Then I Kissed Her

The song tells a simple story of a young man falling in love. At first, he is nervous but hopeful when he asks a woman to dance. Their first kiss makes the evening feel special, and his feelings grow as he sees her again. He eventually tells her he loves her, and she says she feels the same. The mood moves from shy excitement to confidence and happiness, ending with a dream of marriage.

The stars shining brightly help create a romantic, almost magical feeling around their first kiss. “More than a friend” means he hopes their relationship will become romantic, not stay only a friendship. When he says he “almost cried” from happiness, he means his feelings are so strong that he is close to tears; the phrase does not necessarily suggest sadness. Meeting her parents and asking her to be his bride show how quickly he imagines a shared future.

The story is told from his perspective, so we hear his hopes more clearly than hers. She returns his declaration of love, but the later ideas about her being “mine” and becoming his bride mainly express his expectations and excitement. They may point to a lasting relationship, or simply to how a young person imagines the future while newly in love. The lyrics leave that future open.