Amanda Fagan is back with a sweetly low pop ballad that serves as a soft, pop cautionary tale from the ages with the latest release, "Beware of How You Give Your Heart." The song, though, arrived nearly two years ago and is one of those rare pieces that feels like it was simply waiting for the world to catch up. Fagan herself has admitted as much, that the song didn’t immediately catch the momentum it deserved, but in its quiet power and sincerity, you hear a hidden gem whose potential has only worn more handsomely over time.
As a soft, kind of hurting love ballad, the song carries its hurt right on its sleeve. It’s a song that doesn’t beg for your attention, it earns it. Fagan’s voice lovingly narrates a tale of love and danger, the story of how easily we can shatter our own hearts when given too freely. There’s a sense of lived experience in every line that feels almost like a personal letter set to melody.
What’s more, the song’s literary heritage is even more captivating. Inspired by Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, the song retains that novel’s themes of innocence, yearning and the danger of being swayed by powerful emotions. However, Fagan makes sure the message is universal here, it works in all times and all relationships. Whether you’re trying to make your way through modern love, or just deal with some old feelings, the song’s warning still rings true.
“Beware of How You Give Your Heart” is a love song that doubles as something more, too, a gentle reminder to protect what we give. And as it slowly but surely finds its people, one thing becomes very apparent, this is something that should have been heard all along.
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