Language is symbolic, the symbolism of self-perpetuating past. Words cannot express the immediacy of now.We can understand how the word love is so misunderstood. Love is silence, soundless silence, it is the music of silence and the moment I try to verbally express it, it becomes falsified. Love is the heart. All words are mind, therefore the mind and the heart cannot be expected to meet through language. There is such a tremendous gap that whenever love is verbally expressed the heart feels sad. You are aware of this in your immediate experience. Words are a betrayal between lovers and this is why lovers sit together in silence. In silence the energies can move from heart to heart without going through the mind. This is the communion of love. Out of this silence arises an ecstasy, a humming of the heart and this humming turns into music. It moves the body to dance. No words are necessary, for no mind is necessary. You know this deep in your being, the silence expressing your deepest beauty.

This is discussed in more detail in the chapter on Symbolism and Language in my book 'Now is Life'
It can be accessed via the website: http://www.alanconlan.org