An Invitation to Love Lyrics & Tabs by Jimmy Davis
An Invitation to Love
guitar chords lyrics
I wished that love would visit me, and bestow upon me grace
So I set out to build the monuments that would surely win love's favour
And when the work was complete,
I penned an invitation, beseeching love to come
Love, I have gilded you a palace, bedecked with roses and with ivy
Thy place of rest within I have scented with jasmine
and with frankincense
If you will join me to dine, I will have my cooks prepare succulent meats
and honey treats, and dahls beyond compare
My minstrels will compose epic odes to honour thee and, dancing girls
with sparkling eyes will whirl for thy delight
Say you will come honour my great offering
I sealed the invitation and hired the swiftest couriers in the land,
And they returned that very day, with love's reply in hand
I am busy working in the fields, enjoy your finery
I sealed the invitation and hired the swiftest couriers in the land,
And they returned that very day, with love's reply in hand
I am busy working in the fields, enjoy your finery
My hot tears of shame fell freely upon love's brief and brutal note
The truth hurts and the truth cuts quick to the very core
I saw the magnitude of my folly and with self loathing boiled
Sinking, sobbing to the floor like a child
that has disappointed its mother
I barely noticed the muddied servant who tried to help me up
'Leave me, I am nothing!' I cried out in bitter grief
Seeking to offer my burning pain as fresh sacrifice to love
But the servant persisted, and bringing me to my knees,
asked in a soft and gentle tone, 'if you are nothing,
then with whom will I share the feasting
and the revels this invitation promised?'
My heart skipped a beat as the moment's truth flooded me
Love's ineffable infinity, where words cease to have meaning,
washing over me in wave upon wave
I pressed my lips to love's feet, my tears falling joyous now
as wordless offerings of gratitude
Love raised me up, embarcing me, beaming a smile
that would inspire starlight
He said, 'my child this smile is for you.
I have plenty more for the stars'
But come, let us eat, let us play, let us grow,
let us sing, let us make music
For the truth is my child,
Existence, is the sound, of LOVE
