Music Review: Amy Grant "That's What Love Is For"
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That's What Love Is For
Album: Heart In Motion
Year: 1991
Amy Grant believes love can solve anything in the unwavering ballad "That’s What Love Is For."
Faithful strings open the single, setting a tender tone. In the first verse, she says people are pressured to express the right feeling. If it goes awry or the other person doesn't respond the way intended, it sparks a fight. Soon, people are saying they can't stand each other and return to their homes with guilt for being harsh.
She continues to say if all people are insecure and test those who care the most about them. She advises them to have faith in love.
In the chorus, she says love is there to encourage and be a guide. It's meant to inspire and break people from their issues.
In the second verse, her boyfriend is quiet when something is bothering him. She stays in the room with him to provide comfort. Her love for him engulfs her. Her feelings were buried underneath her kind heart and rose to the surface with a smile from him. Their romance has survived fights and deaths of close friends. But they couldn't have lasted without being there for each other.
The chorus is sung again.
A hearty electric guitar solo follows.
In the bridge, she says love can quell our fears about intimacy and motivate people to live.
The chorus is sung once.
She sings "that's what love is for” three times to close the single.
Her idealistic vocals are full of hope and virtue. She loves her boyfriend with her whole heart and nothing could tear her away from him.
The earnest arrangement stretch the heart strings until they are frail and weak. It wants tears and won't stop until listeners are reminded of how much a deep love has affected them.
The overwrought"“That's What Love Is For” has its faults (the arrangement). However, Grant's devout vocals are striking and make the single memorable.
Album: Heart In Motion
Year: 1991
Amy Grant believes love can solve anything in the unwavering ballad "That’s What Love Is For."
Faithful strings open the single, setting a tender tone. In the first verse, she says people are pressured to express the right feeling. If it goes awry or the other person doesn't respond the way intended, it sparks a fight. Soon, people are saying they can't stand each other and return to their homes with guilt for being harsh.
"Sometimes we make it harder than it is/We'll take a perfect night/And fill it up with words we don't mean/Dark sides best unseen/And we wonder why we're feeling this way."
She continues to say if all people are insecure and test those who care the most about them. She advises them to have faith in love.
"Sometimes I wonder if we really feel the same/Why we can be unkind/Questioning the strongest of hearts/That's when we must start/Believing in the one thing that has gotten us this far."
In the chorus, she says love is there to encourage and be a guide. It's meant to inspire and break people from their issues.
"That's what love is for/To help us through it/That's what love is for/Nothing else can do it/Melt our defenses/Bring us back to our senses/Give us strength to try once more/Baby, that's what love is for."
In the second verse, her boyfriend is quiet when something is bothering him. She stays in the room with him to provide comfort. Her love for him engulfs her. Her feelings were buried underneath her kind heart and rose to the surface with a smile from him. Their romance has survived fights and deaths of close friends. But they couldn't have lasted without being there for each other.
"Sometimes I see you/And you don't know why I'mthere/And I'mwashed away by emotions/I hold deep down inside/Getting stronger with time/It's living through the fire/nd holding on we find."
The chorus is sung again.
A hearty electric guitar solo follows.
In the bridge, she says love can quell our fears about intimacy and motivate people to live.
"Believing in the one thing/That has gotten us this far/That's what love is for/To help us through it/That's what love is for/Nothing else can do it/Round off the edges/Talk us down from the ledges/Give us strength to try once more/Baby, that's what love is for/That's what love is for.”
The chorus is sung once.
“That's what love is for/Melt our defenses/Bring us back to our senses/Give us strength to try once more/Baby, that's what love is for.”
She sings "that's what love is for” three times to close the single.
Her idealistic vocals are full of hope and virtue. She loves her boyfriend with her whole heart and nothing could tear her away from him.
The earnest arrangement stretch the heart strings until they are frail and weak. It wants tears and won't stop until listeners are reminded of how much a deep love has affected them.
The overwrought"“That's What Love Is For” has its faults (the arrangement). However, Grant's devout vocals are striking and make the single memorable.
