“Till I’m gone away, this is what I’ll say …”
When the opening line of Michael Franti’s “Love Will Find a Way’ sprang out of my playlist last night, I realized I have a new song that will light me up with happiness whenever I hear it.
I don’t know if it’s the most hopeful and joyous song of the 21st century, but surely it ranks near the top of that list:
And when you feeling like you can’t go on
Love will find a way
And through the clouds and smoke and guns and bombs
Love will find a way
And when the whole world falls on their knees to pray
That love will win today
Just keep holding on, holding on
‘Cause love will find a way
And is there a more profound statement than the words Franti speaks in the middle of his song?
Yo, nobody’s born hating another person; A mad world puts that poison in us. But if we can learn to hate another person, Then we can learn to love a brother or sister, Another mother or mister. Don’t be part of the system, Join the universal nation – Communication, Communication In every nation, Worldwide, Worldwide.
Till I’m gone away, this is what I’ll say, too: Keep holding on, holding on, because love will find a way.
