This is definitely my favorite track so far from Keep Me Fed - I can't wait to hear your thoughts and interpretations of the song. Did you agree with this analysis? Please check out The Warning Playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLDKVsMWr0WUTj7psjWEXBDPqPJfYV_-hD What song would you like to see next? Nena

I saw the original performance. My initial reaction was HOLY F! And Dany finally got her pyro. 🧨

I believe Its us... Their fans who are the Automatic Sun. The Sun gives off Light, Warmth, and Life to everything. In return, The Warning returns that Light, Warmth, and Life. We are a marriage of the needing, and anticipation we get from each other. A very strong co-dependence on each other. When we are apart, the world's darkness, sadness, and strife dominates our lives. But for a short moment(a couple of hours), we are one heart, one soul, and one united in love, passion, and affection. In other words... Light, Warmth, and Life... It's Automatic when we are joined together... Automatic Sun!! VIVA THE WARNING!!

Another great analysis, Nena! Here's an additional explanation of the inspiration and meaning of the song given by the girls in a recent interview generally regarding the entire "Keep Me Fed" album. I'm not sure, but Pau might've given the answer to the specific question: Q: Could you explain the inspiration for your new single, “Automatic Sun?” How does it compare to other songs on your upcoming album, Keep Me Fed? A: The inspiration for “Automatic Sun” came to us very spontaneously. We’ll admit that our creative juices were very slow the day we wrote this song, it wasn’t until we were brainstorming with random words and phrases that we stumbled upon Automatic Sun, and it sounded hella cool. We didn’t know what it meant, but we knew we had to do something with it. From there, we thought about how there are people who just light up rooms like that, they’re little “automatic suns,” and we wrote an entire song on how the chemistry with a person you perceive as an automatic sun is intoxicating and beautiful.

Thank you very much for you coverage of The Warning. The greatness of this band is only going to grow. ⚡⚡⚡

Young ladies this young who can write such profound lyrics is unheard of …this is a once in a generation band full of brilliant musicians.

Thank you ! As a musician, I am thrilled with the direction of ☀️Automatic Sun☀️ Musically it's not their most intricate song but it shows a new direction and it's construction is unique. Also Dany is trying various new ornamentations on her vocals that are excellent. They are very well done. The fact that Ale's vocals are being utilized more and more with each new song is pure fire! 🔥👸👸👸🔥 🌎🌍 best 3 piece rock band 🤘😎

Oh hey! 2112 t-shirt! Awesome!

I'm going to see them in a week in Camden (West London), i've been looking forward to it for months. I saw part of their set at Download festival last year but I was way back in the crowd. The useful thing is its my girlfriends birthday the next day 28th, so this can count as one of her gifts.

I always appreciate your interpretations

Excellent breakdown as usual. I honestly believe they raised the bar in this one. I hope they top it.⚠️⚡⚡⚡

Pau's and Dany's comments about what A.S. is about are interesting. I think if Ale were asked what it is about, she would refer the question to Dany or Pau.

`I can't think of much else to add Nena, you did, like always, a superb analysis. This is my favorite too and hope it becomes a big hit.

Great analysis. I hadn’t even tried to pick this one apart yet, but I think your overall interpretation sounds right. With songs like this I feel like sometimes lines are added just to keep it ambiguous, or bury the bone a little deeper. In any case they already have a body of work that stands up to scrutiny in a way many bands never achieve. I’ve liked all the new songs but right now this one is living in my head and may end up being my favorite.

I LOVE your analysis of The Warning songs. You nailed this one. Bravo!!

Always enjoy your insights. This song just makes you "feel" intensely. I think we all interpret it in our own way. It surrounds you with emotion. Thanks!

Pau had a slightly different take on the meaning of the song. Unfortunately, I can’t remember which interview it was in, possibly the 2 hr recent interview in Spanish or the recent Playboy Mexico interview. She said it was being attracted to someone who has a personality like Dany, i.e. someone who lights up any room they walk into. How it takes a certain type of person to be able to handle a relationship with that type of person.

