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More Than Words

"More Than Words" is a 1990s song by the American funk metal / glam metal / hard rock band Extreme in their Extreme II: Pornograffiti album. This song debuted on number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 23, 1991 and peaked at number one. The song features complicated guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone together with Bettencourt harmony vocals.

Popularity of "More Than Words" still remained after years of its release as an acoustic ballad. This song is about love that cannot be shown through mere words. Although, it can be viewed as a suspicious plea for sex in the context of being in the Pornograffiti album, a concept album about a corrupt and immoral society. Nevertheless, majority of listeners construe it as being about emotional intimacy.

Several cover versions were released by various artists like BBMak, Westlife, Walters & Kazha, and Frankie J. American parodist and musician Weird Al Yankovic parodied the video of "More Than Words" for his original song "You Don't Love Me Anymore."

More Than Words

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

(Refrain)
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

Now that I've tried to
Talk to you and make you understand
All that you have to do is
Close your eyes and just reach out your hands
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

(Refrain)
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