**New Single** - Secret Love

[APerfectLie]

I don't think this is a song about Stevie just wanting sex. I think this is Stevie embracing the fact that some love stories are short stories, but love stories all the same. I assume it is about Mick and I think over time she developed this secret love for him and she felt very much in love with him. I think then at some point they had sex and this is where this song came from. I think after having sex, she wanted more. She wanted a relationship. She wanted love. And Mick probably told her they couldn't have a relationship because it wouldn't work. He was married, Lindsey may get jealous, it may tear Fleetwood Mac apart, and so on. Therefore, they couldn't be anything more than friends. "But we've already passed it" she cries... she tells him they have already passed the point of being more than friends, so why not embark on this relationship? Why not enjoy this love? She knows it won't work out in the end, but she isn't asking forever from him, she's just asking to be held for a while.

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by michelej1

^ Yes and when she asks him to come upstairs, I'm sure it's to a bed that they shared as lovers. Now, she's just asking him to come up so that they can hold and comfort each other as friends. That makes it all the more poignant that what was passion is now platonic.

The come upstairs line sounds sexy at first, but then you see it's not that kind of offer and that we're at the end of something, not at the proposition stage.

Michele

this is what i dont get
if they WERE/ARE lovers
how is it a secret love?
it's a secret coz she's kept those feelings to herself even tho they're broken up?

the upstairs line to me is like, well they're still sharing a "marital" bed where else is he gonna sleep
but if he stays downstairs crying well ... dude is on the couch :P

if it's a man crying, it's Lindsey yo

Originally Posted by SuiteShangriLa

isnt it obvious...what shes talking about.
its not about a relationship. it never happened.
how could it, if her secret love secretly died?

so, if it cant be love...then she just wants sex.
and still be friends. .

OBVIOUSLY it isn't obvious or i wouldnt have asked what everyone thought it was about

i do love ur take on it tho
no sex for you. we're just gonna be friends.
then shouldnt SHE be the one crying :O lol

[Jondalar]

Secret Love could mean affair that no one knows is going on or it could mean it started out as sexual liason and she fell in and out love and he doesn't know it. Whatever the case, he was too much work and it's over.

[AliceLover]

I think Secret Love is about Stevie and Lindsey having relationship issues while they were supporting/recording Buckingham Nicks. We know that they were having some problems before they joined FM in 75. When I listen to this song I think about the frustrated Lindsey trying to make their music work while Stevie works to keep them alive. Certainly these problems only made their relationship more difficult to survive. They just needed some rest.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

I think Secret Love is about Stevie and Lindsey having relationship issues while they were supporting/recording Buckingham Nicks. We know that they were having some problems before they joined FM in 75. When I listen to this song I think about the frustrated Lindsey trying to make their music work while Stevie works to keep them alive. Certainly these problems only made their relationship more difficult to survive. They just needed some rest.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by jwd

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hah I expected that response. Usually I'm not so cheesy about SnL, but I just get that vibe. We know the song was written in the 70s, so it could be plausible right?

[jwd]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

Hah I expected that response. Usually I'm not so cheesy about SnL, but I just get that vibe. We know the song was written in the 70s, so it could be plausible right?

Think about it, think about it...what's the rest of that song?

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by jwd

Think about it, think about it...what's the rest of that song?

That is was secret?? Is that what you're trying to get out of me. I just see it as Stevie trying to be dramatic. I also guess that Mick is a possibility. Whatever, I love the song anyway.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

That is was secret?? Is that what you're trying to get out of me. I just see it as Stevie trying to be dramatic. I also guess that Mick is a possibility. Whatever, I love the song anyway.

No, I was just trying to think of the rest of the song! I LOVE it too!!!!

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by jwd

No, I was just trying to think of the rest of the song!

C'mon....think Bella Donna!!

[jwd]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

C'mon....think Bella Donna!!

Step into the velvet of the morning, nope, you can ride high upon your pony? I need help...................

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by jwd

Step into the velvet of the morning, nope, you can ride high upon your pony? I need help...................

"Think about it...think about it before you go."

[jwd]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

"Think about it...think about it before you go."

Me ..... or You?

[Musicman408]

On a slightly unrelated note, I just wanted to say that I hadn't listened to Secret Love for awhile (12 hours or so), and just put it on again, and I'm totally loving it!!!! Again!!!!

[Sahara]

Silly sleep-deprived thought:

Is the last line "my secret loves secretly, secretly died"? If that plural is correct, I have this marvellous image of Stevie as a serial killer, hunting down all her "secret loves" and murdering them