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This Could Be The Age Of Love

by Ross Wright

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1.
Prelude 00:53
Ain't it all for naught if it ain't all for love?
2.
Iconoclast 01:48
The statues I built, they’re all falling down My ghosts have been roaming all over town The future that I was so sure would last I tore it all up, iconoclast Changed my address and I changed my name Made my escape in the pouring rain All my old haunts in the rearview glass I don’t haunt them no more, iconoclast I watched from the outside, the spreading fire Thought my feet free from the miles of mire But I’m just as flawed and my sins as vast So hand me a match, iconoclast So hand me a match, iconoclast
3.
Let Love 03:54
Have you ever felt the wall Of a city that won’t let you in Drowning out your deepest call With reminders of your darkest sin Am I out, am I inside Am I blind, am I blind to see That the face of the empire Can look a lot like me Let love move upon my heart, no quarter Let love get around my walls, no border Move all my statues away, I need to see my idols break Let love move upon my heart Have you ever tried to talk But the powers went and got your tongue The ladder that they put you on It only has a bottom rung Do I stop, do I listen When the voices are not my own Are we in three dimensions People, can we bring this home Ashes under feet as we walk around Scars ain’t healed from the last time we burned down Who then are we gonna be now Could we give up what we know If it begins to make us whole For heaven’s sake let love advance Unless you’ve got better plans I know what the future holds Let me give it to you plain You and I are gonna stroll Where the streets don’t even have a name Let me give it up now Go on and bring all my statues down Let love move upon my heart
4.
Other People 04:28
Often I forget other people are people too Have mercy on me, have it mercy on me Sing it again, sing it again ‘Til your heart’s on muscle memory It’s second nature to love Oh, the arms I love, let me lay them down ‘Til the arms of love hold a neighbor now Lord have mercy If this is my way, reverse me ‘Til a lost soul is found Often I forget other people are people
5.
Don’t know what to tell you Heart like a propeller Did you get the message, send you little texts Hearts now in my eyes for you Look around this city Home if you are with me Never knew the street well, never heard the beat well Til I met the one that I need Ooh ooh (and the light is on again) Don’t know what to tell you but love Ooh ooh (and the light is on again) Cat done got my tongue, could you be the one Don’t know what to tell you but love Yeah we knew the fire, Then we knew the tired Coffee in the holder, babies on board Gas light is on again They tell me what I’m missing But baby, this is living Yeah we got worries, Yeah we got cares But now just let me stare at you Oh I think we made it And girl I wouldn’t trade it This funny little life we know It’s only getting harder But we’ll laugh until fall down Cause riches ain’t made of gold No And God I didn’t know God I didn’t know you would be so beautiful And I'll sing it once more... I don't know what to tell you but love
6.
No Filter 03:40
I could've had you I could’ve had you, no filter Been looking through kaleidoscopes when you gave me the world We could've had you We could’ve had you, no filter Been looking through kaleidoscopes when you gave us the world Ain’t it all for naught If it ain’t all for love And you know it ain’t easy And we’ve got so far to go
7.
I can see a new road This one ain’t got a name Don’t belong to any land There’s a lyric, how’s it go Get on out the new way If you can’t lend a hand You told us to leave things better than we found Here’s a match, we need to burn this down Sorry I can't stay, my heart is breaking Not gonna win the day Can’t believe I’d say, “I feel like losing” But I ain’t gonna lose my way Everybody, where you at? Put someone on your back Lord knows we can’t stay here You told us to leave things better than before So show me love my showing me the door Sorry not sorry, I can’t stay any longer Join me, anyone can come I’m still hearing the words of my father “Child, we’re no better than anyone” Sorry not sorry, I can’t stay any longer Join me, anyone can come I’ll be singing the words of my father “Child, we’re no better than anyone”
8.
Horizons 03:37
All my might, give it for another’s day Heart just try, make it til I see your face Lord, sometimes, I never felt a better ache Pray me Godspeed, I’m coming your way Oh, Oh Whenever I see my city over horizons My heart go oh, oh Honey, I see my city, I’m home Forgive me if I’m silent You can close your eyelids I’ll be staying up on the cloud I’m on I will enjoy this til I’m gone Whenever I see my city over horizons My heart go oh, oh Honey, I see my city, I’m home
9.