I think, thematically, this harkens back to the themes addressed in "More"

Hi, was thinking, if you replaced the Personal relationship with TW's current "relationship" with Touring, Performing and Playing LIVE, almost every day at that, everything you've said works as well. In my opinion even more. Loneliness at Midnight, after perfoming when all is quiet... The feeling in like HYCAD, where maybe a bit run down afterward, then traveling and starting the day over and then the feeling of the upcoming performance coming, pulling you back, then Playing Live (Automatic Sun), which gives them the feeling of Phsycosimatic Love, etc... Round and round, start over again, like a sun rising each and every day, a new start but kind of the Same ol thing. Like Touring and Playing shows, can get to ya, then ya miss them, the silence and then replaying it in your head afterwards feels like nails down your back, not necessarily a bad thing but good like goosebumps of excitement, maybe even wanting to get away, the Freedom to get away, but the Love, drive and desire just keeps Pulling you back in...? May not be what was actually their idea but with HYCAD apparently about touring and what they're all Living, dealing with in life right now?.... Sure fits! Either way, Music is always up to personal perspective, so to each their own. What an Amazing song and sure to be Album to come! As always, Rock On TW Army,⚡✌️🤟⚠️⚡

Great analysis as always, thank you ! I love that you're portraying both sides. Dany's explanation leaves room for both sides too. I tend to go with the darker interpretation / unhealthy relationship alltough I can't explain or pinpoint why. The combination with the music and art of interpretation leaves the feeling of some darkness in me.

Amazing story song, your interpretation putting fire on it, it could be real true story somewhere across the sun

I love the line "... psychosomatic love.." What a great concept!! Love your work gorgeous lady!! ✌️💖🎼

Yeah, this is my favorite of the Keep Me Fed songs. The strong instrumentals got me for real and the lyrics are highly sharp. I know it immediately implies about love, but it has tons of other interpretations revolving the "sun" concept, especially the gravitation force.

In relationships, "hurt" is not always a negative thing. It could be seen as something that's too good to give up, if it's done right. See also: pulling hair, spanking, etc. Probably not where they were going with the lyrics, but I never rule anything out.

Once again, another great analysis! There was a lot to unpack with this song. Even with the bands explanation for this song, there is still room for interpretation. It does seem to be about an intense relationship missing either something or someone, specifically how they made you feel. Theres’s definitely an underlying sensuality based on some of the lyrics so it’s possible it could be personal. The band did mention in a recent interview that they have grown and changed since writing Error album and that these songs were indeed based on personal feelings and experiences. How much of it was influenced by the additional writers they worked with may never be known but the relationships in this song and in More for example seem to have a more intense and intimate tone. With this or any great band, it could be anything which is what makes it fun to analyze.

8:40 That Pau death stare! 😎

Thanks Nena. You do a great job with your analysis

So remembering that Pau usually originates songs on piano, then they craft the songs. Dany does have some original songs, so I don't know if this is one. But, if it is Pau, is Dany just her voice? There is so much here. I LOVE the bass and kick drum breakdown, Dany's restrained vocals with just the bass and kick, KNOWING the build is coming...yeah, like their newly crafted Dust to Dust, with the extended outro leading to Dull Knives, this one screams for more! 😂 BTW some compare Ale to Geddy. But, not me. As bassists I think they are opposite ends of the spectrum. But, love them both! Playing the right notes, when that is just one note as in Automatic Sun, is a LOT harder than most think.

About mirrors... they do not reflect reality, but an image of it (representation vs. reality). Moreover, we do not see ourselves as others see us in a mirror. We see a reverse image of ourselves (physics -> optics). It also reminds me of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan's Mirror Stage. which happens when a child sees oneself as a separate entity from one's mother for the first time. in a mirror. On a separate note (pun intended), the recurring image of being trapped but unwilling or incapable of doing something about it is pervasive in many The Warning songs. On a subconscious level, it could indicate unresolved issues of necessary, yet unresolved, emancipation from the nest. One of several ways to interpret literature (my field) is through psychoanalysis by viewing imagination as akin to dreams, hence applying the same technique an analyst (in my case Jungian) would in therapy, i.e. what is left unsaid since (by definition) the subconscious mind does not express itself consciously.

the lyrics are incredibly deep and double meaning, for girls who speak native spanish it is incredible. There is something going on with the lyrics, uncomfortable to approach for some. "The way you hurt me is never enough, if you want it all then just take it cause you got me" Now the sisters are very sweet and innocent in practice, but this line tells me their thoughts may not be so pure, there are definitely shades of grey here. That just makes the song all the more mysterious.

In a vlog many years ago, Paulina stated she couldn't write a traditional love song. It would be a creepy love song.

Love The Warning! Check out a band called The Sixters! They are a young female band from Ukraine. The Warning are fans of theirs! Enjoy! 🤘😎🤘

These girls especially Pau..are a modern day lyrical Jess James.to the music world.i wounder if the crimson queen is coming back for visit to someone I really enjoy your work,always gets me thinking

@psychologyofrock. Another stellar analysis

Great video. Love the homage to Rush, too. jvb

I loved your interpretación! I'd like to share muy point of view, psycho Is The "mind" word inngreek, soma is the greek word for "soul", so, psychosomatic love would be like a whole rational-emotional love. And, the negative feeling of the song, I think is because she, as a strong independent person, reels that this love was not a choice, but a inevitable destiny event that takes from her, her own fully self-control

Hi Nena This song is Awesome. Like the pictures of the girls

Nena, you analyzing my new favorite band's lyrics while wearing my all time favorite band's shirt!!! Fantastic. This song is a banger, heavy, riff filled, and in your face. I could swear i hear it as "psychosomatic hug" but either way it strikes me as Damy referring to a more general and euphemistic counterpart. Possibly their fan base, The Warning Army. It certainly is the strongest of the new songs. They are growing and exploring their possibilities with evermore impressive musical and song writing talents. Does any musician have more fun performing than Pau?

