Good Morning Heartache
Jennifer Trainor Lyrics


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Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone
But here you are with the dawn

Wish I'd forget you, but you're here to stay
It seems I met you when my love went away
Now everyday I start by saying to you
Good morning heartache, what's new

Stop haunting me now
Can't chase you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight through Sunday blues

Good morning heartache, here we go again
Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when
Might as well get used to you hanging around
Good morning heartache, sit down

Stop haunting me now
Can't chase you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight through Sunday blues

Good morning heartache, here we go again
Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when




Might as well get used to you hanging around
Good morning heartache, sit down

Overall Meaning

Jennifer Trainor's "Good Morning Heartache" is a powerful song about the struggle of moving on from heartbreak. The first line, "Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight," sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics. The singer is acknowledging that the pain of heartbreak is still present, despite attempts to move on. In the second line, "thought we said goodbye last night," shows that the singer had hoped to have left heartache behind, but it has returned with the new day.


The singer is honest about her emotions in the third line. She admits to tossing and turning, hoping to forget heartache, but it is still there in the morning - "But here you are with the dawn." In the second verse, the singer pleads with heartache to leave her alone, but it seems that heartache is here to stay. She acknowledges that heartache came into her life when her love left, and now it seems to be a constant presence.


The repetition of "good morning heartache" throughout the song reinforces that heartache is present every day, not just a one-time occurrence. The line "might as well get used to you hanging around" shows a level of acceptance in the situation. The last two lines, "Good morning heartache, sit down," brings the song to a conclusion. The singer acknowledges that heartache is a part of her life, but she is taking control by telling it to sit down - not overtaking her life.


Line by Line Meaning

Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight
Jennifer Trainor begins the song by addressing the feeling of heartache as a person, using a personification figure of speech. She refers to it as an old, almost familiar sight, which evokes a sense of sadness and despair.


Good morning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night
Despite attempting to forget and let go of the pain or heartbreak from the previous night, Jennifer is still affected and continues to suffer from this feeling, which haunts her when she wakes up in the morning.


I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone
The idea of tossing and turning suggests that she struggled with sleeping through the night due to heartache, which resulted in initially feeling relieved when the pain seemed to have gone away.


But here you are with the dawn
However, Jennifer's sense of relief is short-lived, as she realizes that heartache has returned with the dawn, which indicates the start of a new day.


Wish I'd forget you, but you're here to stay
Jennifer expresses her desire to forget and move on from heartache, but acknowledges that this feeling has become a permanent part of her life.


It seems I met you when my love went away
Jennifer attributes the arrival of heartache to the departure of her love, suggesting a correlation between the two experiences.


Now everyday I start by saying to you
Jennifer reveals that heartache is a constant presence in her life, as she acknowledges its presence and greets it with a simple phrase every morning.


Good morning heartache, what's new
Jennifer's greeting to heartache is a rhetorical question, indicating that she is not interested in any updates or change to her current state of suffering.


Stop haunting me now
In this line, Jennifer is pleading with heartache to leave her alone.


Can't chase you no how
Despite her efforts to ignore or forget about heartache, Jennifer acknowledges that she is unable to escape or overcome it.


Just leave me alone
Jennifer's plea for heartache to stop haunting her is further emphasized in this line, indicating that she wants to be left alone to deal with her pain.


I've got those Monday blues
The phrase 'Monday Blues' refers to the feeling of sadness or depression that some people experience at the start of the workweek. In this line, Jennifer compares the constant feeling of heartache to the start of a new week, suggesting that it is always present and unavoidable.


Straight through Sunday blues
Jennifer continues the comparison of heartache to the feeling of the Monday Blues by extending it to the entire week, indicating that she is afflicted with heartache throughout the entire week until the start of the new week.


Good morning heartache, here we go again
This line repeats the opening line of the song, indicating that heartache is a constant source of sadness and despair for Jennifer, and it always returns every morning she wakes up.


Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when
Heartache and Jennifer have a shared history that is characterized by a feeling of familiarity, suggesting that she has experienced this pain before and may continue to do so.


Might as well get used to you hanging around
In this line, Jennifer concedes that there is no escaping heartache, and she must get used to its continuous presence in her life.


Good morning heartache, sit down
Jennifer's final words in the song are an invitation for heartache to 'sit down,' indicating that she has accepted its presence and is willing to let it coexist with her for the foreseeable future.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham Padellan

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