Oh,  of all the tribes of men
all   the world is divided
Two   kinds of men
those who see
force and a heavy hand
as the thing that rules the world.
Oh, and then there are those
for who love
is the very thing that guides
and rules the world.
Oh, the tribe of cruelty
shall  persists
for as long
as love rules not the hearts of men.
Oh,  for as long as the tribe of love
seek not
the divine right
the law of love
given by a holy God
from the starry heaven above.

Oh, who has seen love
it slips through this world
like a mist in the night.
A boy  holds a puppy tight
and I see the love in your eyes.
A man cares for his aged father
and I see the love in your eyes.
You hold me tight
and I see the love in your eyes.
Oh,  your eyes shine there love
like the kindest and warmest of suns.
Oh,  a chain for fire
binds our hearts
And oh I burn on and on
with my thoughts of you
in a fire warm and loving
that says no power
can withstand
this power in our hearts.
Oh, love everlasting
fire everlasting
the love God placed in our hearts
no power can withstand.

Oh, the world is so old
and so cold.
Shine on
Oh shine on!
Oh, old it is made
by memories worn bear
and man jaded eye.
Shine on  oh  shine on!
Oh, how the frost lays a heavy hand
upon a care worn path
in the deep dead of a winter night
from the cold heart of man.
Oh, my love shine on!
Shadow of man
falls upon the land.
Shine on my love shine on!
Oh, but I know my love
how your heart beats for me
in the dead of night
as I am held in rapture
by arms so tight.
Oh, my loving one shine on!
Oh, how your love
shines on me.
Though I was held of no account
by a cold and ****** world
I find my eternal life
held in your loving arms.

Oh, shine on
Shine like the stars
forever.
Oh, nothing can compare
in this starry sky
or the earth bellow
to your angelic form.
Oh, when I look into your face
I see God's eternity
though I were to count the stars
one by one
measure their  glory
weigh them all together
none could outshine your glory.
Oh, for who can compare
the beauty of you
my dear angel!
Oh, you are beyond words!
Oh, when my eyes
first rested upon you
all my will drained from my soul
and forever and evermore
these chains around my heart
shall ever be
for though the heavens pass away
the fate of my heart
and my soul
shall ever rest in your hands.

Oh, how this world in its ways
is so full of noise and confusion
like the raving of a mad man
a cacophony of voices
ever fills the air
and I am swept far away
as by an all consuming flood.
Oh, I can find no peace
as though the eyes of a dead man
I see.
Oh, but when I hear your voice so sweet
like the voice of a thousand angels
as they sing
my soul enraptured flies away
to some paradise
where death and time
do not live
and upon the wings of angels
I leave behind a world
all dark and uncaring.
Oh, I know one day
I shall hold your body
in my loving arms
and we shall live
in a time and place
that shall never pass away.
Oh, eternity shall be our dream
in a paradise beyond the stars
where you and I shall ever live
and forget the world
so dark and cruel.

Oh, there are flowers
that bloom in the dark wild wood.
Flowers the color of blood
and flowers with the color
of the darkest night
the color of a broken heart
and my tortured soul.
Oh, they grow
where the cold wild wind blows
and sangs its mournful  song
as it weeps
as my heart weeps
for a love that was more than love
a love that haunts me still.
Oh, when I close my eyes
you are there in my dreams still
a fantasy come to life
as I live again
before I awake
to the nightmare of you far away.
Your heart and my heart
torn so far apart.
Oh, a sigh and a heavy heart!
Oh, how you have sunk
so deep within me
as though my soul and heart
were some bottomless sea
to the center of all I am
till you become one with me.
Oh, you have become the soul
and the breath within me
all the life that I am.
Oh, for you I long and search
till these dusty paths
are all worn down
and an eternity has passed
and I find my rest
in the heaven of your arms.

Oh, there are  many ways
and many paths
under the sun
to take in this life.
Oh, it is all
it is all such a great mystery
for who knows
all the answers to this life.
For we stumble
through these wilderness paths
like a child
all lost and forlorn.
Oh, how to sow
and how to reap
and how to track
the wild stag
upon the earth
as he makes his way
through these dark woods.
Oh, only by many ways
and through many ways
can the heart piece together
the meaning of all that is.
Oh, my love
though I  walk this earth
forever and a day
from pole to pole
and swam all the seven seas
I would never find such  a love
to breath life into my soul
as the love
that lives in your heart for me.
Oh, whenever my mind
turns in its deepest thoughts
of the meaning of my soul
I think the good lord
for you
my love so dear.