one of the best prince-songs ever is on "emancipation": "the love we make", - wow!!

vitalbacon said:

one of the best prince-songs ever is on "emancipation": "the love we make", - wow!!

Definitely.

The Love We Make

Desperate is the day that is 2morrow
4 those who do not know the time has come
2 whip the dogs that beg, steal or borrow
From the table God set 4 His Son

Wicked is the witch that stands 4 nothing
All the while watching 2 see U fall
Deeper than the ditch that bred your suffering
The one being dug right now by them all

Happy is the way 2 meet your burdens
No matter how heavy or dark the day
Pity on those with no hope 4 2morrow
It's never as bad as it seems until we say

Precious is the baby with a mother
That tells him that his Saviour is coming soon
All that believe will cleanse and purify themselves
Put down the needle, put down the spoon {x2}

Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh
While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take, oh
Blessed are we inside this prayer
4 in the new world, we will be there

The only love there is, is the love we make {x2}
(The only love there is, is the love we make)
Only love there is, only love there is
The only love there is, is the love we make (Yeah)
The only love there is, is the love we make

Partly written as a tribute to the late Jonathan Melvoin.

Desperate is the day that is 2morrow
4 those who do not know the time has come
2 whip the dogs that beg, steal or borrow
From the table God set 4 His Son

Wicked is the witch that stands 4 nothing
All the while watching 2 see U fall
Deeper than the ditch that bred your suffering
The one being dug right now by them all

great lyrics, very true

Great song, but there's no guitar solo.... damn.

Great song which was dedicated to Jonathan Melvoin, who toured with The Smashing Pumpkins as a keyboard player. Sadly, this songs reminds me of "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaac. I wouldn't say it's a rip off, but it sounds similar.

thedance said:

Great song, but there's no guitar solo.... damn.

just listen to liveversion in Monaco 13/08/2009, 2nd show and njoy

I really like the song musically. Unfortunately it has the same issue for me that so much of his later work does which is the religious retoric.

This element in Princes songs often creates little lyrical nadirs which I just have to ignore in order to enjoy the rest.

One that really bothered me was his attack on "the evolution principle" in the song colonised mind, whereby he states that "you see a rock on the shore and say it's allways been there". Surely he knows that no evolutionists think that, it's a classic case of creationists misrepresenting the theory of evolution, not to mention the big bang theory, in order to try and discredit it.

And yet the main lyric in TLWM seems to present an athiests view about how we are solely responsible for the state of the earth. If the only love there is, is the love we make, then what happened to the love of God? I am confused.

I'm glad he speaks his mind though, it's not like he's doing it just for popularity, I actually think it's one of the things which prevents many people from really relating to him, at least on this side of the pond. That and the fact that they just aint got the funk. So at the end of the day I respect his commitment to his beliefs, it's a defining quality of prince's. So I guess i wouldn't have it any other way.

phineas said:

And yet the main lyric in TLWM seems to present an athiests view about how we are solely responsible for the state of the earth. If the only love there is, is the love we make, then what happened to the love of God? I am confused.

maybe he's just coining a phrase for the sake of getting a point across in this song

"the only love there is, is the love we make"

i can relate to being responsible for the amount of love in my life, so maybe that is all he meant

from what i can tell about a lot of prince's lyrics, he tends to use very generalized terms to make the song simple and applicable to everyone

inspired and beautiful. I'm sure i have a live boot version of this somewhere from around 2004?, think it's just P and the piano?.

His BEST song EVER!!!

IMO

vitalbacon said:

one of the best prince-songs ever is on "emancipation": "the love we make", - wow!!

Song makes me feel for Prince. I love Emancipation too!!!

[Edited 9/9/10 18:19pm]

For people who say Prince never recorded anything worth while since his 80s heyday, this song alone proves them wrong. Brilliant.

"Jes, eet's qvite breelliant but lacks a rock guitar solo! Why go

through zee trouble of resurrecting zee classic, 7-4-1 rock

prrrrrogression on zee vamp but omit a rock guitar solo??!?!"

Afaik this was only performed three times live: Fillmore 2004 and twice in Monaco 2009.

Am I correct?