If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon,
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon,
What would it all matter if you loved me?

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends...
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end...

If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim, until...

One day you’ll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room.
You’ll feel that you're close to some mystery.
In the moonlight and everything shatters,
You feel as if you’ve known her all your life -
The world’s oldest lesson in history

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends...
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing’s end...

Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim,
Until the time, the time stands still, until...