Love Is the Foundation (Christmas Album)

Prologue

Silent fields around Bethlehem, silvered under frost

A world in waiting silence, trembling for what’s lost

Stars gather in longing, night holds its breath

Hope begins its journey in humble tenderness

Verse 1

Snow on the stable roof, breath in the air

A young girl holding wonder, too holy to bear

Carpenter’s hands tremble, laying down the wood

Love became a baby, love did what only love could

Pre-Chorus

Every nail he’d ever drive

Would one day hold the heart that kept the world alive

Chorus

Love is the foundation, stronger than the stone

Love is the cornerstone the builders overthrew

Every kingdom falls, every temple burns to dust

But love is the foundation, and the foundation is love

Oh love, eternal love

Chorus

Love is the foundation, stronger than the stone

Love is the cornerstone the builders overthrew

Every kingdom falls, every temple burns to dust

But love is the foundation, and the foundation is love

Oh love, eternal love

Post-Chorus

Ohh, ohh, love, eternal love

Verse 2

Thirty silent winters, shavings on the floor

He taught the hands of Jesus how to finish a door

Quiet acts of kindness, hidden from the scrolls

Love was learning patience in the shaping of a soul

Pre-Chorus

Every prayer at sundown

Was building something heaven itself would never tear down

Chorus

Love is the foundation, deeper than the sea

Love is the mystery that bent eternity

Angels held their breath, the stars forgot to fall

Love is the foundation, and the foundation is love

Oh love, incarnate love

Post-Chorus

Ohh, ohh, incarnate love

Bridge

When the skies go dark and the ground begins to shake

When the curtain tears and the dead begin to wake

There’s only one thing left standing in the thunder and the flame

It’s the love that has a name…

Final Chorus

Love is the resurrection, rising through the grave

Love is the forever that the manger came to save

From Bethlehem to glory, every promise He has proved

Love is the foundation, and the foundation is love

Oh love…

Oh love…

Our Jesus, You are love

Outro: French horn holds a major seventh, choir hums, celesta fades like a music box on Christmas Eve

Outro: French horn holds a major seventh, choir hums, celesta fades like a music box on Christmas Eve

Reprise

Still the winter night remembers, the hope the angels sang

A candle in the window, a gentle voice that rang

Through every silent moment, through every weary heart

Love keeps building onward, mending every part

Coda

So let every bell ring, let every soul know

The hands that formed creation will never let us go

As long as stars are shining far beyond our view

Love is the foundation, and the foundation is You

Oh love…

Oh love…

Our Jesus, You are love

(Final instrumental swell: soft orchestra, choir oohs, gentle piano, faint sleigh bells trailing