She Just Happened

This song seems quite blissfully nostalgic to a degree. The story of the song goes that he simply got along with a girl a while ago that since they've long forgotten about. He seems to reminisce about their time together as most of the song takes place in the past, but never with a high enough intensity to allude that he is depressed at the fact he no longer has contact with the girl anymore.

At the beginning he seems to describe this girl, how she appeared to have some sort of potential judging by the fact she had a scholarship, which is contrasted by her 'junke boyfriend'. From the get go the speaker is in clear admiration of this girl and feels some sort of pity for her for having to deal with her good for nothing partner.

The second verse describes the brief but fairly touching development of their relationship. Describing that they apparently ended up sharing a room, and though this may allude to them developing an intimate relationship, nothing suggests that anything more than a platonic friendship was shared between the two. In conclusion they had a 'chill' relationship with one another, nothing too major but still one he appreciated.

Finally, the reason why I believe the speaker is so fond of her is shown in the chorus. 'Without warning she crossed my mind' shows us that he had more feelings towards her than simply one of friendship, just one that wasn't realised at the time. The speaker is coming to the conclusion too late that he actually had appreciated and liked her a lot more than he made apparent to her at the time. What makes this song for me though is that given the information you would think this would be a depressing ode to a girl he once loved, but it's nothing of the sort. It's nostalgic and for the most part endearing. He isn't upset that their brief relationship fell apart but it just seemed to catch him off guard at this present moment in time, especially given the fact that the feelings he once had a long time ago had resurfaced.

Overall it's quite a cheery song, and mellow in it's meaning as supposed to depressing. It's interesting to see a song about a lost relationship written from this angle as supposed to the typical and formulaic melodramatic sappiness that a lot of love songs suffer from containing too much of. This isn't even a love song as it is a song of appreciation; it has that innocent charm to it that is lacking in songs with similar topics.