Love is such a novelty
A rarely painted masterpiece
A place few people go or ever know
An underwater rocket love
Exactly what I'm searching for
You're brave enough to go
Tell me so

Say you'll go to Nirvana
Will you leave Samsara?
In the words of Dhammapada
Who will leave? Who will follow?

Our love will sail in this ark
The world could end outside our window
Let's find forever
And write our names in fire on each other's hearts

Love is not a fantasy
A haiku written in Japanese
A word too often used but not believed
Witness the interaction of
The flood, the sea, the sky, the dove
Time erodes the shore but not our love

Say you'll go to Nirvana
Will you leave Samsara?
In the words of Dhammapada
Who will leave? Who will follow?

Our love will sail in this ark
The world could end outside our window
Let's find forever
And write our names in fire on each other's hearts

Do, do, do, do

Our love will sail in this ark
The world could end outside our window
Let's find forever
And write our names in fire on each other's hearts

Our love will sail in this ark
The world could end today outside our window
Let's find forever
And write our names in fire on each other's hearts

Do, do, do, do
The world could end today
Do, do, do, do
Our love will sail in this ark
The world could end outside our window
We'll find forever

Woo woo woo woo
Woo woo woo woo

Love is not a fantasy
It's more for you and me


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Say You'll Go Lyrics as written by Janelle Monae Robinson Charles L Joseph

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    Who is Dhammapada? I know who Dharma was... Some kind of Hindu sage. It also means, the basic principles of the cosmo. One of my favorite songs in the album, if not the one. And it was an early favorite too.

    drangelon January 15, 2011   Link

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