The Meaning behind "La Tua Cantante"

This musical little phrase is one that I picked up out of a book this winter. It means “your singer” and implies irresistibility and enchantment. The phrase was used to describe a woman who had become not only the object of a vampire’s true love, but was also the apple of Eden to his desire for blood. This group of vampires had sworn amongst themselves never to harm a human and existed solely on the blood of animals. But Bella’s blood was a thousand times harder for Edward to resist than any other’s had ever been. Edward tried to stay away from Bella because of the strength of his desire, but he found that her absence was harder to bear than her presence. And real love for her heart conquered his blind craving for her blood.

The phrase is used as the captured two stand before the vampire counsel to be questioned. The counsel recognizes that the scent of her blood is impossible for him to resist and marvel at his strength. But love is stronger than desire. Here I tread on unfamiliar ground, but let me muse awhile. Love protects and gives, where undiluted desire consumes and steals. While I believe that love without passion starves the heart, I believe that passion without love destroys it’s object. I suppose every woman wants to be irresistibly desired. Every woman wants to feel that she is captivating and maddening. But she also wants to feel safe and sheltered. She wants to know that however passionately she is desired, that she is loved more.