If I Never Knew You

Day 12) Your Favorite Disney Love Song

Now if you remember from my earlier post, The Right Path is Not the Easiest One, I said that I would expand on this song. Now I know many will not agree with me and think that other Disney songs are more romantic, but I think this one is the best.

This song was written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz to be sung by Mel Gibson and Judy Kuhn during the scene in which Pocahontas goes to visit the imprisoned John Smith. They ended up cutting it, although if you buy the newer DVD Pocahontas they have the scene included, but having it in the credits, sung by artists  Jon Secada and Shanice.

If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be

And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I’d find in you
The missing part of me.

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes

And I’m so grateful to you
I’d have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

If I never knew you
I’d be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true

I’m so grateful to you
I’d have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we’d make the whole world bright
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
all they’d leave us were these wispers in the night
But still my heart is saying we were right

Oh if I never knew you
There’s no moment I regret
If i never felt this love
Since the moment that we met
I would have no inkling of
If our time has gone too fast
How precious life can be…
I’ve lived at last…

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we’d make the whole world bright
I thought our love would be so beautiful
We’d turn the darkness into light
And still my heart is saying we were right
we were right

And if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I’d have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never knew you 

Words cannot describe how romantic this song is. You showed me true love, without you life would be so gray. “I’d have lived my whole life through, lost forever, if I never knew you”. So cute!

So romantic!

I mean I think this is even more romantic than Cheap Trick’s After the Flame, Frankie Valli’s Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You, or  Adam Sandler’s Grow Old With You.

So my ex played the piano, and I remember one time trying to get him to play this song for me because its my favorite. He couldn’t as he didn’t recognize it, but one day I would like to have this played for me. Maybe if I get married I’ll play it at my wedding.

For more on Pocahontas, go to Disney Lesson

For more on Disney, go to You’re Just So Pretty to Look At

For more of my favorite songs, go to I’ll Make a Man Out of You