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Originally Posted by Lindsfan
LOL. Hmmm. yeah, so AH called herself God, but I always thought God and Anne were two different characters in the song. God is clearly Stevie - or CAH. And between the two, my money's on Stevie.
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I saw the "guest room" part as drawing me towards Anne, because unlike Stevie, Cheri and CAH, he didn't live with Anne. She visited him. So, I see that reference as alluding to someone who never took up full residence with him.
Of course, the other meaning is that he tried to keep her out of his mind. Tried to compartmentalize and keep it, her, out of his main thoughts when he had other things to attend to, which clearly he has said he has done with Stevie. So, I can see a Stevie there, but is speaks to me more of Anne and also her aspirations to be famous. That's why I think she's going in style. Stevie has a lavish lifestyle, of course, but they made it to success together and I don't know if her extravagances are as noticeable to him as Anne's would be. She had no career when he knew her, but she was aspiring and always wanted more than she had.
So . . . I attributed those lines to Anne. If anything I think harmony is about Stevie, but actually about both of them. Old harmony v. new harmony, maybe.
Michele