Those Sunny Days — Summary

It hurts to see the happiness in one, When I on the other hand feel as though I'm incapable of it.

Other times and different days I'm beaming with joy. It's like I am my own sun.

But in the world A thunderstorm comes and covers up that beautiful, beaming sun.

Instead, cold, bitter wind and rain Come to bite at your nose If you're not protected.

And like always, I'm never protected.

I am dripping wet in that rain Until that sun comes out to warm me up again To take the harsh and freezing temperatures and dry it all out.

That cycle will continue to go on and on

Forever.

Completely inevitable Completely unknown

The worst part is Even when the sun comes out It takes a long time to dry everything up

And like always, It never completely, fully, Dries up.

And I always make the mistake thinking That it will.

That is the curse that I'm stuck with.

But this time, There is no true love's kiss No special potion

There is absolutely nothing to look Forward to

Except those sunny days Even if there are a few clouds out there

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Maddie Lynn uses weather to describe how moods rise and fall. The speaker begins by admitting that other people's happiness hurts to see, because they feel unable to reach it themselves. Yet some days they are "beaming with joy," like their own sun. Then the storm arrives, and the speaker is left cold, soaked and unprotected, a detail repeated with a tired "like always."

What stands out is the exhaustion. The cycle feels endless, "completely inevitable, completely unknown." Even when the sun returns, nothing dries fully, and the speaker keeps hoping it will. That hope is called a curse.

The ending turns away from fairy-tale comfort: no true love's kiss, no potion. Only sunny days remain, "even if there are a few clouds." The mood is weary and honest, but a small, stubborn hope survives, quietly and without any promise of a cure.

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