The Luckiest by Ben Folds

[jane]

This is actually a song by Ben Folds, but I think its very poetic. Of course, some of the words sound a lot better when they are sung.




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 everyday
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?

And in a white 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 than I have ever found a 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

[Catherine]

Hmmm. Yes, very poteic. I don't think I 've ever heard that one. That brings such a lovely thought, that he has that.

[Katrina]

That's very poignant. It makes me think about fate, like Folds says, what if we didn't cross paths with some people, how different our lives would be.