When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess.
When we want more
You know we ask for less
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The Language of Love.
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She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess.
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love...

— Dan Fogelberg

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess.
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love..." in the context of "The Language of Love." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Dan Fogelberg" (Song lyrics, Windows and Walls (1984)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Dan Fogelberg

About Dan Fogelberg

Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music.