Love (The Only Way)

Music & lyrics, 1995

I caught a glimpse
Of the world enlightened
I awoke to a world
Of shattered dreams
Where I had seen
Gaia’s children dancing
Bullet holes cut short a human scream

What did Gotama say of this existence?
There is only pain
And if we fail to nurture love
We come back again, again

The Christ came with a simple message
The people of the world
Nailed him to a cross
Gandhi spoke
Of the power of non-violence
In violent retribution we had him shot

Tell me
What’s become of our religions?
We seem to worship pain
The starving children fail to move us
Consciousness erased

Yet love
You’ll find
It is the only way to heal
Our hearts
And give us back
To life

Yes love
You’ll see
It is the only power left
To unite this earth
Our only chance
For peace
For peace

I had a vision of a new beginning —
Night in Sarajevo under terror’s reign
I dreamed of an end to bloodshed —
In Johannesburg
Freedom’s going under again

What did the Master
Say of our confusion?
There is only fear
And if we fail to meet this challenge
Insanity is near

Martin Luther King
Spoke with fire & passion
Our crippled spirits cut him down
Biko declared all men & women equal
We buried his boy in King Williamstown

Tell me
What’s become of our constitution?
In the streets there is only fear
Is there nothing left to guide us?
Only tears?

Yet love
You’ll find
It is the only way to heal
Our hearts
And give us back
To life

Yes love
You’ll see
It is the only power left
To unite this earth
Our only chance
For peace
For peace

The heavens resound: the angelic chorus
Whispered silence on the earthly plain
Fear not, there is a purpose
Cynicism, chaos the curt refrain

What did the God King
Say of our illusions?
There is only dream
And if we cannot wake from nightmare
We are condemned to sleep

Awaken now Zen is upon you
Open your eyes the Christ Child screams
Gurjieff bemoans
Our machine-like existence
Awaken your humanity, dare to dream

What is it the Teachers
Have said for untold centuries?
There is only love
What do we fail to hear the message?
There is love
Because

Yet love
You’ll find
It is the only way to heal
Our hearts
And give us back
To life

Yes love
You’ll see
It is the only power left
To unite this earth
Our only chance
For peace
For peace

© Kirtland C. Peterson, 1995