As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire
  Feeling the warmth as the flames grow higher
  I think it's true that nothing
  is really new under the sun
  Watching a new love grow
  from old love's embers
  Yesterday's gone but today remembers
  Doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone
  (Chorus)
  Only love is real
  Everything else illusion
  Adding to the confusion of the way we connive
  At being alive
  Tracing a line till we can define
  The thing that allows us to feel
  Only love is real
  Childhood dreams like muddy waters
  Flowing through me to my son and daughters
  Everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me
  Even as I see the way that I want to go now
  Still I had wished I had known what I know now
  Maybe I could have spared you
  Giving your youth to me
  (Chorus)
  
  Only love is real
  Everything else illusion
  Adding to the confusion of the way we connive
  At being alive
  Tracing a line till we can define
  The thing that allows us to feel
  Only love is real