Blame It on the Sun Lyrics
Where has my love gone?
How can I go on?
It seems dear love has gone away
Where is my spirit?
I'm nowhere near it
Oh yes, my love has gone astray
[Chorus]
But I'll blame it on the sun
The sun that didn't shine
I'll blame it on the wind and the trees
I'll blame it on the time that never was enough
I'll blame it on the tide and the sea
But my heart blames it on me
[Verse 2]
Who poured the love out?
What made this bitter doubt?
Is peace not here for me to see?
Wish I could tell you (Wish I could tell you)
What I am feeling (What I am feeling)
But words won't come for me to speak
[Chorus]
Oh, but I'll blame it on the sun
That didn't fill the sky
I'll blame it on the birds and the trees
I'll blame it on the day that ended once too soon
I'll blame it on the nights that could not be
But my heart blames it on me
Yeah
Mm
(Your heart blames it on you this time)
About
“Blame it On the Sun”, like “All in Love is Fair” and many other beautiful ballads, is a painful, heartfelt lament for a love that is no more.
In this track off Stevie’s fifteenth album Talking Book, Stevie is seen questioning his ability to maintain his sanity after a sour relationship has left him heartbroken. We see Stevie blame it on nature, as if saying that the things happening to him are natural and the heartbreak was inevitable. But as the song progresses, we see Stevie realise that maybe it was his own fault that the relationship turned sour.
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Syreeta Wright, Stevie’s creative partner and first wife, likely wrote the lyrics about Stevie himself.
Although their marriage only lasted for eighteen months (1970-1972) due to Wonder’s busyness and unfaithfulness, they remained close friends and collaborators. After their divorce, she co-wrote “Lookin' For Another Pure Love” and sang lead on his 1979 track “Come Back As A Flower”, while Wonder co-wrote and produced her first two albums. They remained close friends until her death from cancer in 2004.
I always, always tear up when I hear this song. The lyrics speak to when I’ve had my heart broken or when I’ve broken somebody else’s heart. And perhaps I didn’t want to deal with the fact that it was my fault. In those lyrics you hear Stevie saying like, it was this, it was that. But truly, deep down inside, he knows that his heart blames it on him.
— Janelle Monáe
I just love the melody. That lyric, “I blame it on the sun,” it’s just powerful. That whole idea of feeling something, but then trying to push it off for something else. I always find that it touches my spirit. It makes me feel connected to the world and to the universe.
— Kamasi Washington, New York Times, 2022
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