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Illuminating Love
The Lyrics
Illuminating Love
When love first came and all seemed right
We reached beyond the human fight, my love (And time marches on)
Now that you are standing near, I have nothing left to fear my love (I get lost in your eyes)
We made it through the good and bad
We gave it all, all we had my love
This illuminating love shines bright and after all this time I'm still so in love with you
Our inner light will grow, the illuminating light will glow
And after all this time, I'm still in love with you
At times when you're standing close, the fights all around us all seem lost, my love (Our love always wins)
Your shadow proves there's light nearby, shining bright through this lovers sky, my love (shine your light on me)
For in your eyes my time stands still
I get lost for words as you're standing near me
This illuminating love shines bright and after all this time I'm still so in love with you
Our inner light will grow, the illuminating light will glow
And after all this time, I'm still in love with you
Ending:
Put your hand in mine and everything will be fine my love
At times when you're standing near, the fights around us all seem lost
For our love always wins
Love always wins
Running Feet
When love first came and all seemed right
We reached beyond the human fight, my love (And time marches on)
Now that you are standing near, I have nothing left to fear my love (I get lost in your eyes)
We made it through the good and bad
We gave it all, all we had my love
This illuminating love shines bright and after all this time I'm still so in love with you
Our inner light will grow, the illuminating light will glow
And after all this time, I'm still in love with you
At times when you're standing close, the fights all around us all seem lost, my love (Our love always wins)
Your shadow proves there's light nearby, shining bright through this lovers sky, my love (shine your light on me)
For in your eyes my time stands still
I get lost for words as you're standing near me
This illuminating love shines bright and after all this time I'm still so in love with you
Our inner light will grow, the illuminating light will glow
And after all this time, I'm still in love with you
Ending:
Put your hand in mine and everything will be fine my love
At times when you're standing near, the fights around us all seem lost
For our love always wins
Love always wins
House of Love
Daddy worked on a factory line to make sure his young family was doing just fine
We had shoes on our feet and clothes on our back
Momma drove a bus all day long to make sure all her boys were doing ok
We had a warm home and good food to eat
It was all out of love, it was all out of love, it all came from a place of love
From my heart I give my all for you, you are the breathe that breathe into
Everything I do, I do it for you
Every single night they'd tuck us into bed
And pull up the covers with a kiss on the head
They'd make sure we closed our eyes and we said our prayers
It was all out of love, it was all out of love
And now I do it for the ones I love, because now I get it
Everything they did was out of love and now I get it
Crossing the line
Intro:
Thinking back on how things use to be, remember the time when you said to me
There was a line that we wanted to cross, afterwards you'd be mine until the end of time
Should we go that way or stay how we are
Once we go there, there's no turning back
When we're on the same side I'll be yours and you'll be mine
Do you promise to stay only mine until the end of time?
You were Queen and I was King, we both wanted the same exact thing, to be held in each other's arms
We waited for the day, when it was safe to say, will you be mine until the end
Our hearts can't be played with the deal that was made (Oh, oh)
When your hand landed in mine
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, you said you'd be mine!
I never felt so good as I did that day (3x's) with you
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, we laughed and cried
I'll never forget how you made me feel (3x's) that day
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, we laughed and cried
I'll promise you this one thing, that even if the dark clouds may come I'll shelter you from the storms
That rain will bring a chance for our love to grow
As the sweet breeze of love blows by, it will change our lives
I never felt so good as I did that day (3x's) with you
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, we laughed and cried
I'll never forget how you made me feel (3x's) that day
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, you put your hand in mine and it changed our lives
Ending:
I never felt so good as I did that day (2x's)
And I'll never forget how you made me feel that day
As the sweet breeze of love blew by, I'll hold your hand in mine, and I'll love you until the end of time
Need your time
Honey put down the phone, we need some time alone
Will you gaze into my eyes, away from the screen so bright
I need your time
I know there's a world in there, that makes you feel alone
Would you spend your time with me, out of the electric unknown
I need your time
(Oh.....)
I have no doubt that when the light goes out, our love will come into sight
When our sights collide (2x's)
When our sights collide our love will grow
I need your time, will you see me
The space between your heart and mine
Grows less with time
When you set your sights on me, will you look at me?
I am marching to the beat of a lover's drum
The symphony of love is playing all around
Will you look me in the eyes with a lover's embrace
The fear of loneliness will soon be erased
When our sights collide
When our sights collide our love will grow
Honey put down the phone we need some time alone
Will you gaze into my eyes away from the screen so bright
I need your time
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Temptation
From this sleep you have opened my eyes and now
From one to two we under this spell
These green eyes underneath the blue skies they tell me
Have your fill and take all that you want
I'll slip into my lover's thoughts
There's no surprise that I can't get you out of my head
Come closer my love (come closer) come closer my love
As time time goes by and we're on our own
Love will take us to places unknown (I can't get you out of my head)
When death is pounding on our doors
But there's still so much that we want more
Oh grab my hand and run past the tree (What are we doing this for)
Fruit of love, oh it tastes so sweet
Just the thought of it a joyous release
Temptation is knocking on our door, who are we doing this for?
Just one time, what harm can it do
I'll satisfy these feelings that we need to pursue
Poison tongues and these wicked ways
There's no surprise that I can't get you out of my head
Come closer my love, as time goes by (I can't get you out of my head)
When death is pounding on our doors
But there's still so much that we want more
Oh grab my hand and run past the tree (What are we doing this for)
Fruit of love, oh it tastes so sweet
Just the thought of it a joyous release
Temptation is knocking on our door, who are we doing this for?
