"Let Me Love Tonight" is a song by Harry Connick, Jr. The lyrics convey the narrator's longing for love and intimacy. The song starts with the plea for good fortune to allow the narrator to love someone that night. The narrator wants to be spared from the emptiness and soulless searching that they have experienced before. The song continues with a desire to feel the person's skin and to indulge in their presence. The narrator acknowledges their hunger for this connection and wishes to taste the person's mouth, which is only slightly parted, but filled with lips as full as their own have been denied in the past. Towards the end of the song, the narrator asks for good fortune to allow them to say goodbye without remorse. The narrator describes the person they love as lovely, but acknowledges that she will remain obscured by the morning sun, indicating that their time together is limited. Despite this, the narrator hopes that good fortune comes before the day ends, allowing them to love that night. Overall, the song captures the yearning for love and the fleeting nature of some relationships. It portrays a sense of urgency and desperation to experience love and connection in the present moment before it fades away.
