While relatively unknown in her home country, Rush has achieved a successful career in music in Europe. Rush's many hits include songs that became classics. These songs are
"Into My Dreams", "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", " If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "Heart Over Mind", " I Come Undone", "Ave Maria", and "Tears in the Rain". Rush's 11th album "Now Is The Hour" was released in early 2010. It includes the hit singles "Before The Dawn" and "Echoes Love."
Her single "The Power Of Love" was the biggest hit of 1985 in England and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the best selling single by a female solo artist in the history of the British music industry".
Similar artists:
Tina Turner, Chris Norman, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, Cher, Eurythmics, Sandra, Bonnie Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Phil Collins, Roxette, Chris de Burgh, Bryan Adams, Rod Steward.
Heart Wars
Jennifer Rush Lyrics
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Is this the state of all human relations
Words are like weapons, take aim and fire
Love loses reason in the name of desire
Heart wars I surrender
Let's let some sunshine steal all the thunder
We better change 'cause it's breaking us under
How can two people call themselves lovers
Giving and taking abuse from each other
This situation needs rearranging
How can we love when we waste ourselves waging
Heart wars I surrender
Let's let some sunshine steal all the thunder
We better change 'cause it's breaking us under
Heart wars I surrender to love
Heart wars I surrender to love
Heart wars I surrender to love
We stand alone with our pride as protection
We gotta find a different direction
Reach past our minds and end this destruction
Are we the world or the world our reflection
Heart wars I surrender
Let's let some sunshine steal all the thunder
We better change 'cause it's breaking us under
Heart wars I surrender to love
Heart wars I surrender to love
Heart wars I surrender to love
Jennifer Rush's song Heart Wars is about two people who are fighting like nations. It's a commentary on the state of all human relations where people clash instead of coming together in harmony. The lyrics describe how words can be like weapons and how love loses reason in the name of desire. The singer is pleading with her lover to let go of the fighting and embrace love instead, surrendering their hearts to the power of love.
The song is a powerful anthem that speaks to anyone who has ever been in a relationship that has turned sour. It's a call to arms to let go of pride and embrace love as the solution to all of our problems. Instead of fighting each other, we should be working together to create a better world. The lyrics are simple but carry a powerful message that is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to make a relationship work.
Line by Line Meaning
We're just two people fighting like nations
We're fighting like two warring countries, locked in conflict.
Is this the state of all human relations
Is this how all people relate to each other, in constant fighting and conflict?
Words are like weapons, take aim and fire
Our words are like weapons that we use against each other, aimed to hurt and wound.
Love loses reason in the name of desire
When we desire something so strongly, we can often lose sight of what's reasonable in love.
How can two people call themselves lovers
When we treat each other so badly, how can we even claim to love one another?
Giving and taking abuse from each other
We're both giving and receiving abuse in this relationship, which is not a healthy or loving dynamic.
This situation needs rearranging
We need to change the way we relate to each other, as this current situation is not working for us.
Heart wars I surrender
I give up this constant battle of the heart.
Let's let some sunshine steal all the thunder
Let's focus on the positive aspects of our relationship, instead of all the negativity and fighting.
We better change 'cause it's breaking us under
If we don't change our ways, this relationship will eventually break us both down.
We stand alone with our pride as protection
We're using our pride as a shield to protect ourselves from vulnerability and true intimacy.
We gotta find a different direction
We need to find a new way of relating to each other that isn't so combative and hurtful.
Reach past our minds and end this destruction
We need to access a deeper part of ourselves and let go of our destructive tendencies.
Are we the world or the world our reflection
Do our personal issues and conflicts reflect larger societal issues, or is it the other way around?
Contributed by Reagan O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
RUDYNATACHA
I LOVE this song! Almost my favorite track from Heart Over Mind! Thanks for posting!
Jeremy Dragon-Shapeshifter
Why wasn't this a hit in America like Flames of Paradise? I feel like she should have been big here too!
FaytLinegod
Because sadly, the American music market is the most fickle in the world.
Mike Coke
I “missed” Jennifer in her prime—in fact, I only discovered her 2 months ago. I am a big fan of Celine and only discovered Jennifer because I came across Celine’s cover of POL including Jennifer. I couldn’t believe my ears.
I’m 84 and have heard them all, from Ginger Rogers to Edith Piaf to Vera Lynn. Then Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Tammy Wynette, and Bonnie Tyler. Add Gloria Gaynor, Connie Francis, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Rita Coolidge, Celine, Mariah, and Whitney and you have the lineup of the greats right up to Adele and Susan Boyle.
But, Jennifer Rush has the all-around best female voice I have ever heard. Her operatic training adds an unmatched vibrato containing depth and texture. And she sings everything: opera, pop, rock, and ballads in English, Spanish, German, and Hungarian.
She also studied piano and violin at Juilliard. She has written or co-written the lyrics and music for many of her songs, done duets with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, Elton John, and Brian May—sorry—Sir Brian May, Michael Bolton, and performed live all over the world—but not in America, except in March and April 1986 on the Carson show and the Dick Clark Show; that’s it.
Why is she the best? Effortless high range: (look at Celine’s cover with Jennifer singing “Power of Love” to see the ease with which Jennifer handles the highest notes.) Listen to “Who Wants to Live Forever” (with or without Brian—Sir Brian—May) as well as “Stronghold”, “Another Way”, “Hero of a Fool”, “I come Undone” and many more.
With her operatic training (her father, Maurice Stern (Mauro Lampi) and step-mother Rita Loving) she developed a superior vibrato, appropriate body language, and perfect interpretation, and because she wrote or co-wrote most of her songs, she injects them with a personal load of musical endorphins that hit your ears and your heart at the same time.
Yes. If Jennifer had decided to live her life in the US, she would still be in Las Vegas or on tour.
rashidhk81
Should have been a single!
RUDYNATACHA
Yet ANOTHER smash hit that should've been.
Didi General
forgotten great music
dokken
desmond child is great.