It Takes Love

How many ways are found
To lose a warm and tender heart
How many are befriended
And then left to fall apart
We wait for love's revival
Like a shadow in the dark
But how are we to know
When it arrives

'Cause it takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love to know Love
Yeah, it takes love
It takes love

A host of wars are fought
Before we even know the cause
And promises are broken
In the name of holy laws
The need for love is greater now
If ever need there was
Redeeming what's been missing
In our lives

'Cause it takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love to know Love, yeah!

Moments have escaped
Through our expedience of time
And wounds can be reopened
On the edge of one closed mind
We say that God is love
And pray have mercy on the blind
The dust of unforgiveness
Still in our eyes

But it takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love to know Love

It takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love
It takes love to know Love
It takes love to know Love
Yeah, it takes love
(Ooh, it takes love)
It take love, it takes love
(It takes love)

It takes love, love, love
It takes, hey, it takes, it takes love
Love, love, love
It takes, yeah, love, it takes love...