In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Love, love, love, love, love
Say the word so very loosely
We come from is love, love, pure love
And we're on our way back home
And on that way, you never look back
'Cause there's nothing there to see
Just look around you
There's always someone that's in need
Of maybe just kindness
As we watch each other bleed
From wounds we choose
We never lose
Love, love, love, love, love
Misunderstood yet so desired
We pay the cost for love, love, real love
But we get back so much more, so much more
So many questions
Beginning to unfold
I look for the answers
In the middle of my soul
I know you're out there
And it's not like I've been told
So I run to you
I run to you
To find the path of the right love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love
Oh yeah (oh woh, woh) path of the right love
Love, love, love, love, love
All around yet so elusive
If we don't reach out for love, love, this love
We're all just wasting time, precious time
When in the long run
What's meant to be will be
Those things we ask for
Become our destiny
But while we're living
Our souls can not be free
Eventually, we will come to see
To find the path of the right love, right love, right love, love, love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Path of the right love
And that love, love, love, true love
Must surely be good, must surely be kind
And that love sweet love, strong love
Is meant to be yours, is meant to be mine
And I do believe if we share this life
We must learn to share all it's pain and strife
For the path of the right love (right love, right love, right love, oh, oh-woh-oh)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love, oh-woh-woh, woh
Oh yeah, path of the right love
To find the path of the right love, oh-woh-woh-woh-yeah
Oh yeah, path of the right love
Oh-la-ja-oh
We're on the path of the one love, one love, one love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
To find the path of the right love
(To find the path of the right love, to find the path of the right love)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
(Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
We're on the path of the one love (all on the path of the one love)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
Aspire to your inevitable bliss
And every grace will be given you
Say the word so very loosely
We come from is love, love, pure love
And we're on our way back home
And on that way, you never look back
'Cause there's nothing there to see
Just look around you
There's always someone that's in need
Of maybe just kindness
As we watch each other bleed
From wounds we choose
We never lose
Love, love, love, love, love
Misunderstood yet so desired
We pay the cost for love, love, real love
But we get back so much more, so much more
So many questions
Beginning to unfold
I look for the answers
In the middle of my soul
I know you're out there
And it's not like I've been told
So I run to you
I run to you
To find the path of the right love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love
Oh yeah (oh woh, woh) path of the right love
Love, love, love, love, love
All around yet so elusive
If we don't reach out for love, love, this love
We're all just wasting time, precious time
When in the long run
What's meant to be will be
Those things we ask for
Become our destiny
But while we're living
Our souls can not be free
Eventually, we will come to see
To find the path of the right love, right love, right love, love, love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Path of the right love
And that love, love, love, true love
Must surely be good, must surely be kind
And that love sweet love, strong love
Is meant to be yours, is meant to be mine
And I do believe if we share this life
We must learn to share all it's pain and strife
For the path of the right love (right love, right love, right love, oh, oh-woh-oh)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
We're on the path of the one love, oh-woh-woh, woh
Oh yeah, path of the right love
To find the path of the right love, oh-woh-woh-woh-yeah
Oh yeah, path of the right love
Oh-la-ja-oh
We're on the path of the one love, one love, one love
Oh yeah, path of the right love
To find the path of the right love
(To find the path of the right love, to find the path of the right love)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
(Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
We're on the path of the one love (all on the path of the one love)
Oh yeah, path of the right love
Aspire to your inevitable bliss
And every grace will be given you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Path of the Right Love Lyrics as written by Gloria Estefan
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing
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