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I don't get many things right the first time,
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
And falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face,
Now I see it every day
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
What if I had been born fifty years before you
In a house on the street
Where you lived
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
I love you more then have
Ever found the way to say
To you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep,
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong,
That I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
And falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face,
Now I see it every day
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
What if I had been born fifty years before you
In a house on the street
Where you lived
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
I love you more then have
Ever found the way to say
To you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep,
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong,
That I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
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You're right, geigermatt, Ben is an atheist. "And I don't believe in God, so I can't be saved..." See also "Whatever and Ever Amen". Also, I read an interview where he says that he wrote The Luckiest for his wife and made her cry. Although, I suppose, there's no impersonal reason why the God metaphor couldn't still be applied. Having never been in love with any concept of a god, I wouldn't know. This song is, as stated a billion times above, unbelievably beautiful. We've been giving a lot of attention to the old couple digression, but I'm also a huge fan of the line, "I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you." Simply put to describe the indescribability (sp?) of his feelings. What makes this most incredible, though, is when you stop and think about what kind of music Ben Folds (with or without Five) normally writes. Hard piano rock, crude, dark, and witty. That he is moved enough to write this inspite of his style is absolutely amazing.