“Love Will Lead You Back” By Taylor Dayne
Key Lyric: “In my heart I know, love will lead you back.”
The Message: Great sex can make you seriously delusional.
When it comes to matters of the heart, I don’t believe in second chances. Likewise, I would strongly advise anyone against reconciling with a lover who stomped all over your mind/body/ego — especially if that lover left owing you money. I was at a particularly low point, having just been dumped by THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, when dance diva Taylor Dayne stepped in to belt out her heart-felt conviction that “love will lead you back to my arms, where you belong.” This song tore me up with its message of unshakable faith in the power of love to work a miracle on someone who was too stupid to know a good thing when they had it. “Love Will Lead You Back” provided me with the catharsis I needed to cry it all out and get on with my life — you know, like an emotional Bandaid. An absolutely gorgeous and ultimately timeless message of self-delusion, if “Love Will Lead You Back” can melt the heart of cynical, battle-scarred, love casualty like me, imagine what it can do for the truly young and naive. [Written Feb. 2000]
