☝️ Key Points
- The song revolves around hypothetical scenarios of love confessions and their potential consequences
- Frank Sinatra asks if his hypothetical love would be reciprocated
- He also questions if his loving gestures would impress or disturb the beloved person
- He expresses his longing and asks if this would upset someone
- At the end of the song, Sinatra reveals that he is actually in love with the person
Interpretation
The song "S'posin'" by
Frank Sinatra is a romantic song that revolves around the theme of love and infatuation. The singer poses hypothetical questions about the potential reactions he could get if he were to confess his love to someone.
He starts by assuming that he could fall in love with her and asks if she could love him too: "S'posin' I should fall in love with you / Do you think that you could love me too?".
Then he wonders if his loving gestures would impress or perhaps distress her: "S'posin' I should hold you and caress you / Would it impress you or, perhaps, distress you?".
He expresses his longing for her and wonders if she thinks he's overstepping: "S'posin' I should say 'For you I yearn' / Would ya think I'm speaking out of turn?".
Finally, he confesses his love to her and poses the question of whether she would take his love and share it: "And s'posin' I declare it, / Would you take my love and share it?".
The song ends with the revelation that he is actually in love with her and that all of this wasn't hypothetical situations: "I'm not s'posin', I'm in love with you". Essentially, this song is about how the singer grapples with his feelings and considers the potential consequences of a love confession.