It has often been my dream
To live with one
who wasn't there

Like an ocean fish
who swam upstream
Through nets,

by hooks, and hungry bears.

When the water grew less deep

My fins were aching
from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep

I know I can't go back again.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.
It's like
something from up above.


I can be like
a fire in the night

Always warm
and giving off light
But there comes a time

when I shine too bright
Oh, I'm just a fire in the night.


And now my fins are in the air
And my belly's
scraping on the rocks

I still think
someone really cares
And I'll keep swimming

till I stop.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.
It's like
something from up above.


I'm like a singer on the stage
With the golden lights

and liquid rage
Down from the mountains
to the sea

Cool running love
keeps cleansing me.


It keeps my gills
from getting dry
But it distorts things

in my eyes
Sometimes I see
what really isn't there

Like my true lover, and I care.

Got the will to love,

the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.
It's like
something from up above.


Sometimes I ramble on and on
And I repeat myself

till all my friends are gone
And get lost in snow
and drown in rain

And never feel the same again.

I remember the ocean
from where I came
Just one of millions all the same

But somewhere
someone calls my name
I'm a harpoon dodger,
and I can't, won't be tamed.


Got the will to love,
the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
never lose the will to love,
Never lose the will.

It's like
something from up above.

Baby, if I see boredom
in your eyes

I'll know my river has run dry
But I won't turn back
with that lonely tide
I bought that ticket
and I'll take that ride.


If we meet along the way
Please sway beside me,
let us sway together
Our tails together
and our fins and mind
We'll leave this water
and let our scales shine

In the sun above
and the sky below
So all the water
and earth will know

It has often been my dream
To live with one

who wasn't there.