the dance

looking back
on the memory of
the dance we shared
beneath the stars above
for a moment
all the world was right
how could I have known
that you’d ever say goodbye

and I
I’m glad I didn’t know
the way it all would it 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
but if i’d only known
how the king would fall
then who’s to say