The Last and
Unnoticed Connectors: The Tale of Unspoken Affections
Lyrics
So, I'm the first one in again,
Speaker is the first person to arrive again.
With the quiet and the window growing snow,
The setting is quiet with snow falling outside the window.
When I hear the furnace rouse itself
The furnace starts up suddenly, awakening.
From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know,
The speaker has a sudden realization or understanding.
As my eye stops on one curled up in my lesson plan
The speaker notices something in their lesson plan.
That I'm just your little ampersand.
Realization that they are just an insignificant part of someone else's story or life.
When your voice springs from the intercom
Someone's voice comes over the intercom with various messages.
With announcements, and reminders, and a prayer,
These messages include announcements, reminders, and a prayer.
I remember how you made me feel,
Recollection of how the person made the speaker feel special.
I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare,
Feeling of being unique, funny, and thoughtful in their presence.
But like the jokes about my figure
Reference to jokes about the speaker's figure.
Kids think that I don't understand
Children believe the speaker doesn't comprehend their jokes.
I know I'm just your little ampersand
Realization of being an insignificant element in someone else's life.
After Christmas holiday
Reference to the time after Christmas break.
You never asked to drive me home again
They are not asked to be driven home anymore.
Sometimes in the staff room I
Occasions when the speaker catches the other person's attention.
Catch your eye with "why'd it have to end,"
Expressing regret or confusion about the end of something.
But I know from how you worry at your wedding band
Observation of the other person worrying about their wedding band.
That I'm just your little ampersand
Realization of being unimportant in the other person's life despite moments of connection.
At the last conjunction after every other and
Reference to being insignificant in the final moments, after everything else.
I was just your little ampersand
Reiteration of being an insignificant part of the other person's life.
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