1.   Five of the song titles on the record contain the word love, and most are ballads.

2.   He said he was thankful that the word love had emerged so often in recent weeks, even in the work setting.

3.   If you click on Secret Heart, for example, you arrive at an arresting Saar artwork of an eagle with the word love inscribed over it.

4.   Yes, the word love was in both titles, hinting at the direction to come.

5.   Yet neither Brandon nor Nick ever breathes the word love to the other.