Te Amo
Song Meaning
Israel Houghton moves between Spanish and English without treating either as the 'real' language of the song — 'te amo' and 'I love you' are given equal weight, repeated back to back rather than one translating the other. The verses build a specific list of reasons rather than staying at a vague 'I love you, Lord': 'your word remains forever,' 'your name, Jesus, the same yesterday, today, forever' — Hebrews 13:8's language almost word for word — and 'your grace that broke the chains of sin and shame.'
The hook 'your love never fails me' echoes 1 Corinthians 13:8's claim that love, unlike prophecy or knowledge, doesn't run out. T-Bone's guest verse shifts the song's register entirely, into a personal testimony of finding purpose after emptiness ('mi alma estaba tan vacía, but now I finally found what I was missing') — a different voice making the same claim the chorus already made, that this love is something concrete enough to fill an actual void, not just a devotional feeling.
Te amo, I love You
Con todo mi corazon
...
With all my heart, oh Senor
With all my soul, oh Senor
I love You Lord
Te amo, te amo
I love You Lord, I love You Lord
...
I love the way, You never change
Your word remains for ever and ever
I love Your Name, Jesus the same
Yesterday today, for ever and ever
Oh Lord your love never fails me
Oh Lord you love never fails
I love Your Grace, that broke the chains
Of sin and shame, for ever and ever
I love Your Mercy, Lord You are Worthy
Of all the Glory, for ever and ever
Your Love never fails me
No Your Love never fails me
[T-Bone:]
Your love is out outta this world
Its extraterrestrial
Like a thief como ladron
You stole my heart corazon
Your love is so magnetic
It keeps pulling me closer in
Y tu son mi todo padre
You are my everything
Al fin encontre lo que buscaba
Cuando tenia nada
Mi alma estava tan vacia but now
I finally found what I was missing
Every christian that's listening
Can reminisce to what I'm talking about
It's a love that I can't contain
Something that you just can't explain
Can't hold back and I can't refrain
'Cause God your love it's like pouring rain
Your Love never fails
Camino derechito no camino de lado
Camino derechito con mi Cristo a mi lado vamo
Your Love never fails
Camino derechito con mi Cristo a mi lado vamo
Your Love never fails