quailhunter March 22nd, 2006 05:55PM  

“Church on Sunday” was written by Billy Joel Armstrong as a song to win his wife back, who was apparently leaving him because they had a fight. Rather than subsiding to her argument, he offers a “compromise.” The song is his offer. He starts by telling her they are going to have fresh new start. He tells her that he will make changes if she does, and that he will become a better husband if she becomes a better wife. “The Church” carries two purposes: 1) To be an example of change he is willing to make if she makes a change, in this case he will go to church on Sunday, but she has to be willing to go with him on Friday night. 2) Their relationship carries many of the elements of the church. “Today is the first day of the rest of our lives”…= Baptism….”If you live for me…I will die for you”= Sacrifice….and of course….they were fighting…church is a place you go for FORGIVENESS. He isn’t giving her the thumbs up saying he is the only one that fucked up…He is saying they both need to forgive each other, but the church is his quiet way of saying he’s sorry.

anonymous September 30th, 2006 10:10PM  

It's Billie Joe not billy joel.