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sunflower, vol. 6 - a close reading

we love love here in this fandom. harry loves love. he really wants to be that as clear as possible. have you heard about all the love he has for his person, the love of his life? cause he'll keep repeating it if necessary. take my money and my time, my dearest harry, and keep writing these songs. take all the microphones in the world and serenade your lover. gaaaaaahhhhhhhh.......... okay we're getting into it.

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fine line, track 9

intro: "sunflower" backwards

symbolises the sun: life and its cycles, longevity

in art: happiness, devotion, loyalty, love of life (the flower always directs itself towards the sun)

～ golden: another song about his sun(flower): “bright”, “you wait for me in the sky”, “brown my skin just right”

～ watermelon sugar: “summer evening”, “summer feeling”, “end of june”: the sun is definitely out

～ adore you: “your wonder under summer sky”

～ canyon moon: “sky never looked so blue”

so there’s definitely something about the sky and the sun going on here.

vol. 6:

sixth song on the album about the love of his life (so every song besides lights up, cherry and she)

sixth stage of the growth of the sunflower: pollination (smh harry)

LYRIC ANALYSIS

Sunflower, my eyes want you more than a melody

he’d rather look at his sunflower than figure out a melody. love > career

melody: “and it sounds just like a song” from watermelon sugar: i want you for more than just sex

Let me inside, wish I could get to know you

～ golden “i know that you’re scared because hearts get broken (…) because i’m so open”, ～ adore you “just let me adore you”

～ or even ⟷ mmith: “i’ll be at the door” waiting for you to let me in again/you to come out

Sunflowers sometimes keep it sweet in your memory

echo of “memory” in she: “lives for the memory” - huge part of life is led internally

missing the other person when they’re not there, but it’s still sweet; seeing sunflowers remind harry of them and how bright they are to him in his mind

sweet = a feeling + a taste (like berries, for example…….)

I was just tongue-tied

first verse = first stage of their relationship, meeting

echo of two ghosts: “tongue-tied like we’ve never known” - same word, new perspective/context

～ golden “you were way too bright for me”

～ to be so lonely: “wasn’t ready for it all”

I don't wanna make you feel bad

But I've been trying hard not to talk to you

Sunflower

it’s not their fault, harry is intimidated - knows he won’t be able to prevent himself from falling ～ tbsl

I couldn't want you any more

desire

Kiss in the kitchen like it's a dance floor

～ two ghosts: “the fridge light washes this room white, the moon dances over your good side” - again, sad older song about their relationship turned on its head

domesticity

I couldn't want you any more

Tonight

physical desire (early on in their relationship)

Wondering, headshake

“wondering”: still getting to know one another, wondering about the other person

can’t believe his eyes, his luck ～ adore you “would you believe it?”

Tired eyes are the death of me

waking up together, h is swooning

and/or: seeing them in bad shape is the worst feeling ever

Mouthful of toothpaste before I got to know you

could mean any inside joke; sharing a bed, spending the night in the early stages of the relationship ⟶ get out to brush teeth before the other wakes up

(stretch) echo of “keep it sweet” earlier: before he met them, he made sure to wash the sweetness out of his mouth: avoided love, this one took control over him and it couldn't be stopped

I've got your face hung up high in the gallery

adoration, but: a work of art hung up high, so in a place where you won’t actually be able to properly admire it, is a strange choice.

⟶ other interpretation of “gallery”: balcony. harry placing his lover up on the highest balcony at his shows, so he can look up and see them

⟷ cherry’s “gallery”, purposeful echo to highlight the contrast in meaning and context

I love this shade, sunflower, sunflower

a specific color, or silhouette: in the darkness of a concert hall, only the silhouette of someone sitting in the balcony would be visible

Your flowers just died, plant new seeds in the melody

ups and downs of life, but they get through it; it’s just the flowers that died, the plant was always alive still

repeat of “melody”: their song is being written as they go

motivation: go and bloom, take that hurt/struggle and let something new grow from it

Let me inside, I wanna get to know you

no more wishing: i’m here and i want this, let me in. OPEN

could def be sexual as well

I don't wanna make you feel bad

But I've been trying hard not to act a fool

Sunflower (Sunflower, sunflower)

harry the fool in love: ～ golden “i’m out of my head”, to be so lonely, adore you, etc etc etc

doesn’t want to get it wrong but this person makes h lose his mind

(…)

