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 when everything shatters You'll 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 that time stands still Until