Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Like a river of fire stretched across the sky
Peering into the veil of the aurora’s light
My soul is drawn by love too pure for words
Deeper than instinct, beyond my reason
I am lost in wonder at what fills my gaze
Lost in my thoughts of such infinite ways
I am found in mercy, I am found in love
I am found in the flow of water and blood
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
Like this great arc of sky, a window to infinity
A bright and deathless morning waiting for me
Love to be imprinted on my heart, like notes upon a score
The music eager to open heaven's door
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
On this distracted planet
so wounded by our greed
Where we have taken more
to satisfy our need
Where love is our salvation
The perfect mystery
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
(x2)
Peering into the veil of the aurora’s light
My soul is drawn by love too pure for words
Deeper than instinct, beyond my reason
I am lost in wonder at what fills my gaze
Lost in my thoughts of such infinite ways
I am found in mercy, I am found in love
I am found in the flow of water and blood
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
Like this great arc of sky, a window to infinity
A bright and deathless morning waiting for me
Love to be imprinted on my heart, like notes upon a score
The music eager to open heaven's door
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
On this distracted planet
so wounded by our greed
Where we have taken more
to satisfy our need
Where love is our salvation
The perfect mystery
There is no fear in love
There is no self to gratify
There is no argument to win or lose
Love is beyond the mind
Love is beyond its reasoning
Love is the path that leads to paradise
(x2)
Lyrics submitted by murlough23, edited by Octavarium64
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