You say love is just a word But I really mean it A four letter verb I put in a sentence To show my true feelings If love's just a word Why would it mess with my breathing? And just like the air, you can't see it there But we know we need it Love ain't just a word And I really mean it A four letter verb I put in a sentence To show my true feelings If love's just a word Why would it mess with my breathing? And just like the air, you can't see it there But we know we need it 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word Love can change the world Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word We know we need it 'Cause love ain't just a word It's in your heart, you could feel it there It's written in the stars, you could see it there But we should make it last 'cause the feeling's rare The feeling's rare, yeah We could turn it into ours, sing it everywhere When loving in the dark you can lay it bare When true love is set apart then we know we care, but then You say love is just a word And I really mean it A four letter verb I put in a sentence To show my true feelings If love's just a word Why would it mess with my breathing? And just like the air, you can't see it there But we know we need it 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word Love can change the world Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word We know we need it 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, Raskit, Rudimental, yo Love thy neighbor, love thy raver In my deepest darkest times, love my saviour Love is braver, love is major One day I'd love to meet my maker Embrace the love from my creator and be in his favour And that'll be later 'Cause right now I couldn't be greater I'm getting this paper, I couldn't be straighter And I do not hate or you think I'm a baker? They're loving my flavour And I love this music industry Although I know it couldn't be faker I love the haters, I love the takers Movers and shakers, the perpetrators, instigators The advocaters, the top debaters The ones that roll behind your back regurgitating data Bunch of vagrants Gotta be patient I love the blacks, the whites, I love the Asians And other persuasions and denominations I love the thought of integration, not segregation I know that love ain't just a word If you would bother to use your imagination (you say love is just a word) Love ain't just a word Love can change the world Love ain't just a word But then you say love is just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word Yeah, love ain't just a word Love can change the world Yeah, love ain't just a word 'Cause love ain't just a word We know we need it 'Cause love ain't just a word