Like or Dislike: Wild Heart

[skcin]

Glorious, epic song - I give this one 5 hearts . Classic Stevie - emotional lyrics, soaring vocals, beautiful music. The pulsating cymbal at the beginning really grabs me, then gives way to the lush piano, drums, guitar & vocals that work so exquisitely together.

Favorite lyrics:

"Something in my heart died last night
Just one more chip off an already broken heart"

"I run around like a spirit in flight
Fearlessness is fearlessness
I will not forget this night
Dare my wild heart"

"Fire on fire...rain on my face
Fever goes higher...what can you do
Wild in the darkest places of your mind
That's where I needed you
Where I needed you most"

"Where are the children
Well are they hopelessly enchanted
Blame it on the angels"

The way she delivers the vamp at the end is awesome, "darkest...places...of your mind" especially.

I think this could have been great live in concert to open the Wild Heart shows. But it's another one that I don't really want her to do live now - not enough power & emotion. Either way, I don't think the album version could ever be matched. Yeah, yeah, I know, dressing room version. Maybe if my copy had better sound, I'd be more impressed. But the album version is tops for me.

I think that this song is about Stevie, Robin & Kim. Actually, I think a lot of the album is about them. I am aware that may not be a popular opinion, but it's how I feel. I think this song in particular smacks of Stevie telling everyone "we didn't mean for this to happen, we couldn't help our hearts & emotions, the grief was so great we had to share it." A good example:

"In dark sorrow
They gaze down into the darkest heart
If I leave you
You say not even you can tear us apart
Say you're leaving
You say you don't even know
How to start...how to start...how to start"

I think "blame it on the angels" refers to Robin.

I also think that at the time, she truly believed that marrying Kim was the best thing to do & that it somehow honored Robin to take care of her husband & son. Of course, we all know that it didn't work out that way. But for this song (this album, for that matter) I believe she was grieving & thought she was in love at the same time. Mixed emotions - it made everything wild & scary & incredible & crazy all at once.


BTW - until pretty recently, I thought the line was "damn my wild heart."