☝️ Key Points
- The song is about the singer's joy of finally finding someone who makes her happy.
- She wonders why she is sometimes still sad despite that and asks the other person for an explanation.
- The singer hopes that the other person realizes how important she is and that she needs her.
- The song lyrics describe how the relationship emotionally affects the singer and how she is still happy, even if she can be sad.
- The singer expresses that she loves the other person despite all their flaws and that it simply had to be that they are together.
Interpretation
The lyrics of the song "It Had to Be You" by
Barbra Streisand are about the singer finding someone who makes her happy in love. She describes how she searched for the right person for a long time and finally found someone who truly loves her. In the lines "Seems like dreams like I always had, Could be, should be making me glad", she expresses that she dreamt of this relationship and that she should be happy. But then she wonders why she is sad and asks the other person to explain it to her.
She contemplates the possibility of leaving someday, but hopes that the other person realizes that she needs them. In the lines "Someday, some way, you'll come and say it's you I need, And you'll be pleading in vain", she shows her hope that the other person realizes that she is important.
The lyrics also express that the singer hasn't found anyone who makes her as happy as the other person. In the lines "Could make me be true, could make me be blue, And even be glad just to be sad, Thinking of you", she describes how this relationship affects her emotionally and that she can even be sad but still be happy when she thinks of the other person.
Ultimately, she sums up her love for the other person with the words "Had to be you, crazy old you, had to be you" and expresses that she loves the other person with all their flaws and that it just had to be that they are together.