How to Love
Redeeming Love: Learning to Love Amidst Brokenness
Lyrics
Salvage what we can
Expressing the need to salvage whatever is possible from the aftermath.
From the wreckage that was left
Referring to the wreckage left behind, possibly from a difficult situation or mistake.
From our mistakes
Acknowledging and reflecting on past mistakes.
Take the dirt and slowly
Symbolically using dirt to represent the consequences of actions.
Put it back into the hole
Suggesting the process of rectifying the damage done.
That we have made
Describing the hole or problem that needs fixing.
This is what we promised
Reminding of a promise made, possibly related to a commitment or relationship.
This is when we said that we would stay
Indicating a specific time when the commitment to stay was made.
We should just be honest
Suggesting the importance of honesty in the situation.
On our own we can't resuscitate
Recognizing the limitations of individual efforts in solving the problem.
Though we're distant
Acknowledging emotional distance between individuals.
We're repentant
Expressing remorse or regret for past actions.
Jesus, lift us up
Invoking a plea for divine intervention, in this case, from Jesus.
Teach us how to love
Requesting guidance on how to love in a challenging situation.
Sifting through the ashes
Searching through the remains for traces of love.
We find embers of what love
Discovering remnants of love despite the challenges.
Can truly be
Contemplating the true nature of love.
Even though we're broken
Acknowledging brokenness but finding hope in humility.
Hope is rising from humility
Emphasizing the rise of hope through humility.
Hand-in-hand we face this
Facing challenges together as a united front.
We are not a strand of two but three
Highlighting the unity of a group of three individuals.
We will overcome this
Expressing determination to overcome challenges.
Love is never too lost to redeem
Affirming the redeeming power of love.
Though we're distant
Reiterating emotional distance but with a sense of repentance.
We're repentant
Continuing to express remorse or regret.
Pride has no place here
Declaring the absence of pride in the current situation.
No one's blameless
Acknowledging that no one is without blame.
We both need forgiveness
Recognizing the mutual need for forgiveness.
Jesus, lift us up
Repeating the plea for divine intervention from Jesus.
Love bears all things, believes all things
Quoting a biblical reference emphasizing the qualities of love.
Love hopes all things, endures all things
Continuing the biblical reference on the endurance of love.
Though we're distant Love bears all things, believes all things
Reiterating the qualities of love in the context of distance.
We're repentant Love hopes all things, endures all things
Continuing to express remorse and hope in love.
Pride has no place here Love will never, ever come to end
Affirming that pride has no place in the situation.
No one's blameless Love is patient, has no envy
Highlighting the universal need for forgiveness and patience in love.
We both need forgiveness Without love then we have nothing
Emphasizing the significance of love in relationships.
Jesus, lift us up
Repeating the plea for divine intervention from Jesus.
Teach us how to love
Reiterating the request for guidance on how to love.
Teach us how to lov
Concluding with a repetition of the plea to be taught how to love.
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