She Loves Him Still

[DauphineMarie]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

and honestly much of the time I bet she really doesn't know. Writers always report that words just come to them and they just write them down. Stevie has said that a bunch of times it's like something/someone is speaking through her and she just writes the words that seem to be coming to her from somewhere. And that she doesn't question it. So I think part of it is she doesn't want to over analyze a lot of the lyrics because she doesn't want to jinx herself. And then she just explains them in whatever way suits her at the time.

I know that as a song writer, I will look back at songs I've written from even two years, and say "lol what is this even about was I drunk" and then looking back on it, it will have a different meaning than when I wrote it. Because a song is more than just words; it's a feeling and emotion, and the words just act as a vessel for your own feelings and interpretations. Take a line I've written - "The only thing between us is you, and me, and the other ones you're too afraid to mention" It sounds like it's about a romance, right? Well I thought so too when I wrote it. Looking back on it, the whole song is not really romantic, it's more of a sorrowful retrospective about an old friend. But (actually looking at what I wrote right now lol) it really does seem like a romance. So I can honestly say I have no idea what it's about, and my journal entry from that day says "nothing happened and I want to cry." wtf I have no idea why I am sharing this with you I just can understand her not knowing what something is about from over 30 years ago because I can't even remember what I wrote like less than a year ago haha