Will To Love

It has often been my dream

To live with one

who wasn't there

Like an ocean fish

who swam upstream

Through nets,

by hooks, and hungry bears.

When the water grew less deep

My fins were aching

from the strain

I'm swimming in my sleep

I know I can't go back again.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.

I'll never lose it,

never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like

something from up above.

I can be like

a fire in the night

Always warm

and giving off light

But there comes a time

when I shine too bright

Oh, I'm just a fire in the night.

And now my fins are in the air

And my belly's

scraping on the rocks

I still think

someone really cares

And I'll keep swimming

till I stop.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.

I'll never lose it,

never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like

something from up above.

I'm like a singer on the stage

With the golden lights

and liquid rage

Down from the mountains

to the sea

Cool running love

keeps cleansing me.

It keeps my gills

from getting dry

But it distorts things

in my eyes

Sometimes I see

what really isn't there

Like my true lover, and I care.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.

I'll never lose it,

never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like

something from up above.

Sometimes I ramble on and on

And I repeat myself

till all my friends are gone

And get lost in snow

and drown in rain

And never feel the same again.

I remember the ocean

from where I came

Just one of millions all the same

But somewhere

someone calls my name

I'm a harpoon dodger,

and I can't, won't be tamed.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.

I'll never lose it,

never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like

something from up above.

Baby, if I see boredom

in your eyes

I'll know my river has run dry

But I won't turn back

with that lonely tide

I bought that ticket

and I'll take that ride.

If we meet along the way

Please sway beside me,

let us sway together

Our tails together

and our fins and mind

We'll leave this water

and let our scales shine

In the sun above

and the sky below

So all the water

and earth will know

It has often been my dream

To live with one

who wasn't there.