The actual name of this song is "More Than Words Can Say", but many thought the name of this song is "I Need You Now" because this phrase is repeated many times in the chorus. There is also a lot of misinformation about which band this song belongs to; some lyrics websites credit it "Firehouse" or "Winger".
BMI presented the lead vocalist / songwriter Freddy Curci with the "Million-airs award" for "More Than Words Can Say". According to BMI’s web site, only 1,500 songs have achieved Million-air status (one million air plays) among the 4.5 million songs by 300,000 BMI represented artists. One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay.
"More Than Words Can Say" was written, arranged and co-produced by former Sheriff vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi. At the time, their dissolved band had hit number one with "When I'm With You", and the other band members had refused to come back together. Sensing the need to follow up the hit, Curci and DeMarchi joined ex-Heart members, guitarist Roger Fisher, bassist Steve Fossen, and drummer Mike Derosier to form Alias. This tune, bearing striking similarities to "When I'm With You" (including a sustained last note), was a result.
"More Than Words Can Say" was released as the first single of Alias' self-titled debut album. It entered the Hot 100 at #84 and reached the Top Ten four weeks later. On November 24, 1990, it peaked at number two, kept from the top spot by Mariah Carey's "Love Takes Time". It also peaked at number two on the adult contemporary chart and at number 13 on the Mainstream rock chart.
More Than Words Can Say
Alias Lyrics
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Still thinking about you
It's still hard, at six o'clock in the morning
To sleep without you
And I know that it might
Seem too late for love
All I know
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
I've got to find a way
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
Here I am, I'm looking out my window
I'm dreaming about you
Can't let you go, at six o'clcok in the morning
I feel you beside me
And I know that it might
Seem too late for love
For love Oh, Oh, Oh
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
I've got to find a way
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
Oh I got to hear you say
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
I need you now
The opening lines of Alias's song "More Than Words Can Say" set the stage for the rest of the lyrics. The lead singer is up at six o'clock in the morning, unable to sleep due to thoughts of a lost love. He notes that it is difficult to function at this early hour without the person he desires by his side. The sense of longing and melancholy is palpable, especially as he repeats the chorus of "I need you now, more than words can say."
The lyrics themselves are straightforward, conveying the singer's emotions in simple and direct terms. He is beset by a sense of urgency and desperation, fearing that it may be too late to recapture what he has lost. The repetition of the phrase "I need you now" underscores the depth of his feelings and the desperate desire to reconnect with the one who has captured his heart. The simple chord progression and melody add to the raw emotion of the song, which speaks to anyone who has ever been separated from someone they love.
Overall, "More Than Words Can Say" is a powerful and emotional love song that speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever experienced heartbreak or the longing for a lost love. The lyrics are simple yet profound, capturing the essence of what it means to need someone so much that words cannot convey the depth of feeling.
Line by Line Meaning
Here I am at six o'clock in the morning
Despite the early hour, I cannot stop thinking of you
Still thinking about you
My thoughts are consumed by you and I cannot shake them
It's still hard, at six o'clock in the morning To sleep without you
Even though it is morning, I still struggle to fall asleep without you beside me
And I know that it might Seem too late for love All I know
I recognize that it may appear as if it is too late for us to fall in love, but all I am certain of is my intense need for you
I need you now More than words can say
I require you currently in a manner that can't be expressed only through language
I've got to find a way
I must discover a method to be with you and fulfill this profound need I have for you
Before I lose my mind
I am desperate to be with you, and the thought of not having you is driving me to the brink of reason
Here I am, I'm looking out my window
Even while gazing out my window, my thoughts remain fixed solely on you
I'm dreaming about you
You are constantly present in my dreams, my subconscious longing for you is unrelenting
Can't let you go, at six o'clcok in the morning I feel you beside me
It's impossible for me to release you from my thoughts, and even though you're not physically present, I can feel your presence beside me
More than words can say
My affection and yearning for you surpass any verbal expression
Oh I got to hear you say
Hearing you express your love for me is imperative for my emotional stability
I need you now I need you now
Repeating myself is necessary to emphasize the significance of my need for you
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FRED CURCI, STEVEN DEMARCHI
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ivanj.conway9919
@@troysunshine1107 : Well Troy, it's not that difficult my dear fellow, all you need to do is compare anything that is considered good today, to even, what may have been considered bad or mediocre when we were young and you can tell for yourself. Even the bad pop of these decades is largely, so, so, much better than pretty much, anything being pumped out today.
