Love songs

A highly controversial and startling explanation of the genesis of love songs can be found in Denis de Rougemont's "Love in the Western World".^[3] De Rougemont's thesis is that the love song grew out of the courtly love songs of the troubadours, and that those songs represented a rejection of the historical Christian notion of love.

Look to the classics, like Etta James ("At last...my love has come along") or Frank Sinatra ("Some day, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight"), for good old-fashioned sentiment. But don't ignore more current tunes, like Coldplay's "Yellow" ("Look at the stars, look how they shine for you and everything you do...") or Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" ("And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow") for meaningful quotes and phrases.