Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

Behind the Eyes was the first of Amy’s albums to make NOmention of God or Jesus Christ and to have no explicitlyChristian lyrics. In an interview with Christianity Today,Grant testified: “I don’t know if ‘Behind the Eyes’ is aChristian record. Being able to label it Christian or non-Christian is not the point for me” (Christianity Today, Dec. 8,1997). Although it is not a Christian record in any sense,Behind the Eyes won the 1998 Gospel Music Association DoveAward for Pop/Contemporary album of the year!One of the songs on Behind the Eyes is “Like I Love You.”Amy told imusic, a secular entertainment distributor, thatthis song is about loving oneself!“Amy suddenly realized she was singing to herself on many ofthe songs on the new album. ‘It’s strange, if you ask me whatthat song is about, [“Like I Love You”] I would say, “is is howI believe we all want to be loved.” But if you’re going to loveanybody else, you have to be able to love yourself — and that’snot the blatant selfishness of “I want things to go my way.” Ithas to do with issues of respect and not abandoning yourself.’”As if North American culture needs another dose of selfesteem!e song “Somewhere Down the Road” presents auniversalistic false gospel. ough a large part of Amy Grant’sintended audience is the unsaved, she gives them no Gospelso they can be saved. Instead, she comforts them with vaguepromises about God’s love toward them that they are in noposition to enjoy. e message therefore becomes false andwicked. What do Amy’s unsaved listeners think when theyhear the following lyrics?“Somewhere down the road/ ere’ll be answers to thequestions/ ... ough we cannot see it now/ ... You will findmighty arms reaching for you/ And they will hold the answersat the end of the road” (Amy Grant, “Somewhere Down theRoad”).If her listeners think about God at all through the lyrics tothis song (it is never clear that she is even singing about God)147