Love Does – English Lyrics

• By: Brandon Heath

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Brandon Heath's "Love Does" offers a wonderful opportunity to engage with English in a meaningful way. The lyrics tell a clear and inspiring story, making it easier to follow and understand new vocabulary related to service, courage, and making a difference. The song's uplifting melody and clear vocals make it an enjoyable and accessible way to improve your English skills while reflecting on the universal theme of love in action.

[English]

This one goes out to the world-changer

Shining your light in the face of danger

Oh, tell us what you know

You're a saint, you're a son, you're a promise keeper

Bottom of the well, still digging down deeper

Oh, how far you gonna go

Chasing down hope

Moving on dreams

Taking that path

Maybe it'll lead you home

Maybe it won't

Nobody knows why your heart is broken

Nobody cries while your prayers are going up

But love does

Nobody walks on the road you're paving

Nobody sees all the souls you're saving

Oh, but love does

Love does

Love does

This is for the one on the front line fighting

Ringing that bell over everybody

Oh, tell us what you know

Knocking down doors in the midnight alley

Looking for a life in a desert valley

Oh, how far you gonna go

Chasing down hope

Moving on dreams

Taking that path

Maybe it'll lead you home

Maybe it don't

Nobody knows why your heart is broken

Nobody cries while your prayers are going up

But love does

Nobody walks on the road you're paving

Nobody sees all the souls you're saving

Oh, but love does

You are a renegade

You're an outlaw of love's crusade

And they don't know who you are

They don't know

They don't know but love does

I'm telling you, love does

Somebody knows

Somebody cries

Somebody feels

Love does

Somebody walks

Somebody sees

Somebody knows

Love does

Love does

Love does

Love does

Love does

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a deep affection for someone
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to imagine or hope for something
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible verb - to make something bright or to illuminate
road /roʊd/ A2	noun - a wide way leading from one place to another
heart /hɑrt/ A2	noun - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body noun - the central or most important part
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle noun - a violent confrontation
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration or assurance that one will do something verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
renegade /ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd/ C1	noun - a person who behaves in a rebelliously unconventional manner
crusade /kruːˈseɪd/ C2	noun - a vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change

Key Grammar Structures

• You're a saint, you're a son, you're a promise keeper

  ➔ Use of parallel structure with 'you're' to list multiple roles or identities

  ➔ The line employs **parallel structure** to emphasize multiple identities, making the list rhythmic and memorable.

• Nobody cries while your prayers are going up

  ➔ Use of the gerund 'going' to describe ongoing action in the background

  ➔ The phrase employs the **present continuous form** 'are going up' to indicate an ongoing, persistent action.

• Nobody walks on the road you're paving

  ➔ Use of present simple 'walks' to describe habitual or ongoing action

  ➔ The verb 'walks' is in **present simple tense**, indicating a regular or universal truth about nobody's action.

• But love does

  ➔ Use of the auxiliary verb 'does' to emphasize the main verb in the present tense

  ➔ The structure 'love does' emphasizes that **love** inherently performs or embodies the action, using 'does' as an emphatic auxiliary.

• Somebody feels

  ➔ Use of the indefinite pronoun 'somebody' with a simple present tense verb to denote generic or unspecified person action

  ➔ The phrase employs **indefinite pronouns** with verbs in simple present to express actions performed by unspecified persons.

• Love does

  ➔ Use of present simple tense to declare a universal truth or affirmation

  ➔ The phrase employs the **simple present tense** 'does' to make a broad or universal statement about love's inherent nature.