Welcome to the Room... Sara

[David]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

It's not her greatest musical composition, but I think the lyrics are very interesting in a cryptic way.

I think the lyrics are very uninteresting in a cryptic way, Hej. They're really awful.

As with any number of other Stevie lyrics, the song appears to be tackling a couple of issues at once.

I don't like playing "Identify That Metaphor" with Stevie songs anymore.

Despite the rather cheerful music and melody, it's one of the most jaded, bitter set of lyrics she has ever written. In "...the first cut is the deepest one... and the second one... it's a worthless thing," she seems to be insinuating that her second stint at rehab was perhaps a waste of time, and that all of these people at Betty Ford fancied themselves as "missionaries" intent on saving her ("...well, you can take all of the credit!"). She knew the road to hell was paved with good intentions. But she also knew she needed to get help ("Of course there was a problem..."), even if she wasn't quite ready to seek help yet, i.e., the notorious intervention. It seems that her management company at the time set her up and forced her to go against her will (Front Line... you held her prisoner...). She felt betrayed ("...well I thought that you were mine."). And just exactly what were those "never forgotten words from another one of your friends" after all? I suspect it went something along the lines of "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

We all knew rehab (from coke) was difficult for her. And we all know that Stevie is grateful that it saved her life. But this song seems to intimate that the road to recovery was fraught with betrayal, bitterness and resentment.

You guys kill me. You take a bunch of dumb Stevie lyrics & provide a coherent, creative interpretation ... & then ascribe the creativity to Stevie! WTH?!