How High the Moon
Ella Fitzgerald's Melodic Reverie: Love's Height in 'How High the Moon'
Lyrics
Somewhere there's music
Somewhere there is music
How faint the tune
Describing the faintness of the musical tune
Somewhere there's heaven
Expressing the existence of a heavenly place
How high the moon
Reflecting on the elevated nature of the moon
There is no moon above
Highlighting the absence of the moon
When love is far away too
When love is distant
Till it comes true
Anticipation of love becoming true
That you love me as I love you
Expressing reciprocal love between the speaker and the loved one
Somewhere there's music
Reiteration of the idea of music somewhere
How near, how far
Contrasting the proximity and distance of the music
Somewhere there's heaven
Reiterating the existence of a heavenly place
It's where you are
Locating heaven where the loved one is
The darkest night would shine
Describing the potential brightness even in the darkest night
If you would come to me soon
Expressing the anticipation of the loved one's arrival
Until you will, how still my heart
Describing the stillness of the heart in the absence of the loved one
How high the moon
Reiterating the elevated nature of the moon, symbolizing the intensity of emotion
Somewhere there's music
Repeating the theme of music existing somewhere
How faint the tune
Reiterating the faintness of the musical tune
Somewhere there's heaven
Reiterating the existence of a heavenly place
How high the moon
Reiterating the elevated nature of the moon
The darkest night would shine
Repeating the idea of brightness in the darkest night upon the loved one's arrival
If you would come to me soon
Reiterating the anticipation of the loved one's arrival
Until you will, how still my heart
Reiterating the stillness of the heart in the absence of the loved one
How high the moon
Reiterating the elevated nature of the moon, symbolizing the intensity of emotion
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