Out Of This World
Billy May; Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics
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When I'm looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew
You're right out of a book
The fairy tale I read when I was five
No armored knight out of a book
Then I
After waiting so long
For the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from long and lonely night time
And despite time, here you are
I cry, "out of this world"
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two
With you
The song begins with Ella Fitzgerald singing about how the person she is looking at is "clear out of this world." The singer hears music that no one has ever heard before when they look at the person they are admiring. The person in question is so magical and enchanting that they seem like they are straight out of a fairytale book, specifically like a Loralie that enchanted an armored knight from such a book. The singer is overwhelmed by the person's beauty and is grateful that they are finally here after waiting so long and reaching for so long towards their own goals.
The second half of the song has the singer admitting that they would be devastated if the person were to say they were through with the relationship. The singer wants to spend an eternity or two with the person they are admiring, and the notion of being without them is completely overwhelming. The line "out of this world" means that the singer feels like the relationship is not just something mundane, but rather something that transcends everyday life.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You're incomparable and beyond extraordinary
When I'm looking at you
Whenever I focus on you
I hear out of this world
You make me feel extraordinary beyond comprehension
The music that no mortal ever knew
It's like an unfamiliar melody that only exists in another world
You're right out of a book
You are like a character in a fairy tale
The fairy tale I read when I was five
The one I imagined in my mind when I was young
No armored knight out of a book
Even a chivalrous hero from any legend
Was more enchanted by a Loralie
Would be as ensorcelled or enthralled in a Loralie, as I am with you
After waiting so long
I've been waiting impatiently for so long
For the right time
For the perfect moment
After reaching so long for a star
I've been striving for my goal for so long
All at once from long and lonely night time
Suddenly, after a very long and lonely night-time
And despite time, here you are
Despite time, you finally appeared
I cry, "out of this world"
I proclaim, "unbelievable"
If you said we were through
If you were to end our relationship
So let me fly out of this world
Then let me depart this world
And spend the next eternity or two
To spend countless numbers of time periods ahead
With you
With you, always
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COLE PORTER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
tuxguys
(4/25/17)
Happy Hundredth, Miss Ella.
My most favorite singer, doing my third most favorite version (you should hear my first and second!) of my favorite work of art from one of my favorite songwriting teams, the Master of the Bluesy Not-Blues, composer Harold Arlen, and the Master of Soulful Urbanity, lyricist Johnny Mercer.