Everything I do

Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Look into your heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all - I would sacrifice

Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way

Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
I would fight for you - I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you - yeah I'd die for you

You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you
                          (Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John Lange)

This song was written for the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and has as far as I can find no intentional Christian message. But the most outstanding memory of hearing this track was at a youth rally a number of years ago. The preacher played this track over a video of the crucifixion. It was a powerful combination the graphic images of Jesus being sacrificed for us coupled with the powerful lyrics of the song. Every verse, every chorus of this song could have been written as a Christian song. Everything He did, everything He does, He does it for you, for me and everyone else. He did give it all in sacrifice for us, He did die for all of us. Such a fantastic Christian message that is widely loved in the secular world, if only we could get more people to associate this wonderful message with this fantastic song.