Sunny Side Up

Album: Sol Invictus (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This whimsical song finds Mike Patton singing about fried eggs:

    Sunny side up.
    Such a lovely way to start the day


    A fried egg served 'sunny side up' is cooked on one side only, without being flipped over. It is then presented with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.
  • The video was directed by filmmaker Joe Lynch, whose resume also includes the movies Everly and Knights Of Badassdom. It finds the Faith No More band members being impersonated by much older actors, who take to the stage in a retirement home.

Comments: 2

  • Td from CaSorry Powr13, but your interpretation seems wrong
    Morning sex? Eggs resembling a breast? What lyrics did you hear? Not this song haha
  • Powr13 from Sydney, AustraliaMorning sex. Sunny side up refers to eggs that resemble a woman’s breasts. Read the rest of the lyrics with that in mind and it’ll make sense.
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