 In the song, the performer expresses his desire to communicate his love to an unnamed woman ("If I could reach the stars, I'd pull one down for you," "If I could be king, even for a day, I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way").This love, he fears, will go unrequited without a drastic change in his life ("That this love I have inside, is everything it seems, But for now I find, it's only in my dreams," "And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made, Till then I'd be a fool, wishing' for the day").Elton John's lyricist, Bernie Taupin, who worked with Clapton and John on the 1992 single release "Runaway Train," uses this track an example of a song that can succeed without a great title or lyric.