From the recording LP 20 THE NEARNESS
RnB version
Lyrics
WHAT IS LOVE?
Verse 1
What is love?
it’s the distance that remembers
A hand that almost touches
A word that never lands
The chord that trembles, never ends
The river flowing through our hands
Chorus 1
Love is the fracture that made the light
The silence turning into sight
You and I — the sound begun
Two halves of a single sun
Verse 2
Love is the vow the stars once made
To find themselves through every shade
It paints when all the colours fade
It sings when all the notes are gone
Chorus 2
Love is the echo that won’t keep still
The pulse that rises over the hill
It’s not what binds, it’s what returns
The river forgets, the water learns
Bridge
(He) Each age we meet, and call it dream
(She) Each age we part, to keep the stream
(Both) Stay — and yet we go
To keep the melody moving slow
Final Chorus
Love is the river, the endless start
The shimmer between each heart
When the current carries us apart
The nearness stays, the song restarts
Outro
We were one chord once
The universe broke us
to hear the harmony apart
The nearness remains