Isn't "psychosomatic" sometimes used to mean imaginary? She might be admitting that she knows the love is not real, or imaginary, but she wants it anyway? This song, like many of their other songs, is open to multiple interpretations. That, in my opinion, is one of their greatest strengths in songwriting, it can mean different things to different people. Thank you for yet another excellent breakdown of a great song.

I so like you deconstructions!

The sun radiates warmth, gives life, lights up the darkness. The sun also burns if you don't protect yourself from how *much* light, heat and warmth it radiates just by its own nature. And it'll kill you if you get too close to it. It's such a big presence that it has a gravitational pull that makes it hard to *resist* getting too close to it. Extrapolate that to a person, or even an experience, and... There's my set of metaphoric internal references and ties within the lyrics :) P.S. There's also the fact that it'll kill you to get *too far away* from the sun, too. Orbital mechanics, applied to human relationships... And I wholeheartedly concur: this is my current favorite from them. Current... that'll quite likely change soon, whenever I hear the next ridiculously catchy and brilliant earworm they produce.

If you watch the "Shorts" video clip, it is pretty evident she is singing "Psycosomatic heart" by listening and watching her mouth form the word "heart".

Since they released this song, I have come to "similar conclusions" to the ones you mention, and I think, IF you add the fact that they spend months away from home, missing friends and, probably, some relationships. Then the song takes on "another dimension"!

For some reason I get echoes of Cheap Trick’s “I want you to want me “…. (I need you to need me, etc.)

Feels to me like a song about a lover, especially the 'nails down my back' line which is a pretty sexual line. We need to remember these are full grown women now.

Totally enjoyable, and thought provoking, as ususl Nena.

Automatic Sun just pushed Lesley Gore's You Don't Own Me off my top ten all-time faves.

NENA, don't wait too long to do your QOTMS album analysis. PLEEAASSEE!!!

I would like YOU to try to explain 2 songs of them from their earlier catalogue ( which I find difficult at inetrpretation and have some histories ) - I mean Copper Bullets and Wildfire ( bouth are very good and beauty ( especially live from Dakota Bar ). Thank YOU.

They wrote this song on a slow day and had to word brainstorm to come up with automatic sun and then figure out what it was and write about it.

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Maybe I'm way overthinking this, but something that occurred to me while listening to your analysis is that it could also be that it's not one person, but many people. If we consider their catalog, specifically songs like Narcisista and Martirio, it could be that it's also about touring/the industry as a whole. They did the whole De-Tour thing during the lockdowns to reach out to their fans, and they give us a lot of background into their lives, on and off the road. We constantly hear from bands that perform live about the energy from the crowd, and that would fit the general theme of the song, even with the quote from Dany that you provided, and a quote from Pau in the comments below. Regarding an extended version, with a Dany solo, one thing I've noticed about The Warning in general is that solos aren't there unless they serve the song in some way. They've "broken" the formulaic songwriting trope, I guess. I love Dany's guitar work, no doubt, but I also love that she "reigns it in", I guess? It says a lot, to me, about why they do what they do.

Your thoughts easily hold interest. Could they be referring to their audience?

I’m not convinced she is saying Psychosomatic love . I have listened a hundred times and slowed it down . Sounds like hug instead of love to me . The upcoming lyric video will tell us for sure

Nice analysis, but I'm almost positive she's singing psychosomatic HEART. Listen carefully to the song.

Fantastic analysis, thank you all for showing me why I love DPA so much, they ARE the Automatic Sun 🫶🏻⚡️🤘

“The way you hurt me is never enough” can also be read as a reference to BDSM, specifically impact play. In this context, she quite literally loves the pain she asks for, but it makes her crave more and more of it-which obviously could end up in serious injury if her partner is irresponsible. Since the sisters are conservative Christians this is probably not an intended reading, but one or more of them might necessarily be hiding this part of themselves.

Hey Nina, you and us alike - what's next!?

Explain the scratches down the back( sexual right)

OMG, a Woman, an Attractive woman, in a RUSH shirt, I'm in a dream . . . . .

