Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ca… Read Full Bio ↴Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (on November 16, 1964). She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. She also spent some time in Toronto studying with Canadian Jazz great, Don Thompson (Bass/Piano) and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts she moved to the U.S to continue studies and develop her career.

Her playing attracted the attention of bass player Ray Brown, who brought her into touch with influential teachers and producers. At the age of seventeen, she won a scholarship from the Vancouver Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After three terms she moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles, with whom she also began to sing. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York. She is married to British musician Elvis Costello.

Like Someone In Love
Diana Krall Lyrics

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Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars
Hearing guitars like someone in love
Sometimes the things I do astound me
Mostly whenever you're around me
Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings
Bump into things like someone in love
Each time I look at you
I'm limp as a glove

And feeling like someone in love

Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings
Bump into things like someone in love
Each time I look at you
I'm limp as a glove
And feeling like someone

Feeling like someone
Feeling like someone in love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in Diana Krall's Like Someone In Love convey the feeling of being ecstatically in love. The singer describes how her infatuation with someone makes her lose sense of reality, visibly impaired and deliriously happy. The opening line paints a vivid imagery of the singer gazing at the stars and hearing guitars, which is symbolic of how the person she’s in love with affects her senses. Whenever the subject of her affection is near her, she’s amazed by the things she does. The line “Mostly whenever you’re around me” is proof that the singer’s feeling of being in love is as instantaneous as it is consuming.

The second stanza reiterates that the singer is so lovestruck that she appears to be walking with wings, bumping into objects. At the same time, she’s limp and vulnerable around the person she loves, giving herself over to them entirely. The last line of the song is about how this feeling of love has taken over her completely, and she now feels like someone in love.

Line by Line Meaning

Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars
Recently, I have been looking at the stars often

Hearing guitars like someone in love
I hear the sound of guitars and it brings out a feeling of love in me

Sometimes the things I do astound me
At times, I am surprised by the things I do

Mostly whenever you're around me
Mostly, when you are near me, I am astonished by my own behavior

Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings
Lately, I feel like I am walking on air

Bump into things like someone in love
As if in a trance of love, I have been bumping into things often

Each time I look at you
Every time I gaze at you

I'm limp as a glove
I become weak as if my body is without bones

And feeling like someone in love
I experience emotions that indicate I am falling in love

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Written by: Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

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