The Songs of Psychology

This song does a good job of demonstrating romantic love, and even gets to what Robert Sternberg calls consummate love within the framework of his Triangular Theory of Love.

The lyrics address romantic love (signs of intimacy and passion,) and also include a declaration of commitment (consummate love,) as shown in the excerpt below:

Excerpt
When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears
It was easy to see that you’d been crying
Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns
But who really profits from the dying
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you in my arms forever

When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
It’s my worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
Love is a poor man’s food
Don’t prophesize
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

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