Misty
Glenn Osser Lyrics


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Look at me,
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand,
I get misty, holding your hand.

Walk my way,
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear,
I get misty the moment you're near

You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you realize how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you.

On my own,
Would I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left,
My hat from my glove,
I get misty, and too much in love.





I'm too misty, and too much in love

Overall Meaning

The song "Misty" by Glenn Osser is a love ballad expressing vulnerability and the overpowering emotions that arise when in love. The lyrics use metaphorical language to convey the singer's feelings and emphasize their helplessness. The beginning of the song shows the singer acknowledging their vulnerability when they compare themselves to a helpless kitten stuck up in a tree. They feel like they are floating in the clouds and they can't quite make sense of their emotions. The singer states that they "get misty" whenever they hold their lover's hand, which is a metaphor for feeling overwhelmed and emotional.


The second part of the song shows the singer describing the power their lover holds over them. They state that when their lover walks towards them, it's like a thousand violins start to play, or it might even be the sound of their lover's hello that creates beautiful music in their heart. The singer acknowledges that they might be getting led on, but they want it this way because they are hopelessly in love with their lover. The singer feels lost without their lover and will follow them wherever they go.


The final part of the song uses the metaphor of a wonderland to emphasize the singer's need for their lover. Without their lover, the singer would be lost in their own thoughts and wouldn't be able to distinguish their left foot from their right or their hat from their glove. The singer is too misty and too much in love, which conveys their overpowering feelings of love for their partner.


Line by Line Meaning

Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
When I look at myself, I realize that I am so vulnerable and lost, just like a helpless kitten stuck high up in a tree


And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
Being with you makes me feel like I'm holding onto something intangible, weightless, and ethereal like a cloud


I can't understand, I get misty, holding your hand.
When you hold my hand, I get so overwhelmed with emotions that I can't even understand or articulate it, and it's like being in a hazy, dreamlike state


Walk my way, And a thousand violins begin to play
Whenever you walk towards me, I feel like the world around me transforms into something magical, as though a symphony of a thousand violins playing only for us


Or it might be the sound of your hello, That music I hear, I get misty the moment you're near
Even hearing your voice saying hello to me is enough to stir up stars inside me as if listening to enchanting music, and having you near me makes me start feeling just as misty as I do when we hold hands


You can say that you're leading me on, But it's just what I want you to do
I know you're leading me on, but that's what I want you to do because I am finding solace in this little world that I have dipped myself into - a world full of dreams and surrealism


Don't you realize how hopelessly I'm lost, That's why I'm following you.
Maybe you don't even know how much I'm disillusioned in my own world, and that's why I'm following you while forgetting all about my own life and reality, but I really hope you understand it someday


On my own, Would I wander through this wonderland alone
If not with you, I would aimlessly wander through this beautiful world all alone, without appreciating any of its magic


Never knowing my right foot from my left, My hat from my glove, I get misty, and too much in love.
If I were alone in this wonderland, I would feel lost and hopeless, even unable to differentiate between basic things like the right or the left or what's a glove and what's a hat, and above all, I would be too overwhelmed with love and desperation, which is keeping me afloat in this dreamy world, even if it is just for a while




Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing, Spirit Music Group
Written by: ERROLL GARNER, JOHNNY BURKE

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