The pressure builds, you a gift, you're hoping that your dread will lift
It glitters on her like a glass you shudder as it comes to pass
Apologize to Luce and Lil', converse with Ed, a drive with Jill
Your friends confine you in their worlds, one by one, a string of pearls
Confuse you say, this isn't me, you hover in their unity
Ashamed, you slowly lose your grasp release the links, undo the clasp
The skin that drips down from the tree and peels back slowly from your knee
Erupts into your lung and heart, you laugh and laughing, fall apart
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i don't know what it is about this song that makes me love it so much...it's so weird!
Probably the anxiety into elation this song captures so perfectly. I believe Trey is referring to the feelings he felt when proposing to his wife.
The lyrics to this were written by Tom Marshall about being being pressured into marriage. He has said that "sparkle" is one of the only songs written about his wife that she knows is about her. When he sent Trey the lyrics, Trey decided to make the song really happy because of how sad the lyrics were. I LOVE this song
This is the happiest sounding song in the universe, I swear.
Just to add to it- Lil is their travel agent.