Bridge - Temptation
When death is pounding on our doors
But there's still so much that we want more
Oh grab my hand and run past the tree (What are we doing this for)
Fruit of love, oh it tastes so sweet
Just the thought of it a joyous release
Temptation is knocking on our door, who are we doing this for?
Sullivan Street
There was a time that I went down to Sullivan Street, where the young kids meet
The place where the neighborhood kids would want to meet, on Sullivan Street
We'd see a girl that had a look in her eye
She gave us a new feeling that was hard to deny
A true test amongst us boys down on Sullivan Street
Where we first found love
Some were too afraid to talk to her on Sullivan Street (Sullivan Street)
Others wanted to play games just to see her smile (see her smile)
Who would she choose between us boys, there could only be one on Sullivan Street
For the girl who had a look in her eye
She gave us a new feeling that was hard to deny
A true test amongst us boys
Down on Sullivan Street where we first found love
A new feeling we had, a little boys first crush
It sent us above the clouds into heaven
Where an angel was found smiling down on me
She was also found down the road on Sullivan Street
Months and days went by too fast down on Sullivan Street (where the young boys meet)
Young love took bloom amongst the kids on Sullivan Street (Sullivan Street)
For the girl went away and she broke our hearts
Time went by, but her memory still stays
Down on Sullivan Street where we first found love
A new feeling we had, a little boys first crush
It sent us above the clouds into heaven
Where an angel was found smiling at me
She was also found down on Sullivan Street, she was also found down on Sullivan Street
(Oh oh oh oh)
Ending:
Feelings of love took bloom down on Sullivan Street
Where the young boys meet
Time flies by
Oh time flies by with her on my mind
Can I take her out and make her smile for awhile
Thoughts are dancing in my head of what I can do
At night when I dream, I dream of her
Every night I lay awake and think
About the day when we're in love again
The suns in the sky with my thoughts passing by
These are the times I want to spend my time with her
"Oh young man", he said, "don't dwell on the past. If you keep looking behind you the past will only last!"
The young man spoke up and said "my dear friend, if you knew that girl you'd want her back again!"
Cause she'll take your breathe away and make you fall in love again
It's the moments when she grabbed my hand that I keep falling upon
And when she held me close and she spoke my name
I want to hear
I want to hear her say that I'll love you again
She was the one that I could turn to
But I just pushed her love away
And now she's gone away from me and I, keep looking back
At the times we shared and what could have been
Oh I keep holding on
I keep holding on to this love
That slipped away again and so I move on
Hoping that she finds what she's been looking for, in another's arms
Hope Prelude
Hope is not something that is a fleeting thought
But a persistent vision of good things to come
Hope is one of the pillars of life that helps keep humans going
It holds the weight of the world up, when we cannot
Hope is a thought that lingers in your head
It's trapped between your ears and not fed by what's coming in through your eyes
Met there with love
Never should you lose hope! It's like a fuel of a fire
Keeping the dancing flame alive
Burning bright in the eyes of a child
Watching all the magic it can create
Hope is not the period at the end of a sentance
Instead, the space bar that keeps the thought of what's next, next
Don't lose hope. This I promise you
Something good is coming
Look to the night sky and to the twinkling stars above
and know you are never alone
Keep hope
Twinkling Hope
It's been awhile since I came to you
Have you seen what the world has put us through?
There's been good days and there's been some bad bad days
Sometimes making us lose our hope along the way
Oh I wish upon this star and I wonder where you are
Can I have this wish, a wish for a better day
My head hangs low, the feelings cut deep
The shadows they fall as my knees go weak
Will you pick me up and give light to the dark
Let me see the good within you, my shining star
Oh great light of the world, Will you shine your light on me?
Oh great light of the world, Will you shine your light on me?
There are times that I feel like I'm a fallen star
Nowhere that I can turn to
Will you shine your light, your redeeming light on this lost soul tonight?
You are my guiding light, giving me hope to make it through the night
Oh great light of the world, will you shine your light on me?
Oh great light of the world, will you shine your light on me?
Can I have this wish that I wish upon you
Wishes to help bring me through
This dark of night, let your light shine through
All I want in life is somebody
Someone to walk beside me, I'm so lonely, so lonely
Ending:
You are my guiding light that guides me
Through the darkest times of my life
The times where I feel like I'm a fallen star
I know you'll be with me to shine bright
Oh great light of the world, will you shine your light on me?
Give me this wish that I wish tonight
Oh give me this wish that I wish tonight
(Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky)
Untitled last song
You came in through my heart, like a rush of wind
It quickly grew cold, with all that you did
But I'll wait, for the better days (that never come)
And I'll wait, for the winds of change (that never come)
All that you did to make me believe, the truths underneath the lies you conceived
You took my heart and broke it in two, oh why oh why
Like a fool I fell and I crawled back to you, nothing changed but I stayed, the hope still remained
A life we could live and we'd dance two by two
Oh why, oh why does that hope remain?
A hope that we could make a change, keep all the love that still remains
We could have this dance two by two, doing what lovers do
But then you couldn't see it through and I didn't know what else to do
You put me in a cold-hearted cave, your love the only light of day
This time, I thought that things would change (but they never do)
I'll wait, for the better days (that never come)
Like a fool I'm running back to you, but this time I know what I need to do
All the lies that you say I cannot believe, it's time to change
This will be the last song and dance that we ever go through
Final words that we say, the truth will come through
My shattered heart will rise up again, it's time to move on
This will be the last song and dance
This will be the last song and dance (that we ever go through)
Now that I can move on, rewrite this untitled last song
One that I can dance to, no need for a two by two
I don't need to look away, shattered dreams are not here to stay
My hope is in a better day, one where I'm ok.