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