How do you surprise someone who knows you have a ring? Well, turns out, you just have to be a little silly. One minute, you’re singing about spiders way too early in the morning and laughing on your way to work. The next, you realize “Alexander Hamilton” and “Lauren, will you marry me?” contain the same number of syllables. So, you rush to your computer and frantically type out those words. The inspiration that follows makes the rest easy, just type as fast as possible. That night, you rush home, buy an audio track for the song, and get to work recording. Though your singing voice doesn’t quite match Leslie Odom, it doesn’t matter. These lyrics are easily the most important words you’ve ever said out loud. That night, as you and Lauren sit on the couch, listening to Andrew Bird, relaxing, your new song finally comes on. Surprise :)