Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (From "Don Juan DeMarco" Soundtrack)
Bryan Adams · 18 Til I Die
A tender call to selfless love, human in focus but warm in spirit.
Where the words land
Signal: Edifying, leaning worth weighing.
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Strained: Strains against Scripture: leans toward what could dull or mislead.
- At Odds: At odds with Scripture: celebrates what it warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“You tell her that she's really wanted”
“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”
The mutual belonging and affirmation described echoes the tender exclusivity celebrated in Song of Solomon.
The song as a whole
“Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.”
The call to know and understand one's wife deeply mirrors Peter's instruction for husbands to live with their wives in an understanding way.
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”
The call to sacrificial, gentle devotion toward one's partner resonates with Paul's charge for husbands to love as Christ loved the church.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
The song's overall vision of patient, faithful, others-centered love parallels Paul's description of love's character, even without any reference to God.
In short
This is a straightforward love ballad celebrating devotion, attentiveness, and faithfulness in a romantic relationship. It doesn't touch on anything spiritual, but its vision of selfless, committed love lines up with healthy, biblical ideas about marriage and partnership, even if unintentionally. There's nothing dark or exploitative here, just sincere romantic affection.
- Spiritual posture
Focused entirely on human romantic love and devotion, with no reach toward God, though it affirms faithfulness and tenderness.
What do these ratings mean?
- Lyrical content, what the words say on the surface. Clean: nothing coarse, sexual or violent. Mild: a trace of it, by allusion or a rare word. Strong: profanity, sex or violence in plain words. Explicit: graphic, or sin held up to admire.
- Spiritual posture, where the song's heart points. God-honoring: toward God, truth or hope. Searching: honestly reaching or wrestling toward truth, without arriving. Neutral: spiritually indifferent; neither reaches nor rejects. Dark: despairing, nihilistic, self-exalting or hostile to God.
- Apparent intent, what the song is for. Edifying: worship, encouragement, honest lament. Cathartic: letting grief, anger or longing out, told honestly. Ambiguous: hard to say what the song is for. Harmful: celebrates evil, mocks faith or draws toward sin.
Does this song's vision of selfless love point you toward the deeper love it echoes?
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