I love you more then have/
Ever found the way to say to you.

Ben Fold’s “The Luckiest” is an interesting concept for a love song. Folds sings about his appreciation for finding the love of his life and of the small percent chance that they found each other. What if they had been born in the same places, but he was born 50 years earlier? It wouldn’t have worked out. So many variables had to match up perfectly for them to find each other and he feels like the luckiest man to have found her.

Folds’ voice is great in “The Luckiest”, and it is his best work as a solo artist. We can hear his sense of awe and appreciation in his voice—and also his love for his beloved—in the song. Folds’ falsetto sounds especially good here. The piano accompaniment is perfect. It is minimal but it complements the lyrics quite well. It is also a non-standard pattern in the verses. I like the added orchestration that comes in halfway through “The Luckiest”. It seems somewhat formulaic, but it works perfectly.

The Luckiest Lyrics

I don’t get many things right the first time,
In fact, I am told that a lot.
Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
And falls brought me here.
And where was I before the day,
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it every day.
And I know-

That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest.

What if I had been born fifty years before you,
In a house on the street
Where you lived?
Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize.
And I know-

That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest.

I love you more then have
Ever found the way to say
To you.

Next door there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep.
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away.
I’m sorry I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
That I know-
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest.

Songwriters: Ben Folds