anonymous May 5th, 2007 06:43AM  
This song was written by Stevie Nicks and was about after the break up of her and Lindsey Buckingham during the making of the 'Rumours' album.

This song is about how Stevie has kind of moved on from Lindsey and she wants him to do his own thing, make music the way he wants, do what he wants with his life. The song is also about how Lindsey would only help Stevie with her music if he felt like it

macfan June 12th, 2008 10:12PM  
This song was about the breakup between Stevie and Lindsey, but I don't think these are the words she was sayign to Lindsey. Stevie has always been very adamant in the fact that she left him. So why would she say to him something like,

now here you go again
you say you want your freedom
well, who am I to keep you down

I think this is something Lindsey said to her when she wanted out. Lindsey is obviously not the one who wanted his freedom, he has stated many times that he was devastated by the breakup and when he realized the relationship was ending, he tried desperately to hold on to her, which resulted in pushing her away even further.

Another example in this song of what I think Lindsey was saying to Stevie,

But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost

He is trying to convince her that leaving him is not the right thing to do, that she will be lost and lonely without him. On the other hand, if it was Stevie saying this to Lindsey, I think it was very cruel. It's like she was rubbing it in his face that she was leaving, knowing he was be lost without her and in fact hoping that he would be always longing for her.

krystal2010 March 4th, 2010 02:25PM  
Stevie is talking to your stereotypical "want your cake and eat it too" kind of guy. And she's pretty much telling him that she's not going to be the one who controls what he wants to do. Shit happens but when all's said and done your going to be the one who will go crazy to the sound of your lonely heart beating...
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