The Glory of Love

[Intro: Soft Guitar & Ambient Strings]

[Verse 1]

They wrote sonnets, carved initials into trees,

Scribbled ‘forever’ on a cafe receipt.

They wrapped it in ribbons, tied it with vows,

But I saw love in a dog at her feet.

[Verse 2]

They set rules, they built mansions on sand,

Hung neon hearts over empty lands.

They swore it was this, they swore it was that,

But nothing they swore quite fit in my hands.

[Pre-Chorus: Soft Harmonics]

So I hum the tune, though I don’t know the words,

Sing of a love that I’ve barely heard.

Not in knowing, not in names,

But in something wild that can’t be tamed.

[Chorus]

I repeat the glory of love,

Yes, I repeat the glory of love.

Not because I’ve known it well,

But because it hums where words don’t dwell.

[Instrumental Solo: Violin & Guitar Interplay, yearning]

[Bridge - Subdued, Spoken-Word Over Music]

I asked the moon if it had any clues,

It smirked, shrugged, hid behind a cloud.

Even celestial bodies dodge the question,

Yet love lingers, laughing, unnamed.

[Chorus]

I repeat the glory of love,

Yes, I repeat the glory of love.

Not because I’ve known it well,

But because it hums where words don’t dwell.

[Outro: Soft Piano & Whispered Refrain]

Because I live it, though it has no name…

Because I live it, though it has no name…

[Harmonica solo] 

[Fades into silence]

-- Pradeep K (Prady)

Style:

Folk-jazz ballad, Soft acoustic guitar, D Minor, melancholic, hopeful climax.