Sparks

This song is very straight forward. For the first 10 seconds, the guitars build to what you believe will be a happy, pop song. The man is thinking about all of the happy times he spent with his (ex)girlfriend. The walks, the talks, the laughs... everything was perfect, and he was the happiest he'd ever been. Then, just as a smile appears on his face, the rest of the instruments come crashing in, with a down-beat, melancholy hook -- just as the man suddenly realizes all of that good stuff is now gone. It's over between them. The happiness is gone. He composes himself for 30 seconds, then silently asks to himself (and her) "Did I drive you away?" Not expecting her real answer (she is gone), he replies to himself with something she'd always say when he

asked a silly question... "Play one we know." She was disregarding the question, and simply telling him to play a song and stop being so morose. Have a

good time! She was always such an optomistic person. He realizes he has nothing to offer to her, otherwise she wouldn't have left. So he cried,

beckons, "I promise... I'll always look out for you," as a last-ditch effort to place himself above any other man. He realizes this is all in his thoughts, and

cries to himself "Ohhhhh." He again thinks of what he'd say to her, begging her to stay, telling her that his heart belongs to her, and that he needs her.

He apoligizes (again, only to himself) and says he will never let her down again. Again, he realizes he will never be able to say these things to her and

sings, cries "Ohhhhhhh." After crying every last tear, unable to cry anymore, he reflects once again on their love and remembers the good times. He

almost smiles again, as he reassures himself that he saw sparks -- they were meant for eachother. THERE WERE SPARKS between them!! Once again fully realizing she is gone, and obviously there were no sparks to her, he sings himself to sleep and tries to forget she is gone.... "la la la laaaaa"