Like a breath of mid night air,
like a (C)light house,
like a (G)prayer.
Like the (Bm)flick er and the flare the sky re veals.
Like a (D)walk a long the (A)shore,
that you’ve (C)walked a thou sand star (C)times be fore, like the (G)o cean’s (A)roar,
love (Cmaj7)heals.
There are those who shield their hearts,
those who (C)quit be
fore they (G)start,
Like who’ve (Bm)fro zen up the part of them that feels.
In the (D)dark, they’ve lost their (A)sight,
like a (C)ship with out a star (C)times be fore, like the (G)o cean’s (A)roar,
love (Cmaj7)heals.
There are
(C)in the night, but hold on tight.
(G6)(Love (D)heals.) When you feel like (D)you can’t go on.
(Em)(Love (D)heals.) Hold on to love, it ’ll keep you strong.
(G6)(Love (D)heals.) When you feel like (D)you can’t go on, (Em)(Love (D)heals.) Hold on to love, (D)and it will bring you home.
Love (A)heals, when (G)pain’s too much to bear, when you (A)reach out your (G)hand, and (D)on ly the (A)wind is there, when life’s un fair, when things like (C)us are not to be.
Love (A)heals
when you feel so small,
like a grain (G)of sand, like (Bm)noth ing at (A)all.
When you (F#m7)look out at the sea,
(F#m7)that’s where love will be.
(F#m7)That’s where you’ll find (G)me, you’ll find me.
Oh, if you (E)fear the storm a head,
as you lie a wake, oh, you lie a (A)wake in bed, and there’s (C#m)no one, no one, no one there (B)to stroke your hair, when your (A)mind, your mind, your mind (C)reels.
If your (E)face is salt y wet,
and you’re (D)drown ing in re gret,
just,
(E)(don’t (A)for (B)get,)
(E)(don’t (A)for (B)get,)
(E)(don’t (A)for (B)get,)
(E)(don’t (A)for (B)get,)
love will lead you (B)home.
for get.) Oh, keep it in your soul.
(Don’t for get.) Keep it in your heart, ba by.
(Don’t for get.) I say love.
(Don’t for get.)
Ooh, ooh.
(A6)(Love (E)heals.) When you feel (A)like (E)you can’t go (A)on.
(F#m)(Love (E)heals.) Love, (A)love’s (E)gon na car ry you home.
(F#m)(Love (E)heals.) When you feel (A)like, (E)you feel like you can’t go (A)on.
(F#m)(Love (E)heals.) Hold on to love and it will lead you home.
(Dmaj7)Love
(E)heals.
This page shows “Love Heals” by Jonathan Larson in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 102 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.