Keeping Secrets

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

All of this stuff Stevie is now saying about "keeping secrets" from her and the rest of the band have confirmed to me, 100%, that 'Fall from Grace' is about Christine.

I don't think it's about Christine, except the "keeper of the peace" part. I'd say that Sweet Girl had more of Christine in it than FFG.

I do agree that they felt a little hurt about Christine though. Hurt when she left but then hurt again when a 6 year separation wasn't enough to make her want to return. When she left, I think they were sure that a prolonged separation would make her change her mind.

Michele

[Ulpian]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I don't think it's about Christine, except the "keeper of the peace" part. I'd say that Sweet Girl had more of Christine in it than FFG.

I do agree that they felt a little hurt about Christine though. Hurt when she left but then hurt again when a 6 year separation wasn't enough to make her want to return. When she left, I think they were sure that a prolonged separation would make her change her mind.

Michele

I don't know. Those lyrics have always seemed to me, in one way or another, to apply to Christine a lot more than the other 3 whom Stevie could be writing about. I always thought that the lyric "The applause from it all is so defining" was referring to Chris' feelings about being on stage, added to the stuff I've described above. The SYLM reference is, I think, intentional.

I take your point about Sweet Girl, although I think Stevie realised post-song that it applied to Chris, and once couldn't finish the song on stage as she was so overwhelmed by emotion (I remember from an interview her saying so).