THE LAST DANCE LASTS FOREVER

Many years ago now a handsome young boy met a beautiful young girl
And each knew from the very first moment that they met
As the scent of flowers filled the air, that it was love at first sight for both of them
And they promised each other that they would never be apart
That they would always spend the end of each day
Dancing together to the music that they could hear playing around them
 
As the years passed, the boy became an even more handsome man
And the girl grew into the most beautiful woman in the village
Everyone around could see so clearly that they were still so in love with each other
And at the end of each day they always kept their promise to each other
Held one another tightly as they danced together at the end of each day
To the music that they heard when they first met as a young boy and girl
 
The years, they passed and even though their outer beauty began to fade to others’ eyes
To one another they still saw the beautiful young girl and handsome young boy in one another
That they remembered from the very first time that they met one another
As outer beauty faded, replaced with true inner beauty, they never stopped loving one another
Still they held one another tightly as they danced together at the end of each day
To the music that they heard when they first met as a young boy and girl
 
Then one day, his only love was not there for the man to hold anymore
Time had caught up with her and taken her away to another place
And the man was heartbroken and lonely, knowing not what to do anymore
Every night he would imagine his true love in his arms and dance their dance
To the music that they heard when they first met as a young boy and girl
And he made a wish that just for one dance his love would return at the end of every day
 
Days passed, weeks passed, and the man danced his lonely dance at the end of each day
Until one night, he heard playing in the room the music that was playing the first day that they met
And standing there, as he remembered her, his one true love waiting for their end of day dance
For night after night they danced and held each other tight for one dance only
And when the music that was playing stopped, his one true love faded from his arms
Once more the man was lonely and he wished that the next dance could last forever
 
Next night, as usual, their music began to play at the same time as it always did
Waiting for him as always his one true love, and she smiled and held him tightly
But that night the music never stopped, it played on and on for what seemed forever
And the man felt like he was dancing back in time to the very first day they ever met
When the music finally stopped, there was no one in the room at all
Only the faint smell of the beautiful girl’s favourite flowers. 
The Last Dance Lasts forever

Words Copyright © Tom King 2018

NOTE.  At its heart, "The Last Dance Lasts Forever" is a simple little fairy tale rather than lyrics for a song. It is a simple story of boy meets girl and they fall in love.  Every day they are together they put aside time at the end of the evening  to dance together  to the music that was playing when they first met.  One day, when they are now old, she dies and heart-broken the man makes a wish that for just a few minutes he can have his lost love back at the end of the evening for just one dance.  His wish is granted, but this is not enough and as the story tells us, the last dance lasts forever.