love out loud

Verse 1]

Whenever you love someone, love them wide and free

Don't do it quietly — that's no way to be

This house of pretense won't stand on a lie

First show the truth, let the mirror not lie

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[Chorus]

Oh, don't you dare love with a whisper in the dark

A half-lit flame won't ever leave a mark

Love out loud, let the whole world see

Or don't call it love at all — just let it be

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[Verse 2]

The moment your lover starts keeping a score

That's where love ends — go back no more

Hear my prayer like an old, worn page

When their touch feels like mine, that's your stage

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[Chorus]

Oh, don't you dare love with a whisper in the dark

A half-lit flame won't ever leave a mark

Love out loud, let the whole world see

Or don't call it love at all — just let it be

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[Bridge – slower, then building]

A heart who lost still knows one thing

Sorrow from morning to evening — that's what defeat can bring

But listen, broken love still has a song

Somehow, each day, you learn to be strong

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[Live / Crowd Section – clapping rhythm, call-and-response style]

Lead: Love out loud —

Crowd: Love out loud!

Lead: Don't you hide it in a cloud —

Crowd: Don't you hide it in a cloud!

Lead: If the world can hear your name —

Crowd: Then it's love, not just a game!

Lead: Say it once, say it twice —

Crowd: Love that whispers? Never nice!

[Chorus – full band, crowd joining]

Oh, don't you dare love with a whisper in the dark

A half-lit flame won't ever leave a mark

Love out loud, let the whole world see

Or don't call it love at all — just let it be

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[Verse 3 – softer, like a lesson]

When time brings loneliness, learn to stand alone

But if you choose a hand, let it be one that's grown

Good hearts only, keep your garden clean

That's the only soil where real love has been

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[Final Chorus – slow, then powerful]

Whenever you love someone… love them wide and free

Don't do it quietly — that's no way to be

(Crowd whisper: Don't do it quietly…)

Love out loud —

(Crowd: LOVE OUT LOUD!)

Let the whole world see

Or don't call it love at all — just let it be

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[Outro – spoken/sung softly over fading claps]

Half-hearted love…

Is no love at all.