What It's about
In a world where words are used as weapons and empathy fades, this powerful song and video explores the dangerous game of a "love for hate." It delves into the virtual battles that fuel anger and division, urging us to ask: what are we truly fighting for? Through gripping lyrics and visuals, the video challenges us to choose love over hate and build bridges, not walls. Watch now and let the message of truth, love, and unity wash away the hate.
Lyrics
On cold blue screens, lines are drawn
Tempers hot, empathy gone
Fingers ignite no voices rise
Trading truth for battle cries
A love for hate, it’s a dangerous game
Feeding the fire, pointing the blame
Words like weapons, hearts grown cold
A love for hate is taking hold
Strangers raging, words on threads
No pause for thought, all eyes see red
Echoes rage in a virtual war
Just what are we fighting for
A love for hate, it’s a dangerous game
Feeding the fire, pointing the blame
Words like weapons, hearts grown cold
A love for hate is taking hold
How far will we go before we see
We’re building walls where bridges should be
Shouting loud but losing sight
Will we choose the dark or chase the light
Love and hate can’t share one space
The end of hate is love’s embrace
A love for hate is no love at all
Love still stands when hatred falls
A love for hate, born out of fear
But love speaks truth for all to hear
With love not weapons and hearts open wide
Leave Love for hate to wash away with the tide
Mark's Notes
I’m particularly grateful for this song because it marks a creative rebirth for me as a songwriter. When I retired from touring and performing in 2000, I resigned myself to the possibility that the songs I had written but never recorded might never be heard. As an artist, that was a sad resignation.
But with modern production tools—especially artificial intelligence—there’s no longer a need to accept that fate. I also no longer have to resign myself to never writing again simply because I assumed no one would hear the songs.
And so, here we are in February 2025—nearly 20 years since I wrote my last song, *No Words to Say*—and the floodgates have opened. Moments of quiet once again make room for the songs to come through. On this particular day I was sitting waiting for jury duty in Holyoke Massachusetts when this song came through.
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