It's everything, pretty much. It's what these people were singing about, many times. It's the way these songs were put together. It's the type and variety of instrumentals that accompanied them. It was the talent of the singing/vocalizing in general, which is so far above almost, everyone today, there really, is no real, comparison, at all. It's the vibe, the feel, the sincerity, the passion. It's the type of visuals that accompanied these songs, and how they helped to tell the story of the song as you see in this one here. I mean, Man, I can go on and on here. An entire era, and a whole, different, way of presenting music that quite, honestly, does not seem to exist anymore, and hasn't for pushing, 30 damn, years now.
Yes, of course, for those of us 40 and 50 plus years of age, we acquaint this music to our youth as well, so there that sadness and melancholy that this time is no more, but I'm convinced that it's more than that. Most of this music, by-in-large, was better, overall, than anything that has been pumped out for almost, three, full, damn, decades, now. That's an awful long time to be stuck in the god awful, groove that we're stuck into, today.
But God Bless you guys who are opening yourselves up to the music of these decades, and enjoying it, I think, from the comments I'm increasingly, coming across, as it's giving me some small, glimmer of hope, that things can change around and improve, after all.
I believe most of the comments you read about how much people miss this type/style of music is genuine and sincere. It's not purely and only to shit on the kids of today and what they like and are into; it's more, that we know what we had before, and we know something has been lost along the way, and that saddens us deeply. It does me, for sure.
I don't know, My Brother. My father was heavily, into the really, old fashioned Country and Western music, with all that insane, nasal, twang and depressing, tear in your beer songs, and I never could understand that. I hated that and still do, as much as I hate the rap and hip-hop of today. But this was music of his era, which I never grew up with, so I guess, I simply, can't understand, try as I might. Now I'm OK with much of 80s Country music, which my dad always, thought was not pure, real, Country at all, and he hated that. So there you go. Just like I don't like much of the Country music of today, because it's TOO, heavily, rap and hip-hop influenced and suffers because of it.
It's a hard thing to know how to help others to understand, really. All I know is that we had some of the very, best, damn, Pop Music throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, the 70s in particular for my taste, than you had throughout the whole of the 20th Century, and now, all of the 21st, so far. So, like others, I can count myself blessed that I was born into, was a youth and grew up in, what may yet, be considered the Golden Age of Popular Music.
My Retro/Old School Best. Be Well. Be Safe. Out.
Now I must go and listen to this song, again.
@hazelnut4771
Here I am at six o'clock in the morning
Still thinking about you
It's still hard, at six o'clock in the morning
To sleep without you
And I know that it might
Seem too late for love
All I know
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
I've got to find a way
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
Here I am, I'm looking out my window
I'm dreaming about you
Can't let you go, at six o'clcok in the morning
I feel you beside me
And I know that it might
Seem too late for love
For love Oh, Oh, Oh
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
I've got to find a way
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
Oh I got to hear you say
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
I need you now
@25KSubsWithNoVideosChallenge
People who are reading this. You have the best
taste in music.
@russellcrawley2110
This song came out in the 80's and yet it's still far superior to 100% of the crap on the radio these days. 80's forever!!!!
@chrispafrieddreams9118
This is like an average song in the 80's and it's great,!
@markm5243
It came out in the ‘90s lol. But barely.
@thesonhaslife
Amen, nothing compares. Times were golden then .
@_itseskay
@@markm5243 basically 1990 are still 80s, the 90s clearly started around ‘91.
@jimjones4838
..1990.. but close enough,, the first three years of the early 90's was still 80's music, styles etc.. alias is so under rated
@kennykirby3096
Takes me back to when life was less stressful and the music kicked ass!!
@djspinningblades
amen most music now sucks
@veganhigler6541
This gangster rap generation stinks