If Music Be…

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Let its heavenly strains engulf

And embrace, enclose

Till life’s negativity be exposed

Then disposed

And the mind be composed

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Awake its chords in each mind

From the very start

Let it not depart

Let its light dispel the dark

And sooth the aching heart

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Let it not discriminate

Between the old and the young

The free and bound

Let all find meaning

In its sound

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Beyond the superficial

Beyond the artificial

Beyond the prying official

Beyond limited imaginations

To a heavenly destination

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Play on; play on

Through the anarchy

And through the disunity

Take me to heights sublime

Through its harmony

If Music be the food of love

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Let it bring me to me my knees

As I beg for more

And then more

Till I am saturated

Then liberated

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Let it fill my innermost being

Till I am swamped

Let me have my fill

Till I am thrilled

Then play on still

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

And when I can take no more

Let me soar on its strains

Listening to its refrain

Enjoying my life’s lease

And at peace

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Beyond my finite imagination

Beyond my wildest dreams

To greater depths

And higher heights

Beyond sight

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Beyond the fluffy clouds

And beyond the shimmering stars

Beyond the azure skies

Beyond infinity

For all eternity

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Heavenly Father, Creator of music

Thank you for love

And the love of music

Feed us till we are filled

Then feed us still

If Music be the food of life

Then play on; play on;

Play on through the night

Play till the break of dawn

And beyond

Stewart Russell © 2016