The Dance Lyrics
On the memory of
The dance we shared
'Neath the stars above
For a moment
All the world was right
But how could I have known
That you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end
The way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Holding you
I held everything
For a moment
Wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known
How the king would fall
Hey, who's to say
You know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end
The way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
It's my life, it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the (dance)
It's about a guy that loved a girl and his most cherished memory of her is a dance they shared. The girl left him and broke his heart. He says he's hurt, but he's glad he didn't know how it'd end b/c he woulda missed all the good times they shared....basically that loving the girl for however long and then losing her was worth it all...love is everything to me...even when it's over, it's still the best feeling in the world to think back and know that at one point you were all that mattered to someone.
This song was played at my uncle's funeral for his daughter. The line :"But if I'd only known how the king would fall" just breaks my heart! When I hear this song I am always reminded of him.
I had a close friend pass away about a year and a half ago. He had muscular dystrophy and was only 20. His brother, Stephen, and I are really close friends to this day... but I remember every detail of the Sunday our minister announced in church that Ryan had died that morning. My mother said you could hear a collective gasp from the balcony where all of the youth sit. Stephen and I were 15. The three of us had been hanging out at a benefit for M.D. the day before and Ryan had been fine.
One of Ryan's teachers sang this song at the funeral and I haven't been able to listen to it without crying since up until about a week ago. I was in the car with Stephen and it came on and we just sat there and listened to it.
My interpretation is just that. Someone died unexpectedly at a very young age... I miss Ryan everyday, but now I realize that I'm glad I didn't know we would lose him... because I would have missed out on so many memories.
To me this song is about the loved one dying. How the pain of the loss is huge but he wouldnt trade the pain for not having been in the relationship. This song makes me tear up a little when I hear it.
it means to take life one day at a time and enjoy each and every day
the dance is the best love song i ever heard, i think its about looking back on a dance he had with a girl of a relationship that didnt last.. and saying that for all the pain he felt when it ended it will never equal to all the love he felt when the held each other.... and if he'd known before he might have changed it all but he would have missed out on a special love that hurt but that he doesnt regret. thats how i like to see it.. ps- i like what bbgirl and lady had to say about the song.. i didn't get the chance to read them all since i was busy but i read those to cause they were right ahead of me
To me, this song says that even though your dreams sometimes may crumble, you should look back at the good times before everything fell. Did you have fun? Was it worth it? Are you wiser now for having been through it?
This song is truely wonderful, I think it's just about not having regrets and "it's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all".
Well, I take it very literally...during high school, I went to prom and homecoming with a few guys that I really liked. We had such a great time at each dance but our friendships dwindled after the dance was over. Well, one friendship ended at the dance...but regardless of the loss of my friends, I had the best time, and I'm glad I didn't know that it would end this way because I would have never taken the chances I did.
well that was a different approach than what i was going to take but............ the dance to me is such a great love song because life IS all about "the dance" if we knew what was going to happen before it happened we would miss out on the greatest feeling ever. love. this song reminds me of my ex and i will tell you that our dance was so great. even though it hurts like hell to be without her just looking back and remembering all those times we shared i wouldn't trade a second of it to ease any pain. that is what love is about. taking the chance to dance if you will. it's all about chances. not all of them end badly.