Weekend Honeymoons
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About this songNewlyweds too poor to fly out and too happy to whine about it — portioning the chill and letting young love slowly build over summer weekend honeymoons.
Big ideaMarriage is common grace — an ordinary, God-given delight you don't have to be rich to receive. The song takes two broke newlyweds and turns their empty wallet into a testimony: joy is a portion handed to you, not a prize you buy.
Doctrine
Common grace; marriage; contentment
Anchor text
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Form
Buoyant summer-pop love song (verse / turn / post-chorus, doo-wop warmth)
Voices
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Verse 1
Hey Mister,
we're a new thing,
new thing with new rings.
June wedding was a beautiful dream.
Turn
Too poor to fly out,
too happy to whine about it.
Chorus
We're gonna drift
into the deep end
of this summer weekend.
Post-Chorus
Yeah, weekend honeymoons
are what I'm gonna do with you.
Verse 2
Hey Mister,
we're a new team,
building out a whole new thing,
shaking out our American dream.
Turn
Too poor to fly out,
too happy to whine about it.
Chorus
We're gonna drift
into the deep end
of this summer weekend.
Post-Chorus
Yeah, weekend honeymoons
are what I'm gonna do with you.
Final Chorus
We're gonna drift
into the deep end
of this summer weekend.
Outro
Oh, I'm so glad I met you,
and I'm so glad I get to
build something right beside you.
Yeah, young love came with lots of bills,
so we gotta portion our chill —
let this love slowly build.
Scripture References
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
- Proverbs 5:18-19
- Song of Solomon 2:16
Study this song
Teaching aids drawn from the song — for personal study or group discussion.
How the song moves
1
Hey Mister, new rings
The verses name a brand-new covenant — "new thing with new rings," a "new team" reordering the "American dream" around each other rather than around a budget (Ecclesiastes 9:9; Song of Solomon 2:16).
2
Too poor, too happy
The Turn refuses to let circumstance set the mood: no plane ticket, no complaint — joy that runs on gift, not on funds, which is exactly Qoheleth's counsel to enjoy life with the one you love (Ecclesiastes 9:7–9).
3
Drift into the deep end
The chorus and post-chorus give themselves to delight — "weekend honeymoons" as unhurried, repeated pleasure in one another, the very intoxication Proverbs commends (Proverbs 5:18–19).
4
Portion our chill
The Outro names the theology out loud: bills are real, so they "portion" their chill and let love "slowly build" — receiving marriage as their allotted share in a fleeting life (Ecclesiastes 9:9).
Key terms & allusions
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 — Qoheleth ("the Preacher") urges, "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life" — savoring an ordinary spouse is presented as a gift precisely because life is fleeting (Hebrew hevel, vapor/breath).
- portion (cheleq) — The lyric's "portion our chill" quietly borrows Ecclesiastes' key word: your marriage and your joy are your cheleq — the allotted share God hands you "in your toil," not something you earn your way up to.
- Proverbs 5:18–19 — "Rejoice in the wife of your youth... be intoxicated always in her love" — the Hebrew shagah means to reel or stagger, so Scripture actually commands newlyweds to be tipsy on each other, which is what a "weekend honeymoon" is for.
- Song of Solomon 2:16 — "My beloved is mine, and I am his" — the Bible's great refrain of mutual belonging, the "new team" logic behind two people who'd rather have each other than the trip.
- American dream — The cultural script of upward mobility and stuff-as-success; the song "shakes it out," trading the ladder-climb for contentment — a lived-out version of common grace over consumer aspiration.
Discussion questions
- "Too poor to fly out, too happy to whine about it." Where have we seen a couple in our community whose joy clearly wasn't tied to their income — and what did they know that the rest of us forget?
- Ecclesiastes calls the spouse you love your "portion." How would our church talk about singleness, marriage, and money differently if we treated everyday delight as a gift received rather than a reward achieved?
- The outro chooses "let this love slowly build" over the grand gesture. What does our culture — and our church — teach young couples to expect, and how could we help them value the slow build instead?
For contemplation
- Ecclesiastes hands you your spouse, your work, your ordinary day as your "portion." What gift are you currently treating as too small to enjoy because you're waiting for the bigger version?
- Where in your life right now are you "too poor to fly out" — and are you whining about it, or letting the lack become an occasion for gratitude?
- "I'm so glad I get to build something right beside you." Who is the person God has set beside you, and are you drifting into the deep end with them, or just paying the bills next to them?