One Love

Verse 1

I was born beneath a different sky

My neighbour prays where the minarets rise

She lights her candles, he beats his drum

But when the sun goes down, we all need someone

We come carrying different maps of the world

Different scriptures, different flags unfurled

Don't you fear what you don't understand

Just reach across and take another hand

Chorus

One river, one sea

Every mind got a right to believe

Lay your certainty down at the water's edge

Truth has many faces, don't you forget

Your way ain't the only way the sun can rise

Open up your heart before you open up your eyes

The whole wide world just thinking, just thinking as one

Different roads, same destination, under the same warm sun

instrumental break

Verse 2

Now hate is a heavy stone to carry, yeah

It'll break your back before it buries ya

You built your walls out of what you believe

But the tallest walls are the hardest to leave

Your truth may wear a different name

But longing for belonging sounds the same

The father teaches his child the best way he knows

And that child deserves the room to question and grow

Chorus

One river, one sea

Every mind got a right to believe

Lay your certainty down at the water's edge

Truth has many faces, don't you forget

Your way ain't the only way the sun can rise

Open up your heart before you open up your eyes

The whole wide world just thinking, just thinking as one

Different roads, same destination, under the same warm sun

[Bridge] [Roots riddim drops low]

I don't have to think like you

You don't have to walk my road

But we can sit beneath the mango tree

And share whatever load

Peace ain't the silence of dissent, no

It's learning how to hear

A different mind speak its conviction

And holding it sincere...

Key lift — full band comes in

Because we are all still searching!

We are all still searching!

instrumental break

Verse 3

So burn away that pride like morning fog

Let wisdom speak louder than the demagogue

Question everything but never lose your grace

Disagreement doesn't have to be a war we face

From the philosopher in his quiet room

To the prophet writing by candlelight

From the elder passing stories to the young

To the rebel asking questions in the night

Every one of them is reaching for the flame

And the fire they find might not look the same

But fire is fire, and light is light

And nobody owns the truth outright

Final Chorus

One river, one sea

Every mind got a right to believe

Lay your certainty down at the water's edge

Truth has many faces, don't you forget

Your way ain't the only way the sun can rise

Open up your heart before you open up your eyes

The whole wide world just thinking, just thinking as one

Different roads, same destination, under the same warm sun

[Outro] [Fading — call & response]

One love! [One love!]

One search! [One search!]

One people questioning, never losing touch!

One river... one sea...

One river... ONE LOVE