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 try 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 whispers in the night
  But still my heart is saying we were right...
  
  Oh, if I never knew you
  If I never knew this love
  I would have no inkling of
  How precious life can be...
  
  There's no moment I regret
  Since the moment that we met
  If our time has gone too fast
  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...
  
  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