"You Can't Fix This"

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

We of course don't have all the lyrics, but to me it seems like Stevie is saying she DID dance with the devil. "We don't talk much about it, it goes back so many years, all the times we almost didn't make it..." sounds to me like her godson's overdose really made her realize how close they all actually were. "We made a pact not to dance with the devil" seems like she is talking about how naive they were and that even tho they didn't do heroin they were still dancing with the devil. They thought cocaine was okay because it wasn't heroin and I'm sure Glen thought prescription drugs and alcohol were okay since they weren't cocaine. Glen didn't overdose on heroin and I just think this song is Stevie's blunt realization that if prescription drugs and alcohol could take him out, cocaine and Klonopin could have taken her out at any time. Of course we really need the whole song to jump to any conclusions, but that just my opinion.

I would agree, you could definitely interpret it that way based just on the song lyrics... but right before the song starts she says: "In our day, we made a pact not to dance with the devil. We did a lot of other things but we never danced with the devil. Unfortunately, this little boy danced with the devil."

Which implies (or rather, pretty plainly states) that though they did a lot of sh*t, they never ____ [whatever 'dancing with the devil' means] and sadly the boy did and that's what caused his downfall. At least, that's how I would read that statement.

I just have to wonder what the distinction is between the two parties.