The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields Song)

The Book of Love is a song performed in Dreams Come True. It is performed by Jack Harmon as he prepares to leave McKinley for New York. The song was originally performed by The Magnetic Fields and the version of the song performed by Jack was performed by Peter Gabriel.

Context
Jack performs this song as he looks back on his time in glee club and as he looks forward to the future before him.

Lyrics
Jack: ''The book of love is long and boring, no one can lift the damn thing. It’s full of charts and facts, some figures and instructions for dancing.''

''But I…I love it when you read to me. And you...you can read me anything.''

''The book of love has music in it, in fact, that’s where music comes from. Some of it’s just transcendental, some of it’s just really dumb.''

''But I…I love it when you sing to me. And you...you can sing me anything.''

''The book of love is long and boring, and written very long ago. It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes, and things we’re all too young to know.''

''But I…I love it when you give me things. And you...you ought to give me wedding rings.''

''And I…I love it when you give me things. And you…you ought to give me wedding rings.''

You ought to give me wedding rings.

Trivia

 * This is Jack’s final solo of the series and the penultimate solo of their series.
 * This song beat out Once Before I Go from The Boy from Oz, Don’t Forget Me from Smash and When I’m Gone from Monk as Jack’s final song.
 * The flashbacks in this song include Jack watching New Directions in Journey to Regionals and the performances in Theatricality.
 * Major events in Jack’s life in the next five years unfold in flash-forwards in this song
 * He and Rachel attending Jamie’s first birth in August of 2015
 * Jack winning his first Golden Globe in 20
 * Jack and Rachel attending the wedding of Puck and Quinn in 2017.
 * Jack proposing to Rachel in 2018.
 * Jack and Rachel’s wedding and reception in 2019 before returning to the press.
 * This song concludes a season long running gag of Jack not shutting off the light in the green room, ending with him turning the light off at last