Fun fact, find the answer at the bottom of this email.

Who was the first person to tell the band that the song was going to be huge?

How easy it would be to show me how you feel

For those who know “I love you” has to mean something

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Lyrics

Saying "I love you"
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say but if you only knew

How easy, it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

Making sure expressions of love are more than the bland, repetitious act of saying those three words, is a beautiful theme for a song. It is very relatable.

Lyrics

What would you do
If my heart was torn in two?
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say
If I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying "I love you"

Co-writer Nuno Bettencourt described it as a warning that the phrase was becoming meaningless: “People usse it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everythings’s OK. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show it-t here’s other ways to say “I love you”.

In a time when radio play was full of power ballads, Larry Flick from Billboard felt that this “tender, sparsely produced rock/love ballad proves that sometimes less really is more. The spotlight here on the band’s striking vocal harmonies, as well as its shimmering acoustic guitar work”. The Daily Vault’s Sean McCarthy called it a “beautiful, minimal acoustic number that made the band huge” and concluded that “for the band, ‘More Than Words’ is that song that will still get airplay.” Diane Cardwell from Entertainment Weekly called it “a simple, almost folky ballad using just two voices and a single acousitc guitar". Kirsten Frickle from El Paisano described it as an “all-acoustic ballad that is so beautiful that it will make your hair stand on end”.

Interestingly, this song was Selena Quintanilla’s favorite. Her husband, Chris, would often play it on their tour bus and they would sing it together. Following Selena’s death, the band Extreme learned it was her favorite and they dedicated it to her at one of their concerts.

Lyrics

Now that I've tried to
Talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hand and touch me

Hold me close, don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

That high harmony gets me every time. Wow. Just wow.

Actions That Say “I Love You”

• Cook a meal for the two of you.

• Leave them a thoughtful note. Bonus points if you put it somewhere silly, like in the freezer or behind the toothpaste.

• Give them a relaxing massage.

• Run an errand for them.

• Grab them a snack when you’re at the store, even if they said they didn’t want anything.

• Plan a date night or a special outing.

• Spend quality time with their family or friends.

• Offer to help them with a chore or task they’re doing.

• Do a chore for them (take out the trash, clean the toilet, etc.) unprompted.

• Spend quality time together regularly—if not daily, then weekly.

• Regularly ask them how they’re doing, and mean it. Ask them what they need more of or less of right now to thrive.

• Plan a romantic weekend getaway for the two of you.

• Make them coffee in the morning. ☕️

• Make them breakfast in bed.

• Learn something together—maybe you take a cooking class or a dance class together.

• Write them a sweet poem.

• Write “I Love You” in the foggy bathroom mirror.

• Make them a playlist of songs that reminds you of them.

• Post pictures of the two of you on social media.

• Invent a secret handshake.

• Let them know that when you’re holding hands, squeezing their hand three times is a nonverbal “I love you.”

• When they have a problem to solve or something to look into, help them research it.

• Pick them a bouquet of wildflowers.

• Take them on a scenic drive or hike.

• Bake them a favorite dessert.

• If you don’t live together, give them a key to your place.

• Light candles and put rose petals on the bed—it’s not tacky, it’s camp!

  -Natalie Gale

Think about this…

What was the last “I love you” gesture that you gave to your sweetheart?

What was the last “I love you” gesture that you received from your sweetheart?

Do you say the words “I love you” too casually?

Key Take Aways

• Love can be expressed in simple or subtle ways

• Look at your relationship with new, spiritual eyes

Fun Fact Trivia:

Who was the first person to tell the band that the song was going to be huge?

Answer: Immediately after it was recorded, Nuno Bettencourt was listening to it in his bedroom. His older sister, Fatima, who didn’t pay much attention to their music, was walking by and stopped at the door. She asked, “Is that yours?” Nuno answered “Yeah we just recorded it”. Fatima replied, “You better not play that for anybody, and you'd better get that copyrighted because that’s a huge song”.

Love is the greatest adventure!

~LaDena

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