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Garth Brooks - The Dance Lyrics

Song details
TitleThe Dance
ArtistGarth Brooks
AlbumThe Ultimate Hits [2007], Track 17
Maximum Audio Biography: Garth Brooks [1999], Track 10
Double Live [1998], Track 25
The Hits [1994], Track 18
Garth Brooks [1989], Track 11
GenreCountry
Duration03:33
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Song lyrics
Lookin' back,
On the memory of
The dance we shared,
(be)Neath the stars above
For a moment,
All the world was right
How could I have known,
That you'd ever say goodbye?

And now,
I'm glad I didn't know
The way It all would end
The way It all would go
Our lives,
Are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain,
But I'da had to miss the dance.

Holding you,
I held everything
For a moment,
Wasn't I a king?
But If I'd only known,
How the king would fall
Hey who's to say,
You know I might have changed it all

And now,
I'm glad I didn't know
The way It all would end
The way It all would go
Our lives,
Are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain,
But I'da had to miss the dance

It's my life,
It's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'da had to miss,
The dance
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corrected by Maja on 09-12-2011


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 Song comments
  20-05-2010 22:59 MissKayKay 
MissKayKay
 
3 posts
i love this song they played it at my aunts funeral so it means a lot to me. you should check out my video of this song on youtube my username is MissKayKay15
  09-07-2007 20:46 eggyu 
eggyu
 
1 posts
Just amazing... no other way to describe it
  10-05-2007 17:15 marnekatt 
marnekatt
 
2 posts
ahh.. really great song..
  07-03-2007 21:22 Jodizzle 
Jodizzle
 
55 posts
[b]my biological mom used to sing me this song when i was little and it always reminds me of her- i miss her! go garth!
  07-02-2007 11:42 BrokenMyWings 
BrokenMyWings
 
40 posts
Okay, what made me get out of bed at 5am this morning and get on this particular song to post? It wakes me up every morning and while I've always loved the song because I thought it was a "pretty tune" I never really listened to the lyrics until most recently. I lost with someone I dearly loved a couple of years ago, and I am (foolishly) still mourning him. It ended in a very tragic way and while he is still out there and with someone else, we BOTH knew it had to end. This song tells it all. Thank you Garth for singing it so beautifully...
  05-09-2006 06:40 LudMan 
LudMan
 
1,216 posts
BITTERSWEET,SEEMS LIKE THE WORD TO APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBE THIS, AND, SO MANY OF THE GOOD/GREAT SONGS OF TODAY. LIKE, "I STILL FEEL
SOME(OR MAYBE,SO MUCH) PAIN, BECAUSE I ALLOWED MYSELF TO PARTAKE IN SO MUCH (TEMPORAL)PLEASURE".

THE BALLAD "TIM MC GRAW" UNEARTHS THE SAME EMOTIONS IN ME AND, WHEN I HEARD THAT ONE,THEN I THOUGHT OF REPLYING TO THIS ONE.

ALSO "YOU'LL THINK OF ME" DEFINITELY FITS IN THE PACK WITH THESE TWO.
  04-09-2006 21:13 Tiffanie29 
Tiffanie29
 
6 posts
YAY, I love this song. I love ALL of Garth Brooks music. Its amazing, and he's an amazing artist.
This song is like MY FAV. song becuase one time, one VeRy special night, I held my boyys hand and looked up at the stars and stuff with him.haha, it was GrEATTTT!
  29-08-2006 20:36 musicinme 
musicinme
 
16 posts
Oh... What can I say? This song brings back lots of sad and painfull feelings. It reminds me of a boy I came really close to, and he broke my heart. The song is a metaphor that matches my feelings very well. I love it.
  03-04-2006 01:29 bja77 
bja77
 
952 posts
i love this song!
  24-01-2006 14:30 SmileStruck 
SmileStruck
 
134 posts
What a wonderful metaphor for life!
  24-01-2006 14:05 country_girl68 
country_girl68
 
43 posts
this song is wonderful, as i have already said. i love the insrumentals at the beginning and the end...they're both mournful but happy. . .so glad Garth's came out of retire for a lilttle bit. i love him to death. this song is AMAZING
  10-11-2005 19:53 Elmprincess 
Elmprincess
 
1 posts
I love this song but maybe I am not interpreting it correctly. Because, how can someone put it in their wedding as the first dance at their reception.
  06-11-2005 19:11 chikidy73 
chikidy73
 
