Love Lyrics

Can you turn the beat up a little bit

Love, love is patient, love is kind

Wait, I know what love is

It's that funny feeling you get in your chest when you can't stop thinking about that Special person you like the best

Right? More or less

It's that irrational impulse to stay up and talk all night

It's that, baby, you had me at first sight

It's what you say after a fight

It might just be the opposite of logic

A justification for doing things you may regret

It's that reason you get so upset

An innocent arrow to the heart

And yet, it's what dominates you

So you need not take responsibility for your mess

Yes, one word that can make up for all the rest

Success

Actually, that's the myth

But I digress

It's not a declaration

Rather, at best, it's a reminder of the precarity of our situation

Biblically, it's clear to me that love exacts from us a certain measure of maturity

You see, when I was a child, I thought as a child

When I grew up, I threw out this fictional notion of what love is all about

Thanks in part to Hollywood, fantasies and warped expectations of what today's lovers can't live without

However, scripture would suggest a slightly different definition, different from the pursuit of personal happiness as One's sole ambition

Listen

Love is not selfish, self-seeking or preoccupied with self

Because it's not about you, but rather what love asks you to do

Like protect, trust, hope and persevere

Understand, it wouldn't tell you to hold on if the impulse to let go wasn't so severe

Now, let's be clear

It most certainly involves a bending of our wills

And it's not easy, not always peachy, not unproblematic, believe me

But what happens after the romantic, after the chemistry turns static and after false expectations prove tragic

Should love leave and we just revert back to habit

God forbid

I don't think that's how you'd have it

Now, instead, from what I've read, it seems that love and what it means is countercultural

But fully functional for those not afraid to sacrifice their lower nature

And I don't mean once or twice, more like daily

My Bible puts it plainly

Love does not delight in evil or rejoice in why you lied

It's also not disrespectful or bound up in pride

In fact, it doesn't mind being the first one to apologize

And besides, attitudes are overrated

Their toxic side effects only improve on what divides

And why

Why live irritated with a frustration that nurtures hatred when you can love

You see, love is not easily angered

Everything don't have to be a fight

Try your patience

Get on your nerves or ruin your life

Breathe

Stay calm

And try not to operate out of spite

What if I told you everything's gonna be alright

It might

And it might not

However, everything doesn't deserve your wrath

Therefore, vengeance shouldn't always direct your path

Even if they, let's say, forget something at the store, neglect to wipe down the stove, or Just take too long getting Ready

Interrupt, ignore, or serve you frowns with your spaghetti

Even if they call you petty

Yup

Especially that

Furthermore, love does not envy

No, not one bit

It is content, satisfied, and has no need for outside supplements

Better yet, love keeps no record of wrongs

And what that means to represent is the downside and danger always already Prevalent in resentment

If you say I love you, what you're really saying is that regardless of my critique, I'm not Bringing up what you did wrong last week

A constant reminder of where they fall short paints their contributions as weak until Future prospects begin to look bleak

Instead, look forward for a fresh start that we all seek

This love right here is unique, not a Christian cliche

It's what the Apostle Paul calls the most excellent way

However, it does not come natural, I'm afraid

We must adjust our expectations and pray for help

Because we can't do it alone

That's why love does not boast, but points back to the throne

God is love

And if love will never fail, then what do you think that says about our chances to prevail

So, you can be as fancy as you want to be, moving mountains in and out of the sea, Feeding the poor, and sharing Prophecy

Even solve the world's last unsolved mystery

But it won't make you complete

See, this is only a start

For we know only in part, but when completeness comes, and before we depart, as the Lord's glory is displayed, Just remember, everything else will fade

And now these three remain

Faith, hope, and love

But the greatest of these is love