Can someone provide an example of a healthy addiction? I can't think of anything. Water, maybe. Or wanting to be around your kids, but I don't know if either fits.

The beauty of their lyrics are open to individual interpretation based on our personal experiences. This song could be taken as metaphor to mean any addiction, like the song "More." Applied to the deep feelings love can cause, it reminds me of the songs "Love Hurts" by Nazareth, a very poignant song; and "Take a Look at Me Now" by Phil Collins, one that hits me personally. In additon to the lyrics, the video itself shows the effects of attraction gravity has not only on physical objects, keeping planets or moons in an orbit, but on light itself. Even light is bent around gravity wells like stars, galaxies, and black holes. Notice how the video ends by bending the drone shot of the audience around the black center, like images from NASA of microlensing, known as an "Einstein Ring" around a black hole. Once an object is trapped in orbit around the singularity of a black hole at the event horizon nothing can escape, not even light. And an object has travel at the speed of light to just to stay there or else it gets pulled into the black hole or the "singularity." So, the song conveys that love is like this, being trapped, unable to escape the attraction of the singularity, the black hole, and the threat of being crushed by the attraction. I would have left actual pics but YT doesn't allow images to be posted. But, here are some URLs: hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2005/32/1788-Image.html scitechdaily.com/hubble-telescope-reveals-an-einstein-ring/ www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ZWkI8eGO&id=7C2E18A8D75352DC3AE4C35C3CC4F5AE19E2778F&thid=OIP.ZWkI8eGOWfapVLmHpxik1AHaFW&mediaurl=www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lensshoe_hubble_900.jpg&exph=342&expw=474&q=micro+lensing+images&ck=35D33FDF402A48A8327A748769D69BA2&idpp=rc&idpview=singleimage&form=rc2idp&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

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It sounds like heart instead of love to me.

I think you hit the nail on the head. The next song will likely be called Burnout and I assume that it'll be out in May if they keep with the same release schedule they have been doing.

Could this be another form of The One or Ugh from QOTMS? Maybe be placed between those songs in the set.

Thank your for the the analysis! Always great to hear your views. Unfortunately all of the reasons you give for liking this song are the same reasons I don't like it. This is my least favorite song. The guitar tone isn't heavy, it's muddy. You can be heavy in E std. Also not a fan of Dany's vocals/effects in this. And the lyrics feel cobbled together and disjointed. Automatic Sun as a title/lyric just feels weird, even though I've head the explanation. Charismatic Sun feels like a better title, or if you want to think of that person as being a multifaceted light in your life, Prismatic Sun. I know a lot of people like this song, but it's not for me.

Pau has stated to some effect that she is mostly incapable of writing a traditional love song. If you dig through their catalog there’s a common theme about “love” type songs and that is unrequited love. Hear me out, are we all assuming the person who is the Automatic Sun is even aware of that level they have been placed at? Is this another song where the psychosomatic love is happing unbeknownst to the other party. All the symptoms would likely manifest the same, regardless if it’s a crush or a full blown love affair with another person I would think? The human mind is a mysterious place and people are able to manufacture their own realities and this could be happening here as well. Just a thought…

It’s not an opinion I share, but there is a minority of reactors who disapprove of the direction TW is taking lately, on the basis that they have started to exploit their sexuality to boost their popularity. Line about “nails down my back” seemed to be a focal point for some. From my perspective, dealing in some way or another with the physical side of relationships is almost inevitable as they continue to grow musically and personally. The way that physicality is treated could be raunchy and exploitative, or subtle and insightful (where I expect the Warning are headed). Addressing sexuality is not the same thing as exploiting sex. A couple of further observations. Their decade-long development from children to adults has been intensively documented online and I think some fans may be nostalgic for the schoolchildren who did the famous “Enter Sandman” cover. They craft deep, thought-provoking lyrics and I expect they will address adult issues now that they are adults. Staying with the issue of sex and sexuality, I think we could also be seeing a double standard for female versus male rock musicians. If I think back to the rock hero’s from the golden age of rock & roll, many of their lyrics were explicitly about sex…strictly from a male point of view. If there’s any doubt, look up the lyrics from rock classics like Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” or AC/DC “Thunderstruck” to name a few off the top of my head.

Thank you for translating to us guys the ways women think,most of us are clueless about most of the meaning of the songs!😂

where is your warning shirt?

Nice interpretation! Dany's vocal styling in this song is very sultry and provides an interesting contrast to the heaviness of the music. The Warning will be releasing a video soon that contains the lyrics and hopefully that will clarify "psychosomatic love vs psychosomatic heart" which many, including myself believe that is being sung. If that turns out to be the case, does it alter at all your take on that part of the lyrics? 🤘🏽