Greater than Anything

by Mark Melloan

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lyrics

Chorus 1:
Stop breaking your heart,
Start learning to love,
Stop living for anything
and everything less than love
Love is the only thing
that's greater than anything

Verse 1:
Flesh and bones, bones and blood,
heart and soul, mind and strength,
This is all that we have,
and it's all we can give,
and it's all that it takes

Chorus 2:
Stop breaking your heart,
Start learning to love,
Stop living for anything
and everything less than love
Love is the only thing
that's greater than anything

Verse 2:
Riddle me this,
The one who made it doesn't want it,
The one who bought it doesn't need it,
The one who gets it never sees it,
It's a grave, and it's coming,
We've got to love, if we want to
live on and on, live on

Chorus 3:
Stop breaking your heart,
Stop breaking your heart,
It's breaking my heart, ooh-ooh

Refrain 1:
Love is the only thing
that's greater than anything,
We don't know anything
if we don't know love,
And it's not like God at all
if it isn't great and small
with power enough to fall
down to the feet of love

Refrain 2:
Love is the only thing
that's greater than anything,
We don't know anything
if we don't know love,
And it's not like God at all
if it isn't great and small
with power enough to fall
down to the feet of love

credits

Mark Melloan
vocal, acoustic guitars, percussion, producer

Stuart Duncan
violin

Byron House
upright bass

Jason Lehning
juno, wurlitzer, mixing engineer

Matt Rollings
piano

David Mead
harmony vocal

Jordan Lehning
harmony vocal

Kevin Sokolnicki
recording engineer

Bob Ludwig
mastering engineer

license

about

Mark Melloan Kentucky

Bridging folk and rock-pop, Melloan's recordings are known for rich musicianship, featuring artists like Kentucky Headhunter guitarist Greg Martin and newgrass-legend Bela Fleck. His vocal style was praised by pop singer-songwriter David Mead as “refreshingly free from affectation,” and NPR host Erika Brady labelled him “an artist with extreme potential.” ... more

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