I’m interpreting ‘You’ve Got The Love’ by Florence + the Machine my way, with ‘Lord’ standing for Lord Buddha, and even Amitabha Buddha (Amituofo). Electric ‘spiritual’ beginning to the song at the concert in the video above! In a way, the ‘You’ sung about can refer to yourself, your own Buddha-nature, which ‘got the love’ of loving-kindness and compassion for yourself too. In Pure Land practice, our ‘saviour’ is both the self-power of oneself and the other-power of Amituofo combined. The below video is the original song by The Source (featuring Candi Staton), with ‘Lord’ perhaps featured the more culturally Western godly or angelic way. (You can see the official F+TM video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=X04JxFrIRjA)
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying “Lord I just don’t care”
But you’ve got the love I need to see me through
Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
But you’ve got the love I need to see me through
When food is gone you are my daily need
When friends are gone I know my savior’s love is real
You know it’s real
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
Time after time I think “Oh Lord what’s the use?”
Time after time I think it’s just no good
Sooner or later in life, the things you love you lose
But you’ve got the love I need to see me through