lets talk about.... THOUSAND DAYS

[cristochango]

The closest you've ever come to me
Was to help me up the stairs
You stood in the middle of the stairway
You nearly dragged me up the stairs


I think right here she's talking about Lindsey, he helped her climb the "stairs" of success in the music business, he dragged her along with himself into Fleetwood Mac, and helped produce her music.


"You've been asleep."
"Well, I've been asleep for how long?" she says
"Why do you question me?"
He says, "You never cared about time before, my friend."

Seems like a thousand days since you've been gone...
Seems like a thousand days since you've been gone...

You're not my friend, you're not my love
And this is something that we really don't discuss

I really dig these lines. I think this is about Lindsey again. They're not friends. they're not lovers. They're band mates.

If there is no time, and there is no place.
And, if there was, well, you'd never leave a trace
And as all arch angels do to you
And as all arch enemies will finally do to you, too
Well, I found you

Quiet now, songbird, just for one night
Well, I know that you love to sing
And, oh baby, well, I know that you love to write
You live by the light of the moon
and I live by light of desire
Ooh, such words to her over the phone
"Just how many people are there with you now"

Lindsey Again. He lives by what the moon says, or what everyone else does. Stevie goes by how she feels.
"Just how many people are there with you now" - "Shackin up, packin ups all you wanna do"

Well, I can see the trouble
The sun is here today and I requested a storm
But I like some kind of TIME/LIFE edition,
Tradition, competition...
Being the only thing that I really have to remember
The great singers and the great players

Here I think she's saying she knows there was a competition between her and Lindsey after their breakup and Fleetwood Mac. She admires him as a singer and player, but not as a person.

And if the sun warms up the rain,
And the rain puts out the sun
Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?
So, where are you?

I think this song is mainly about Lindsey and his helping her throughout her musical career even though he didnt want to. What do you guys think?