Stevie's thoughts on Illume

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Dec 2002 - Stevie's thoughts on Illume

Illume a very interesting song actually. I wrote it after September 11th, you know, so it was one of the first I wrote after those tragedies. It’s just about making it, you know. I was sitting there, thinking about those horrible tragedies in October of 2002, and I was sitting there with just me in the room, and the candle was lit. I love candles, you know. And my heart was still so heavy from everything, and I didn’t know quite what would happen, and we were all like that, confused. I didn’t set out to write a September 11th song, it just happened. It goes “ Illume, says the candle that I burn, a reflection in the window,” and that’s just about the inspiration for the song. And I tell you, my heart was so very heavy and full at this time, I was so confused. And then there are some other parts…

“And I am alone with my thoughts, And how we could make it – And what we have been through, all of the trauma.”

I also wrote one called “Get back on the Plane,” and a song called “The towers touched the sky,” but it was just too depressing.
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This came from a new Stevie article from Dec 2002 posted at http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/FMart105.html

How did this one escape our detection?

Not sure where the source came from but I found the article posted on another board (thanks Tiffany).

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