They Say It's Wonderful

The speaker describes love as something praised by everyone else, but not yet confirmed by personal experience. At first, the claims sound almost like hearsay: people say love is wonderful, and the speaker repeats their words. The mood then becomes more lively and imaginative, as the speaker pictures suddenly announcing love’s greatness and holding someone close.

The moon “up above” suggests a romantic setting, while the repeated phrase “so they say” points to secondhand knowledge rather than certainty. The image of leaving home and unexpectedly shouting to strangers that love is grand is playful and exaggerated. It conveys how powerful excitement might feel, not necessarily a literal plan.

The lyrics leave open whether the speaker is already in love, hoping to fall in love, or simply wondering what it is like. Their enthusiasm grows, but the repeated reminders that these are things “they” say preserve a note of doubt. The song can therefore sound both warmly optimistic and gently comic: love is presented as wonderful, yet the speaker has not clearly discovered that truth firsthand.