To me, this song is one of the most empathetic, ever created. Steveland knew what it feels like. How bad it hurts! He must have been where I’ve been to know the answers to all of the questions that followed my aching heart. And he let me know, with this song, that there is beauty inside of pain–and it sounds just like this, and this is what it says…Mz.Soul says, “Preach on, Stevie!” Love will never be misunderstood again.
All is fair in love
Love’s a crazy game
Two people vow to stay
In love as one they say
But all is changed with time
The future none can see
The road you leave behind
Ahead lies mystery
But all is fair in love
I had to go away
A writer takes his pen
To write the words again
That all in love is fair
All of fate’s a chance
It’s either good or bad
I tossed my coin to say
In love with me you’d stay
But all in war is so cold
You either win or lose
When all is put away
The losing side I’ll play
But all is fair in love
I should have never left your side
A writer takes his pen
To write the words again
That all in love is fair
A writer takes his pen
To write the words again
That all in love is fair
—Stevie Wonder, Innervisions, 1979
