Words and music by Carolyn Arends and Brad Crisler "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
No one ever overcomes the dark with darkness It takes a little light to chase the shadows back So tell me why I try to fight the hate with hatred When only love can do that
When I'm in this hole I just keep digging deeper And when I lose my way I circle 'round this track Trying to mend my heart with all the things that break it When only love can do that
Only love, only love Only love, only love The more I try to fill me up The more I lack 'Cause only love can do that
Well I could swear sometimes it seems like I'm in quicksand Or like I'm sinking fast in water cold and black I go deeper down the more I try to save me Guess only love can do that
Only love, only love Only love, only love The more I try to fill me up The more I lack 'Cause only love can do that
Well I have heard it said that you might be the answer And it occurs to me -- that could be a fact 'Cause it was you who gave your life up for another And only love can do that
Only love, only love Only love, only love The more I try to fill me up The more I lack 'Cause only love can do that
C 2001 Songs of Peer, Ltd / Mr. Marley's Music (ASCAP)/EMI/April Music Inc./Waltztime Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
