LISTEN NOW (LOVE IS SPEAKING)
A Sacred Duet & Choir Anthem
Invocation (Choir – soft, sustained)
Mm… ah…
Breathe… receive…
Love is near…
Verse 1 (Male Lead – grounded, calm authority)
Slow your steps, stay where you are
Don’t let this moment pass
Some truths arrive in quiet ways
And ask us gently back
Love is not a fleeting thought
Or something left implied
It lives or dies in what we say
And what we choose to hide
Verse 2 (Female Lead – luminous, tender strength)
I have watched the world grow careful
Guard its heart, divide its tone
So afraid of being open
We mistake restraint for stone
But blessing spoken multiplies
It doesn’t fade or thin
Love grows bold when voiced aloud
It always draws us in
Pre-Chorus (Duet – interwoven)
Male: I’m not standing above you
Female: I’m not pointing blame
Both: I’m standing here beside you
Asking hearts to wake
Chorus (Full Choir – 6/8, expansive, radiant)
Listen now — love is speaking
Not in thunder, not in fear
Every word a living mercy
Meant to land and linger here
If we love in small intentions
Say it softly, say it true
Listen now — love is speaking
It is moving — even you
Interlude (Orchestra & Choir)
Strings rise slowly
Brass enters like light through stone
Choir hums — ahhh — joy restrained, holy anticipation
Verse 3 (Male Lead)
I am human, I am learning
I grow weary, I fall short
But I know when love is rationed
Something sacred leaves the court
Verse 4 (Female Lead)
We don’t need to heal the nations
Or command the stars above
Just leave warmth where we were standing
Let our names be signed with love
Pre-Chorus (Choir answers the leads)
Not perfection
Not applause
Just attention
Just because
Chorus (Choir + Duet – fuller, joyful authority)
Listen now — love is speaking
This is not a fleeting sound
This is how the world remembers
What it lost — and what it found
Say the blessing, name the goodness
Let it rise, let it be seen
Listen now — love is speaking
This is where we choose to mean
Bridge (Choir Only – hushed, reverent, seismic restraint)
Stop…
Don’t rush past this holiness
Stay…
Let it settle in your chest
Love…
Is not weak when it is kind
This…
Is the turning of the tide
Final Chorus (FULL FORCE – Choir, Duet, Orchestra)
Listen now — love is speaking
Through the fragile and the brave
Every word a seed of heaven
Every kindness helps to save
I will sign my name with meaning
I will bless before I go
Listen now — love is speaking
Let it flood the world we know
Coda (Choir – joy overflowing, radiant)
Ahhh… love remains…
Ahhh… favour poured…
Ahhh… wake the world…
Michael Forty