I couldn't want you any more

Kids in the kitchen listen to dancehall

another reference to their young age: longevity, long-term relationship ～ tbsl “i was just a little boy”

they’re also still kids now ～ sweet creature “we’re still young”

dancehall: popular jamaican music genre: where harry wrote/recorded a lot of hs1, which he described as one of the happiest times of his life (behind the album from 4:40, especially 7:00) - he shared that happiness with his loved one

I couldn't want you any more

Tonight (Tonight, tonight, tonight)

Sunflower, my eyes want you more than a melody

Let me inside, wish I could get to know you

Sunflowers just died, keep it sweet in your memory

I'm still tongue-tied

no matter how long this relationship lasts, he’ll always be tongue-tied, baffled, lovestruck. his love for this person takes away all his self-control, he’s still full of disbelief

[Bops and Intense Throat Noises]

SYNTHESIS

Sunflower, Vol. 6 is the song on the album that ties in everything about Harry’s one true love, the love of his life, the one he writes too many songs about. There are references to almost every other song on the album and even hs1, with clear echoes of Two Ghosts. We’re here for personal growth, for supporting your loved ones, for patience, for being stupidly in love after all these years, for wanting them in every way, for sharing your happiest moments with your lover.

This person symbolises the sun for Harry, and he’s made it very clear to us by now, like in Golden, Watermelon Sugar and Adore You. Again, this album tells the story of one love and one love only. These songs are all about the same person, the same relationship. The use of “tongue-tied” is also a deliberate reference to Two Ghosts, illustrating how songs from hs1 were also about this love story. The mention of dancehall, a well-known Jamaican music genre, ties in hs1 even more: that album cycle and the experiences sung on that record are part of Fine Line too. That Two Ghosts, a sad song about a time in the relationship where they were a bit lost, is echoed twice in this gloriously happy love song is Harry telling us that they fucking made it. They were kids when they fell in love and their love has only grown stronger and deeper. They’ve shared many lives together, many cycles of the sunflower’s bloom. A lot of their struggles have clearly been centred around them not opening up, not communicating (well or at all), as illustrated in literally every single song this kid has ever written about love like MMITH (“we don’t talk about it”), Two Ghosts (“tongue-tied like we’ve never known”), Sweet Creature (“it’s hard when we argue, we’re both stubborn”, “I always think about you and how we don't speak enough”), From the Dining Table (“we haven't spoke since you went away”), Golden (“and I know that you’re scared because hearts get broken/I’m so open”), Adore You (“you don’t have to say you love me, you don’t have to say nothing”), Falling (“forget what I said, it’s not what I meant”, “it kills me ‘cause I know we’ve run out of things we can say”), TBSL (“and I’m just an arrogant son of a bitch who can’t admit when he’s sorry”) and that song is also pretty much Harry being honest because he’s drunk so those are also not exactly top-tier communication skills. BUT here, Harry takes that phrase, “tongue-tied,” and turns it on its head: there is no sadness anymore, they’ve learned and grown, and it only involves a cute feeling of being stupidly in love. Harry is still tongue-tied because he can’t believe his luck, he doesn’t know how he could put it all into words so he gives us some riddles and boop boops.

A sunflower symbolises longevity, love of life, devotion, adoration, loyalty, etc; in short, anything that a good long-term relationship thrives on. Like in a sunflower’s cycle of growth, there are ups and downs in life, but one thing is for sure: the flower will bloom again. This person Harry keeps serenading is strong, optimistic and bright. And any struggles they might go through, Harry will be there to support them. The ‘Vol. 6’ in the title could mean a number of things unknown to us, as always, but some small theories are interesting. When I looked up the growth stages of a sunflower, “stage six” is described as either “flowering is complete and the ray flowers are wilting,” which isn’t the best visual and probably not the one aimed for in the context of this song, or the stage when pollination takes place. So, this might as well be Harry and his dirty mind once again, always finding a way to express his love for that sweet sweet nectar. (you’re welcome)

did harry write that blog post about sunflowers or

Just like in Golden or Adore You, the love Harry has is so strong that he just wants to shout it out. He can’t stop writing songs about his sun, his source of life and happiness. It makes him go crazy. He would do anything for them. Walk through fire, or even give up on writing songs altogether. (Which calls back If I Could Fly (“I think I might give up everything, Just ask me to”).

Yes, it’s sappy, yes we also can’t get enough. YES THEY ARE IN A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP DEAL WITH IT

read my other lyric analyses here

#sunflower vol. 6 #sunflower analysis #lyric analysis #my posts #fine line analysis #this song gives me so much joy #i would love to have a love like theirs someday #ghghghghghgh #but for now i can be gloriously happy for them #also don't mind me but the part about mainly bees pollinating sunflowers.......... struck a chord lets just say #lp

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