Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Verse 1] I've gotta take a little time A little time to think things over I better read between the lines In case I need it when I'm older

[Verse 2] Now, this mountain, I must climb Feels like a world upon my shoulders Through the clouds, I see love shine It keeps me warm as life grows colder

[Pre-Chorus] In my life, there's been heartache and pain I don't know if I can face it again Can't stop now, I've travelled so far To change this lonely life

[Chorus] I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me Oh

[Verse 3] I'm gonna take a little time A little time to look around me I've got nowhere left to hide It looks like love has finally found me

[Pre-Chorus] In my life, there's been heartache and pain I don't know if I can face it again Can't stop now, I've travelled so far To change this lonely life

[Chorus] I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me I wanna know what love is I want you to show me

[Outro] (And I wanna feel) I wanna feel what love is (And I know) I know you can show me Let's talk about love (I wanna know what love is) The love that you feel inside (I want you to show me) And I'm feelin' so much love (I wanna feel what love is) No, you just cannot hide (I know you can show me) Yeah I wanna know what love is (Let's talk about love) I want you to show me, I wanna feel (I wanna feel what love is) And I know, and I know I know you can show me (Yeah) (I wanna know what love is) (I wanna know) (I want you to show me) I wanna know, I wanna know, wanna know (I wanna feel what love is) (I wanna feel) (I know you can show me)

Jump to section

(00:11) Pretty brief celebrity introduction

(01:02) Listener Brendan's request, song details, writer/lyricist, key dates

(01:28) Foreigner without a foreign name

(02:09) Love Song Dedications without Richard Mercer

(02:55) Listener, Brendan, gives his thoughts on us

(05:24) But enough about us, Brendan, what about the song?

(07:35) The Name of the Rose

(11:38) Monks or Jedis

(15:18) Love is fluid, or actually several fluids

(17:09) Monks, Jedis or cowboys

(21:13) Forrest Gump

(22:25) Playing possum to get the chicks

(24:36) What does the music video tell us?

(27:11) Pets

(28:23) Whose "heartbreak and pain"?

(29:39) Other pop artists that are just as clueless despite their scientific approach

(33:37) Some pop artists that get closer to the truth

(37:42) A warning to your future selves

(38:43) Important information "in case I need it when I'm older"

(41:14) Hypocritical hiking.

(42:24) Walking on a mountain of the world which is also on your shoulders

(43:05) Patronising a professional choir

(43:56) Is it about the tin man from Oz?

(46:30) Other theories from randoms on the internet

(53:43) Misheard lyrics in this song

(57:29) Dave commissions ChatGPT to write a song explaining love and it's perfect

(01:04:02) Farewells

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