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Listening for Love
By Jayne Fisher

There are times when we are timid and shy about expressing the love we feel. For fear of embarrassing the other person, or ourselves, we hesitate to say the actual words �I love you�. So we try to communicate the idea in other words. We say �take care� or �don�t drive too fast� or �be good�.

But really, these are just other ways of saying �I love you�. �You are important to me�, �I care what happens to you, and �I don�t want you to get hurt� all mean �I love you�. We are sometimes very strange people. The only thing we want to say, and the one thing that we should say, is the one thing we don�t say. And yet because the feeling is so real, and the need to say it is so strong, we are driven to use other words and signs to say what we really mean. And many times the meaning never gets communicated at all and the other person is left feeling unloved and unwanted.

Therefore, I believe we have to listen for love in the words that people are saying to us. Sometimes the explicit words are necessary, but more often, the manner of saying things is even more important. A joyous insult carries more affection and love within the sentiments, which are expressed insincerely. An impulsive hug says �I love you� even though the words might be saying something very different.

CHARICE : I LOVE YOU

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LYRICS :

I opened my mouth
It all rushed out spoken
Though I never meant you to know it

I lost all of my self and got held in the moment
without even knowing

I stopped and got lost in my mind
I never felt so unraveled in my whole life

[Chorus]
I said I love you, I love you, I love you
But now I'll regret it
I said I love you, I love you, I love you
But I'm sorry I said it

But what's done is done
I can't undo what's done
Don't wanna hurt this thing we've just begun
I know I've said it
But can we forget this?

I caught my self that I'm scared that we're broken
Though you never do see it coming

And I don't know what, why or how our hearts are hoping
My feelings are showing

I stopped and got lost in your eyes
I never thought you could make me so alive

[Chorus]
I said I love you, I love you, I love you
But now I'll regret it
I said I love you, I love you, I love you
But I'm sorry I said it

But what's done is done
I can't undo what's done
Don't wanna hurt this thing we've just begun
I know I've said it
But can we forget this?

Now I'm hoping your heart's open
Words unfolded
Now you know and

I couldn't hold it all inside
Push it back in to rewind
Now my secret is spoken...

[Chorus 2x]

I love you and now I regret it
I love you I'm sorry I said it
[2x]