Music Review: Maroon 5 "Sunday Morning"
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Sunday Morning
Album: Songs About Jane
Year: 2004
Adam Levine and his girlfriend have intimate moments together in the laidback ballad “Sunday Morning.”
A calm piano and an idle bass open the single, setting a slumberous tone. In the first verse, he is awake in bed, watching the rain pelt the windows. He snuggles close to his girlfriend and gives her a kiss on the forehead. She touches his chest and aligns her body with his own. He appreciates the stillness of the moment. Outside, the world is harsh and unfeeling. The challenges he faces are overwhelming to him. Hearing her say “I love you” each morning chips away at the coldness he sees everyday. He knows he has a home with her.
In the chorus, he says feeling her next to him is a comfort he looks forward to every weekend.
In the second verse, with his finger, he touches his lips and follows it to her collarbone, circles her breasts, then goes to the side of her thigh and travels back again. She’s like a beautiful nude found in a Impressionist painting. They make love, cradling each other. Outside, the sun rises, drying the pavement but they barely notice.
The chorus is sung again.
A mirthful trombone solo follows.
In the second pre-chorus, he says he needs those moments with her. They get to know each other again as a couple and aren’t rushed by time.
In the final section, he says she may think he believes they are stuck in a routine. However, the early morning moments with her is what keeps him going.
During the week, Levine and his girlfriend sluggishly get out of bed at 7 a.m. in the morning. They make a quick run into the shower and get dressed. Then, they microwave breakfast, pack their lunch, and kiss each other goodbye and go to work. Once they get home, their tired and they watch television or visit friends. They don’t have much time to really spend together as a couple. But every Sunday, they stay in bed together all morning, make love and enjoy the company of the other.
Levine’s caricatural, broad vocals are shrill and stiff. He moves past the quiet emotion expressed in the lyrics, smashes it into little pieces along the way and heads straight to overemphasizing every lyric. Levine’s an aggressive lover as a result and not the least bit tender.
The stuffed arrangement is packed with a calm piano, idle bass, and a mirthful trombone. But the out of place record scratching and distracting handclaps topple it over. A pared down arrangement would’ve benefited the song.
There’s not even a second of hushed words in the jammed “Sunday Morning,” which defies what the entire single is about.
Album: Songs About Jane
Year: 2004
Adam Levine and his girlfriend have intimate moments together in the laidback ballad “Sunday Morning.”
A calm piano and an idle bass open the single, setting a slumberous tone. In the first verse, he is awake in bed, watching the rain pelt the windows. He snuggles close to his girlfriend and gives her a kiss on the forehead. She touches his chest and aligns her body with his own. He appreciates the stillness of the moment. Outside, the world is harsh and unfeeling. The challenges he faces are overwhelming to him. Hearing her say “I love you” each morning chips away at the coldness he sees everyday. He knows he has a home with her.
“Sunday morning rain is falling/Steal some covers share some skin/Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable/You twist to fit the mold that I am in/But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do/And I would gladly hit the road get up and go if I knew/That someday it would lead me back to you/That someday it would lead me back to you.”
In the chorus, he says feeling her next to him is a comfort he looks forward to every weekend.
“That may be all I need/
In darkness she is all I see/Come and rest your bones with me/Driving slow on Sunday morning/And I never want to leave.”
In the second verse, with his finger, he touches his lips and follows it to her collarbone, circles her breasts, then goes to the side of her thigh and travels back again. She’s like a beautiful nude found in a Impressionist painting. They make love, cradling each other. Outside, the sun rises, drying the pavement but they barely notice.
“ Fingers trace your every outline/Paint a picture with my hands/Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm/Change the weather still together when it ends.”
The chorus is sung again.
A mirthful trombone solo follows.
In the second pre-chorus, he says he needs those moments with her. They get to know each other again as a couple and aren’t rushed by time.
“But things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do/Sunday morning rain is falling and I'm calling out to you/Singing someday it'll bring me back to you/Find a way to bring myself back home to you.”
In the final section, he says she may think he believes they are stuck in a routine. However, the early morning moments with her is what keeps him going.
“And you may not know/That may be all I need/In darkness she is all I see/Come and rest your bones with me/
Driving slow on Sunday morning/Driving slow, yeah, yeah, yeah/All l need, all I see/All I need, all I see.”
During the week, Levine and his girlfriend sluggishly get out of bed at 7 a.m. in the morning. They make a quick run into the shower and get dressed. Then, they microwave breakfast, pack their lunch, and kiss each other goodbye and go to work. Once they get home, their tired and they watch television or visit friends. They don’t have much time to really spend together as a couple. But every Sunday, they stay in bed together all morning, make love and enjoy the company of the other.
Levine’s caricatural, broad vocals are shrill and stiff. He moves past the quiet emotion expressed in the lyrics, smashes it into little pieces along the way and heads straight to overemphasizing every lyric. Levine’s an aggressive lover as a result and not the least bit tender.
The stuffed arrangement is packed with a calm piano, idle bass, and a mirthful trombone. But the out of place record scratching and distracting handclaps topple it over. A pared down arrangement would’ve benefited the song.
There’s not even a second of hushed words in the jammed “Sunday Morning,” which defies what the entire single is about.