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I want to sing of love

doug60

· 3:33 · 547 plays · v3-preview

About

This song is a profound exploration of love's myriad forms, from the sacred to the profane, the practiced to the unspoken. It delves into the contradictory nature of affection, questioning its essence and impact on the human experience. Ultimately, it's a passionate declaration that love, in all its grand and broken manifestations, endures through personal feeling.

Lyrics

Verse 1

Poor love, rich love,

Sacred, profane, ridiculous...

Love I don’t practice,

Love I sip like cheap wine.

Genius love, naive love,

Love I repaint in my mind—

Dream love, mother’s love,

The kind I can’t leave behind.

Chorus

I want to speak of love (oh my God!),

Any love, grand or broken!

I want to scream of love (till I’m lost),

Even the kind left unspoken...

Verse 2

Rogue love, wild love,

Instinct love, love without shelter.

Love in hellfire, love in prayer,

on Sunday, Monday or saturday

Love arriving—gone the next day.

Bridge

But where do we feel it?

Through the mouth or the wound?

Is it a verb or a ghost?

A strange beast, half-drowned...

Climax + Final Chorus

Paranoid love, possessive love!

(Love that oppresses!)

Tired love, fading love...

(Love that resists!)

I want to sing of love (till I’ve no voice),

Any love, even the extinct!

‘Cause love lives from the love I feel—

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