If you ever need to hear a voice in the middle of the night
when it seems so black outside that you canand't remember light
ever shone on you or the ones you love in this or another lifetime
and the voice you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind
with a soft, familiar rhythm in these swirling, unsure times when the waves are lapping in and youand're not sure you can swim
well hereand's the lifeline
if you ever need to feel a hand take up your own
when you least expect but want it more than youand've ever known
baby hereand's that hand and baby hereand's my voice thatand's calling, this is love, all it ever was and will be
this is love
And if you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds
just step inside my heart and walk around these rooms
where the shadows used to be, you can feel as well as see how peace con hover
now timeand's been here to fix whatand's broken with its power
the love that smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours
calling out your name, i thought this is the kind of pain
from which we donand't recover
But iand'm standing here now with my heart held out to you
you wouldand've thought a miracle was all that got us through
well baby all i know, all i know is iand'm still standing
and this is love all it ever was and will be
this is love
And i see you still and thereand's this catch in my throat and
i just swallow hard till it leaves me
thereand's nothing in this world that can change what we know
still i know i am here if you ever need me
and this is love
And if you ever think of me let it be around twilight
when the world has settled down and the last round of sunlight
is waning in the sky, as you sit and watch the night descending
a car will pass out front with lovers at the wheel
a dog will bark out back and childrenand's voices peal
over and under the air, youand've been there lost in the remembering
and if you ever wish for things that are only in the past
just remember that the wrong things arenand't supposed to last
babe itand's over and done and the rest is gonna come when you let it
And this is love, all that it ever was and will be
this is love, when you let it, if you let it now
this is love, all it ever was and can be
this is love