6 posts
PRAISE THE LORD! this song is one of the best i have EVER heard! whoever says ANYTHING bad about this song ....well screw you cuz there is ABSOLUETLY no way this song could be done any better than it is! ALL HAIL GRATH BROOKS! way to go Garth! Amazing....absoluelty amazing! This song personally means ALOT to me because of a guy I met at a wedding, I live in Georgia and he lives in Indiana, and we love eachother VERY much, but we/he decided not to get serious because it's very un-likely it'll work out. We danced to this song and it was my favorite moment of my entire life. if this song ever gets takedn off the radio or something, i might as well commit suicide.
  15-09-2005 01:19 GOMAVS06 
GOMAVS06
 
57 posts
I first fell in love with this song when I heard him perform it like 9 years ago, okay I was 8 but still it was a great song and as I grew older I just thought this song was...amazing. Garth Brooks did an excellent job.
  04-07-2005 16:46 futurcheesehead 
futurcheesehead
 
4 posts
ive got to say that this is my favorite song of all time and probably always will be. i bow to you garth
  28-04-2005 16:08 SteelersFan77 
SteelersFan77
 
1,656 posts
This song has unbelievable meaning to me...This is the song that was played at my Grandfather's funeral, and it effects me so much I can't even listen to it, because I just start crying like a baby...
  15-04-2005 21:33 dixie_gurl_069 
dixie_gurl_069
 
28 posts
This song is a very moving song. the meaning saying if i could have missed the pain, but i'da have to miss the dance. and the I love how they redid the song with the listener's call ins after Dale Earnhardt's death. I found that version of the song and i cried and cried. it just fit that whole time period right then. i had heard the song before then and it was sad, but it was twenty times sadder after Dale's death.

NASCAR lost its greatest driver in the sport and he will be missed.

RIP Dale Earnhardt, forever will you be in my heart.
  03-04-2005 18:16 CalebCastine 
CalebCastine
 
16 posts
This is one of the deepest songs ever. It not about a literal dance, but rather the experiences and chances we all take in life. Sure our ventures may end in failure, but it's better to have tried and failed and that's what this song is truly about. If you have ever watched the video you would understand the true meaning behind the lyrics. The video depicts John F Kennedy on his fateful car ride through Dallas, the video also shows the space shuttle Challenger and the crew boarding just before it exploded on take-off, and finally Martin Luthor King Jr. is shown in the video giving speeches and being with his family. The meaning is simple, sure these people were all killed, but at least they tried. How many of us can truly say that they have done something this daring and this courageous as Kennedy, the Challenger crew, and Mr. King Jr. I'm sure that if given the chance, each of them would have utter these lines on their death beds. "I could have missed the pain, but I'd of had to miss.... the dance."
  26-02-2005 22:45 Saltiegal 
Saltiegal
 
38 posts
This is a beeeeuuutiiful song!
It is a little sad, though.
  11-01-2005 20:57 Ditz_10 
Ditz_10
 
14 posts
[/b] I love this song more than you will ever know! It has so much meaning to it... even though (in the song) the relation ended he had no regrets to that dance .. and I LOVE THAT.... ALL HAIL THEE GARTH BROOKS[b]
  05-01-2005 22:41 JSN 
JSN
 
1 posts
hello friends. the dance is the most beautyful song that I've heard in my hole life, it my #1 of all songs. God bless MR. Garth Brooks.
  09-12-2004 17:20 option 
option
 
1 posts
DragonSlayer150. If you know anything about "Real Music" then you would understand this song and how great it is!
  15-11-2004 19:06 SupernovaGemini 
SupernovaGemini
 
32 posts
My favorite song of all time...
  18-10-2004 08:39 DragonSlayer150 
DragonSlayer150
 
321 posts
I came across the lyrics to this song while surfing the net and thought that it would be great. I immediately found a copy of it and listened. The only word I can think to describe how I felt was disappointment. The lyrics to this song have so much potential but I just can't like this song no matter how much I try. Sorry, absolutely dreadful.
  17-09-2004 22:08 country_girl68 
country_girl68
 
43 posts
this song is really great anyway, but it has special meaning 4 me. i was at a 4-h chili supper and i danced w/ this guy that i really liked (to this song) and even though i really like him still and we danced, he's never asked me out. the lyrics totally match how i feel. plus, garth always tends to sing songs to their fullest.

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