Let's talk abouit...SLEEPING ANGEL

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm gonna start with my analysis of this song and then get personal later

First off, this song is absolutely stunning. I believe it is about taking the first steps into seriously defining a relationship as "serious"-- forseeing an extended future together, really.

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Take me if you need me
But never hold me down
You're asking me to trust you
Well there's little of that around

Defining boundaries. She is telling him (whoever he may be) to put down his guard and allow himself to need her yet still respect her "wild heart". These opening lines make me think that "he" cannot be Lindsey-- it sounds like Stevie already has an understanding of how possessive love can become, which leads me to believe this is post-Lindsey . Also, there's always the big trust issue when a relationship starts to become serious, and she's just putting it out in the air that it will not be easy for her to adapt to it.

I'm trying to believe you
And I'm learning all the time
Two-part personality
The flower and the vine

She's trying to trust. She also realizes that there are two (or more) every different aspects of each person, and that she needs to fully understand both halves before she dedicates herself to the whole.

Take me sleeping angel
Catch me when you can
Real love affairs are heavy spells
For a woman and a man

I love this part of the song . She seems to finally throw her hands up and say "take me" to the man she's allowing herself to love. She asks him to "catch her", or reciprocate that new intensity of love, "when [he] can". But yet, she needs to establish that there are ways in which the relationship still has room to go wrong...

I need you because you let me breathe
Well you've taken me away
But never take me lightly
Or I could never stay

He needs her to appreciate her intensity and depth as a person. If he "takes her lightly", or underestimates her in any way, shape or form, there will be issues.

Well, someday when we're older
And my hair is silver gray
Unbraid with all of the love that you have
Like a soft silver chain

Yet she has faith in a beautiful, long future-- she asks him to "unbraid" her, or slowly delve into her personality and heart, even at such an old age. She implies that there is still something quite hidden within her that he will not be able to know for a long long time, yet she invites him to do that "someday". She has faith.