d up splitting them apart. Another lyric suggests that he wants the love they shared back and he will do anything for it. The lyric is “I will fall for you no matter where it leaves/ I could walk this road again with you my love”. Critic, Rebecca Rankin, agrees with his inspiration for the song. “ The inspiration to this song can be described is that [Ricky] is trying to say sorry and really does not know what to do [to fix the relationship].” (Haney, Ricky Martin Video Collection)The final song I interpreted to be about a relationship is “Nobody wants To Be Lonely” which is also on the “Sound Loaded” CD. I feel the song is about the emptiness he feels when no one is around. I think that the song is spurred from the same ambition that propelled him to superstardom: the need to have the attention of everyone. Without this attention I think that he feels alone in the world. Ricky himself acknowledged my interpretation when he said, in his CD Release special that aired on VH1, “ As soon as I got into a room I would turn on the TV, the Radio, the anything. I needed to have some sort of sound to keep me from thinking. I had personal problems at the time and it made me so afraid to be alone.” In these songs Ricky clearly sheds light on his deepest fears and invites us into his personal life. With Ricky’s continuing success he decided to ravel to India to master the art of meditation so that he could learn to not be afraid of the silence any more but to use it to advantage. Hopefully with this new practice he will able himself to take the time out that is necessary to keep his personal life in order and release his crave for attention caused by his parents’ divorce. ...
