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 'til 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