Ain’t it all for naught if it ain’t all for love? (How’s it go? Love is patient, love is kind Love leaves all records behind But if you’re keeping tabs hope the records will find That love poured out of these records of mine, let’s get it) I heard it once at a wedding Things I could keep on forgetting I look a little bit closer Some of it’s kinda upsetting How can I give love if it’s not love I’m getting Ain’t it a gamble, never been one for betting Man it feels like I’m wasting time, Otis Redding Gotta get off the dock, I don’t think I’m ready Then I heard in a song “ain’t it all for naught If… it... ain’t all for love?” If you love me back, it’s easy enough But can i keep going when the going gets (tough?) If we don’t agree, brother, can I give my deference If we’re enemies then can you be my preference Remember that thing ‘bout the good Samaritan? The one who just kept on walkin, he was a reverend So do I love people more than rules Ideals v. humans, think i gotta choose Could I trample a soul just to sample control This ain’t a game, so I think I gotta lose And the concept of giving up Doesn’t make sense when you just can’t get enough Cup runneth over but my neighbor can’t get a cup Venti in my hand and it just ain’t big enough Marvin sang it, “what’s going on?” After so many years, such a knowing song We listen but we don’t hear, we just go along And we can’t make it right, when no one’s wrong So let the fires of love Let the fires of love, let the fires of love Consume, burn up what we thought love was Cause this is what we’re learning now Idols over vitals, God, this is how we’re turning out If we wanna be salt, we gotta turn around So let... love… burn it down
10.
Lost 04:26
I don’t know the language anymore It’s like I can't speak without running into walls Has it ever been this bad before Still I can’t shake the feeling of hope when it calls I found God where I never thought Where I never thought he was Magic in the margins, dancing in the storm I found God was what I never thought What I never thought and more (Closer now than I was before) Welcome to the night of the soul Are you so lost, where you’ve never been before Refugee, take my hand, are you so lost That makes two of us Remember when we owned the halls All of the sudden you don’t recognize them anymore Have you ever been outside looking in Oh it’s crazy making when your hearts low You might feel misplaced now but your on the road You found God where you never thought Where you never thought she was Magic in the margins, dancing in the storm You found God was what you never thought What you never thought and more (closer now than I was before) I’m finding streams in the wasteland I’m hearing music from a heart of cold I’m seeing flowers from the concrete I want to be one of those
11.
City Water 03:21
City water flowing underneath my feet Running ‘round inside of me, it's in my blood What I want now, what in the world you offering All your silver and gold can’t buy me enough What I want is to be healed A broken heart is all I got And I’ll wear it on my sleeve To belong on these streets we walk on City water flowing underneath our feet Broken threads of history, broken hearts Only love, only love can make us whole Rend our fences and let us know who we are What we want is to be healed Broken hearts are all we got And we’ll wear them on our sleeves To belong on these streets we walk on Wash my feet with city water Until my heart is clean
12.
When will I learn that right and wrong Can’t save a soul Do I believe that a human heart Is worth more than gold We traded the sky for the mirror The nations left us in the cold We looked to laws and opinions To capture what can’t be controlled Did we ever find what we were looking for Did we ever feel that we should be more This could be the age This could be the age of love Can we unlearn what we think that we know Can we let it step all over our toes This could be the age This could be the age of love What about the chains we shackle Can we take off What about the planes we travel Can we take off What about the vain disguise Can we take off What about the pain in your eyes, ain’t it also mine What are we doing here (Somebody say) This could be the age This could be the age This could be the age This could be the age Somebody’s waiting for a kind word from you If it isn’t wrapped in love then it don’t contain the truth I’m tired of the violence and the hiding, I’ve had enough Maybe it’s all for naught if it ain’t all for love And I'm tired And I'm sorry Did we ever find what we were looking for Did we ever feel that we should be more This could be the age of love Can we unlearn what we think that we know Can we let it step all over our toes This could be the age This could be the age of love If we're tired and we're sorry This could be the age This could be the age of love

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Ain't it all for naught
If it ain't all for love?

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released July 26, 2019

All songs copyright 2019 Ross Wright
Written, performed and produced by Ross Wright
Cover art and design by Jared Boggess

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Ross Wright Richmond, Virginia

Ross lives in Richmond VA, where he writes pop songs about the human condition and the mysteries of love.

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