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(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am

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The singer expresses intense happiness about loving someone, while feeling that the other person does not fully realize how joyful she is. The emotion is warm and exuberant, growing from a bold description of love into a more personal admission: she wishes she could find a way to show exactly what she feels.

Several images present love as limitless. It has no beginning or end, top or bottom, and no walls; these are playful ways of saying the feeling seems impossible to measure or contain. Being โ€œin the middleโ€ of a spin suggests being swept up in love, perhaps excited and a little overwhelmed. The wish to be a poet or artist shows that ordinary words do not seem enough to express her feelings.

The repeated claim that the beloved โ€œdoesnโ€™t knowโ€ how glad she is may mean the singer feels unseen, but it can also sound like delighted emphasis rather than a complaint. The lyrics do not explain whether the other person is unaware of her love or simply cannot grasp its full intensity. Overall, the song celebrates a feeling that is both joyful and difficult to put into words.