From the recording We Are Born Blind

Lyrics

EXCEPT OUR LOVE - Words & Music by Scott John Smith

VERSE 1
We both knew this day would come
Sounding in background like a distant drum
At first it was so far away – we could barely hear it
But with every passing year
The drums grew closer, and now they’re here, but we
Still don’t want to listen ‘cause we both know what must come
For there is nothing stronger in the world
Except our love

VERSE 2
Everything must turn to dust
Life’s uncertain and unjust, but that’s
Just the way it is and there ain’t
Nothing we can do about it
Mountains rise and mountains fall
Were they really there at all
Nations are born and then they disappear
For there is nothing stronger in the world
Except our love

CHORUS
We hear the wind we feel it blow
Where did it come from, where does it go?
The footprints that we leave in the sand today
Tomorrow the waves come and wash them away
For nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Except our love

VERSE 3
We been hungry, we been cold
We had nothing - but were never alone
Through good times and bad times and
Sometimes even worse
Through it all one thing stayed true
You had me and I had you
Nothing could divide us
Nothing could tear us apart
For there was nothing stronger in this world
Except our love

VERSE 4
O my God what shall I do
If you go and leave me too?
There isn’t enough empty space
In the universe for me to cry in
The thing that we both fear the most is
Waking in the morning and being alone
And we both pray that the other one will
Be the first to die
For we don’t want the other one
To be left behind

CHORUS
Take the rings that we wear
Tie them both together with a lock of your hair
And if God choose I will love you more
And better than I ever did before
For nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Except our love

VERSE 5
Fifty years sure goes by fast
I wish that there was someway we could make it last
But we’re already living
Living on borrowed time –
Time is precious – time is rushed
Leaves you breathless and there’s never enough
I’d give everything I have to spend just
Five more minutes with you
But nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Except our love