Once in a While
Timeless Echoes of Love: Sonny Stitt's Melodic Yearning
Lyrics
Once in a while will you try to give
Requesting occasional consideration or attention
One little thought to me
Asking for a small thought or gesture directed towards the speaker
Though someone else may be
Acknowledging the possibility of someone else being closer to the listener's heart
Nearer your heart?
Questioning the listener's emotional proximity to another person
Once in a while will you dream
Expressing a desire for the listener to occasionally dream about shared moments
Of the moments I shared with you
Recalling past moments that the speaker shared with the listener
Moments before we two
Referring to moments before a separation occurred
Drifted apart?
Addressing the fact that the speaker and the listener have drifted apart
In love's smoldering ember
Describing the remaining warmth of love that lingers
One spark may remain
Suggesting that a spark of love may still exist despite challenges
If love still can remember
Positing the idea that love can retain memories of better times
That spark may burn again
Expressing hope that the spark of love can reignite
I know that I'll be contented
Stating acceptance and satisfaction with past memories
With yesterday's memory
Emphasizing contentment with memories from the past
Knowing you think of me
Highlighting the speaker's awareness of being in the listener's thoughts
Once in a while
Reiterating the request for occasional consideration
In love's smoldering ember
Repeating the idea of a lingering spark in love
One spark may remain
Reemphasizing the potential for a remaining spark in love
If love still can remember
Reiterating the concept that love can recall past moments
The spark may burn again
Reaffirming the hope for the rekindling of love
I know that I'll be contented
Restating the speaker's contentment with memories of the past
With yesterday's memory
Reemphasizing satisfaction with yesterday's memories
Knowing you think of me
Reaffirming the importance of the listener thinking of the speaker occasionally
Once in a while
Final repetition of the request for occasional thoughts or considerations
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