Only love would choose and flesh and bone Choose the unknown To be one of us Only love would lose without gain Bruise without blame To be one of us Oh, to limp, to cry, to walk beside us in the struggle Oh, to break, to mend, to stoop to bend where we are huddled (Glo-o-ria) This is how love comes (Glo-o-ria) This is how love comes (Glo-o-ria-a) This is how love wins Keep coming still Only love would rise and fall Rulers and walls Could not hold us In the arms of A refugee girl Her brown baby's curl Just to show us To seek, to find, to shine a light into the corner To name, to bless, and carry us across the border (Glo-o-ria) This is how love comes (Glo-o-ria) This is how love comes (Glo-o-ria-a) This is how love wins Keep coming still Oh-o-o-o-ohh Ever patient, ever kind Love will not be undermined Heal the brokenhearted Love will finish what it started Love will not be used a cord Or dare to inflict one more bruise Love is never self-inflated Love will not be elevated Love is small and love is naked (Glo-o-ria) This is how love co-omes (Glo-o-ria) This is how love co-omes (Glo-o-ria-a) This is how love wins Keep coming still (Glo-o-ria) This is how love comes (Glo-o-ria) This is how love co-o-omes (Glo-o-ria-a) This is how love wins Keep coming still Keep coming Keep coming still