Let There Be Love

The speaker longs for love to become real in his life and in the lives of others. At first, the wish sounds broad and hopeful: let people live in order to love. Then the feeling becomes more personal and urgent. He admits he cannot have everything, but he wants this relationship, and by the end he is openly pleading to be loved.

“Paradise Avenue” suggests an ideal place where love might flourish, though it may be an imagined setting rather than a literal street. The repeated phrase “let there be love” sounds like a wish or blessing, giving the song a hopeful, almost prayer-like quality. When the speaker says he can be “nothing” or “something,” he seems to accept uncertainty about his own worth or future, while still offering his life to the person he loves. “I never begged, but I’m begging now” marks a shift from pride to vulnerability.

The lyrics combine generous hopes for everyone with a strong desire for one person. That contrast makes the speaker seem both idealistic and possessive: he asks for shared love, yet says he must “get” the beloved as his wife. This could express determined commitment, or pressure born from fear of being without her. The song does not show whether his plea is answered, so its ending remains hopeful but unresolved.