love lives on

They said love your enemies, turn the other cheek,
A whisper in the ages, words from the meek.
Someone wrote it down, it spread through the land,
But power took the story and twisted his hand.

They built golden temples, sold faith like a crown,
While the real words of mercy were watered down.
But beneath the stained glass and the silver cross,
The voice of the rebel still cuts through the gloss.

You can crucify the body, but the truth won’t stay buried,
It walks through time, unchained, uncarried.
From Galilee to Memphis, to New York streets,
It’s the same old heart with a thousand beats.
They can silence the singer, but not the song,
Love lives on, love lives on.

A dreamer said imagine, a preacher said I have a dream,
A man in cloth walked barefoot by a mountain stream.
They all faced the empire, they all met the gun,
But light has a way of outshining the sun.

The church and the market, the law and the state,
Try to own the meaning, to regulate grace.
But love’s not a doctrine, or something you sell,
It’s the fire that burns in the heart of hell.

You can crucify the body, but the truth won’t stay buried,
It walks through time, unchained, uncarried.
From Calvary to Delhi, from Selma to song,
It’s the same old truth that’s been burning so long.
They can silence the singer, but not the song,
Love lives on, love lives on.

Maybe heaven’s not a place above,
But the courage to stand in the name of love.
The truth doesn’t kneel, it doesn’t fade,
It’s the resurrection every time we’re brave.

You can crucify the body, but the truth won’t stay buried,
It’s the pulse of the people, the light we carry.
From Lennon’s piano to Gandhi’s prayer,
To the cross on the hill — it’s the same love there.
They can silence the prophet, but not the dawn,
Love lives on… love lives on.