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Best Relationship Advice, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John, 1994
by LaDena Kailing Garr, Certified Life Coach since 2011
LaDena Kailing Garr
May 21, 2025
Fun fact, find the answer at the bottom of this email.
Written by Tim Rice and Elton John, what was the reason for writing this love song?
Feel-Good Relationship Advice from the Greatest Love Songs!
It’s enough for this restless warrior, just to be with you
For those who need to just take a moment and appreciate the love that’s in the air
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Read time: 5 minutes
Lyrics
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wave
Can be turned away
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you
As one of Disney’s great love songs, from the movie The Lion KIng, this song stands the test of time. Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, “Elton John’s distinctive voice slices through the quasi-orchestral tone of his power balled. He taps into the song’s pensive lyric, giving it a warm, human dimension that would be lost on a lesser performer.”
"Although it's a simple song in an animated movie about the young cubs Simba and Nala , the tune advances the plot. The two cubs start as playful buddies. A spark of romance flashes when they meet later as full grown lions. The song defines the feelings of the two lions while indicating that changes may be in store for them and other animals in the kingdom."
Lyrics
And can you feel the love tonight? (Tonight)
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight? (Tonight)
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
Optimism in romance is powerful! Optimism in life affects your relationship.
According to Mark Travers Ph.D. How you see the world, is how you see your relationship. Couples with good world views had much higher overall relationship quality. Specifically, couples who perceived the world as a good, enticing, or opportune place had greater satisfaction within their relationships. Additionally, they were also more likely to endorse approach goals in their relationship-that is, they treat their relationship in a way that focuses on desirable outcomes, as opposed to simply just avoiding negative outcomes.
Lyrics
There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours
We might be talking about two animated lions here, but that line ‘when the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours’, is enticing. This resonates with all of us.
The deepest relationships you have are strengthened by time and experience.
Think about this…
Do you stop and appreciate the love in the air?
What do you do to facilitate the love energy around you and your sweetheart?
Key Take Aways
Couples who perceive the world as a good, or opportune place had greater satisfaction within their relationships
The deepest relationships are strengthened by time and experience
Fun Fact Trivia:
Written by Tim Rice and Elton John, what was the reason for writing this love song?
Answer: According to Elton John, the song is featured in the movie The Lion King so that it could “express the lions’ feelings for each other far better than dialogue could”
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~LaDena
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