Wow Gavin, thanks. I knew you would dig me up some good ones.
SONG: Gypsy
ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
ALBUM: Mirage
I just have to say what an inspiration Stevie Nicks has been to me. I have a special connection to her music that I don't feel with many other artists. Wishful thinking maybe, but I always felt that Stevie Nicks and I are of the same essence. I can connect with so many things that she says in her music. A lot of the same thoughts have rolled through my head before. Really, I love all of Fleetwood Mac's music but this song, "Gypsy", really does it for me. I have studied it over and over and here's what I've come up with.
The beginning of this song just screams feminine mystique. I love Stevie Nick's voice. Its feminine, but in a strong kind of way. And the lyrics-- nothing short of genius in my opinion. She based this song off the apartment she lived in back in the day, in San Francisco and how she put the matress on the floor because she was poor and had no bed frame- referencing the first four lines of the song. And even now to this day when she is feeling cluttered, she will put the matress down on the floor and then she feels better because it takes her back to her gypsy days. What I'm amazed about, is how someone can recognize this situation and make a beautiful song of it.
So Im back, to the velvet underground
Back to the floor, that I love
To a room with some lace and paper flowers
Back to the gypsy that I was
To the gypsy... that I was
And it all comes down to you
Well, you know that it does
Well, lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
Ah, and it lights up the night
And you see your gypsy
You see your gypsy
To the gypsy that remains faces freedom with a little fear
I have no fear, I have only love
And if I was a child
And the child was enough
Enough for me to love
Enough to love
She is dancing away from me now
She was just a wish
She was just a wish
And a memory is all that is left for you now
You see your gypsy
You see your gypsy
Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
And it all comes down to you
And it all comes down to you
Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
And it all comes down to you
I still see your bright eyes, bright eyes
And it all comes down to you
I still see your bright eyes, bright eyes
And it all comes down to you
I still see your bright eyes, bright eyes
(she was just a wish)
(she was just a wish)
And it all comes down to you
Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice
And it all comes down to you
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