this fleeting moment

This Fleeting Moment
If the sun shone all the time and midnight never came
and the clouds all blew away and we never faced the rain
Would we miss the dark, appreciate the dawn
Would we miss the pain, when all the pain was gone

What would we call the sound of the gentle mourning dove
Would we know of joy, without the loss of love
As the flick'ring candle burns does the mystery remain
If the season didn't turn, would the rose still mean the same
Would there be a reason, then, if we never had to cry
for passion to exist, if we never had to die?

So come lay with me, my love, and I will hold you near
And we'll cherish what we have In this fleeting moment here

Perhaps the greatest gift of all, from grandeur to subtle tear
is the impending loss we face, in this fleeting moment here

So come lay with me, my love, and I will hold you near
And we'll cherish what we have, In this fleeting moment here
words and music by Tom Dundee
additional melody by James Lee Stanley