The Luckiest

Lyrics by Ben Folds

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 faults
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 wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognized
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
……

時間、地點、人物，缺一不可。是錯遇，是遺憾，全掌握於這三者之間。

生命中有多少次如此這般的幸運，就像玩角子機一樣，能夠在三個滑輪上出現統統全對的圖案？

試想想，如果我倆生錯了年代，各自流落在迥異的空間，彼此相差五十年，甚至剛剛早一百年，一個世紀……此刻會是怎樣的光景？

我無法想像，也不能想像。

大千世界，是憑著什麼讓我看見你，然後……不僅僅是看見而已？

在這當中，到底需要多少運氣？

一個再精密的數學公式，也未能計算的答案。



所以，我知道，我是個受眷顧的幸運兒。

我不必再要求轟烈淒美，也不介意靜如湖水，因為，我有你。

天使施法那一刻，我看見最美麗的風景；
天使施法那一刻，我遇上你。。。



Tammy
4th September, 04