A pale clock face with brass ticks and bent hands, edged with frost on a blue-grey background.

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John Phillips

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker distrusts Monday, repeating the day's name as though sighing at it. The line treats the start of the week as unreliable, something that promises a fresh beginning yet tends to let people down. It has a weary, sing-song feel of grumbling about a familiar day.

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