"And love is the meaning I have in mind"

The Wheels of the Universe I Born on the uttermost day of the year Seemingly something like out of the blue Under the thunder and lightning of fear Into the middle of the riddle of The in between where the meaning is love As what I was and am and will be to Be what I am and to see what I see To wonder why not from wondering why Innermost is how to uttermost now As the lotus unfolds and so do I II To know is to love to love even though They never knew what to do with me then As if they knew what to do anyway Under the thunder an eye on the sky Who feared to love who were afraid to know One who was not afraid to love like me And now here I am again as before Because I am now and then and again As now and again and more so and more III A late bloomer one might say blooming now As if for the very first time today At a time in a place for everything When today is always my lucky day As the lotus unfolds and so do I Better late than never and better for Surviving the battle living the war Being the struggle while wondering how As if I knew what to do anyway But no matter what I know what to say IV Bringing down the lightning singing I try To wonder why not I try to get by As by and by losing fear finding love Is what matters I find the meaning of Life as I find it in the in between Into the middle of the riddle of The in between where the meaning is love Where I have been as I am and will be Turning with the wheels of reality V And the love I take is the love I bring In the dark though with one light even so Hope is how I know love is what I mean A small star though far shining steadily Here in the dark where the light can be seen And what they all worried about back when They did I call now just like they did then Love is before me as it was behind Steady the wheels of the universe turn And as I lose fear love is what I find VI A small star though far shining steadily Hope is how I know love is what I meant A small star though far big enough for me Nor do I worry the clock will unwind What goes around comes and around it went And coming I am not afraid to go Since love is the same from the other way Having come so long ago having gone So far yesterday I come back today VII With the sun above me the moon below And someone to love me someone to know As I do I might not have gotten where I am now if I had gone anywhere But into the sunset into the dawn Through night to light like the Phoenix to burn In between there where to love is to know To come to know to grow and to go on Earth over water desire in the air Icarus rising with fire in his hair VIII Steady the wheels of the universe turn And love is what turns the wheels as I find How turning and returning now I learn Love is before me as it was behind And is for here and for now without fear To love is to know to love even though They never knew what to do with me then Under the thunder an eye on the sky But love was the meaning I had in mind IX To know is to love to love is to know Seemingly something like out of the blue To wonder why not from wondering why And now here I am again as before Because I am now and then and again As now and again and more so and more Steady the wheels of the universe turn And love is what turns the wheels as I find That what they all worried about back when They did I call now just like they did then X Bringing down the lightning singing I try To wonder why not I try to get by As turning and returning now I learn That love is all I am and all I do All but love having disappointed me And the love I take is the love I bring All I have left all I know to be true Turning with the wheels of reality As the lotus unfolds and so do I XI A small star though far shining steadily Seemingly something like out of the blue Hope is how I know love is what I meant At a time in a place for everything Just to be happy was all I ever Wanted here in between now and never And now I am I am happy to say When today is always my lucky day Steady the wheels of the universe turn What goes around comes and around I went Chorus Mysticus And love is what turns the wheels as I find Love is before me as it was behind To love is to know as around I go And love is the meaning I have in mind +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXI