Ballad of Pain and Love

Someone was hurt a long time ago,
By whom and for what, no one really knows,
But that pain seemed to last, it never went away,
That’s why people hurt each other, even today,

But something else happened a long time ago,
Someone was loved, and this love grew,
It was passed on through time, nearly two million years,
That’s why life exists – love perseveres,

But that pain still lives on, and it threatens very life,
It seems as times there’s nothin’ but pain and strife,
Each day is a struggle, each moment counts too,
Pain and love are in all of us, it’s up to me and you,

Well someone taught me love, but I also learned the pain,
So I too can teach what I have gained,
But it’s hard, yes it’s hard, to always do the right thing,
‘Cause sometimes love looks a lot like pain.

Maybe one day, the hate will disappear,
The hurting would stop, and so would the fear,
Only Love would be taught and the people would know,
That Love was all there was a long time ago.