go to the emergency room? Nope, he just had a heart attack and ran with it for two days. The attack eventually stopped, and when it did, he just didn't give a fuck. And what did he do Friday? Partied again, like always.
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls instead
It's Friday I'm in love
The last verse seems to be the saddest of them all, and the most telling of what happened to this guy. We already know the stress gave him a heart attack, but now it's worse. After having a heart attack, he ignored the signs of a serious problem and then continued to party all weekend. It seems like Monday something happened with his brain - maybe a stroke or an aneurysm - which caused him to spend two days in bed. The man didn't really recover from whatever happened to him on Monday, and so subsequently on Thursday, when he is conscious again, he spends the day staring at walls, lifeless, like so any stroke patients often do.
And Friday? He's just imagining the partying now. He can't really do it because he can't even move his body.
This is a terrible song now that I think about it... It's not cute at all!
1. Lyrics
At base level, it's just a cute song about a guy that obviously is in love with a woman and he simply hates the work week so much that he can't wait until Friday, when he can spend more time with her. As far as sappy love songs go, this one's pretty decent, I'd say. But is that really what this song's all about?
I propose a different view: One much more sinister.
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love
He's obviously having a bad start to the week here. Monday is blue and Tuesday and Wednesday are even worse, apparently. By Thursday, this poor guy's really just given up on the week. But wait, what's that? Here comes Friiiiday! Things are so much better now.
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
Why is Monday falling apart? What's going on with Monday? On Tuesday and Wednesday, his heart is breaking, and the pain is so unbearable that he sleeps through Thursday it seems. But hey, Friday comes along again and he gets smashed at the local bar and everything's okay.
So here comes the kicker: He doesn't actually have a lover. Why do I feel this way? The odd bridge section:
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
She's a ghost. SHE'S FUCKING DEAD AND SHE'S A GHOST.
She's spinning round and round and he watches her eat in the middle of the night? This is the kinda stuff people report when it comes to their house being haunted!
So there you have it, his girlfriend's dead, and so now it all makes more sense. Monday is always bad because he can't party all weekend and take his mind off of it. He's probably stuck at work doing mindless tasks and he likely has a picture on his desk of his deceased lover. By Tuesday, he's a head case, and by Wednesday things are even a little worse. By Thursday, the poor guy has pretty much given up on life, and he'd probably kill himself if Friday didn't come along and start his weekend of partying and forgetting about how much his life fucking sucks.
The loss of his girlfriend - AND SUBSEQUENT HAUNTING BY HER SPIRIT - obviously took a great mental toll on the poor guy and the stress of it all is making his physical condition bad as well:
I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday Wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It's Friday I'm in love
The guy had a heart attack part way into the week - ONE THAT LASTED TWO DAYS - and what did he do? By Thursday he forgot about it... He's not even bothering to look back. Did he go to the emergency room? Nope, he just had a heart attack and ran with it for two days. The attack eventually stopped, and when it did, he just didn't give a fuck. And what did he do Friday? Partied again, like always.
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls instead
It's Friday I'm in love
The last verse seems to be the saddest of them all, and the most telling of what happened to this guy. We already know the stress gave him a heart attack, but now it's worse. After having a heart attack, he ignored the signs of a serious problem and then continued to party all weekend. It seems like Monday something happened with his brain - maybe a stroke or an aneurysm - which caused him to spend two days in bed. The man didn't really recover from whatever happened to him on Monday, and so subsequently on Thursday, when he is conscious again, he spends the day staring at walls, lifeless, like so any stroke patients often do.
And Friday? He's just imagining the partying now. He can't really do it because he can't even move his body.
This is a terrible song now that I think about it... It's not cute at all!
1. Lyrics
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