Lyrics
Verse 1
To find your life you'll have to lose it
If you lose your life you'll surely find it
For love is the key
For you and for me from now on
Verse 2
Now we're alive in Him
Because He bought us
And dead to sin because He taught us
That love is the key
For you and for me from now on
Chorus
Love is the key
For you and for me
His love is the key
Verse 3
Well now He showed us the way
When He rose from the grave
And conquered for all sin and death
And the newness of life
That we now can receive
Is the first and the last and the best
Verse 1
To find your life you'll have to lose it
If you lose your life you'll surely find it
For love is the key
For you and for me from now on
Chorus
Love is the key
'Cause love is the key
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Love Is The Key is a simple song that presents love as the way to find life. The opening lines say that to find life it must first be lost, and that losing it brings finding it, so love is the key for everyone from now on. The second verse says that the people are alive in Him because He bought them and dead to sin because He taught them that love is the key.
The chorus repeats that love is the key for everyone and that His love is the key. The third verse recalls that He showed the way when He rose from the grave and conquered sin and death, and that the newness of life that can now be received is the first, the last and the best. The themes follow Matthew 16:25 on losing life to find it, Romans 6:11 on being dead to sin and alive to God, and 1 John 4:19 on loving because He first loved. The repeated hook and plain wording give the song an easy, hopeful tone suited to singing together.
Related Scripture
- Matthew 16:25 Whoever loses his life for Jesus' sake will find it.
- Romans 6:11 Believers are to count themselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- 1 John 4:19 Believers love because God first loved them.