Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs — Mac at No. 9

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by David

Like a heartbeat drives you mad

I am probably the last person on Earth to have noticed this, but I wager that Stevie had Poe's The Telltale Heart in mind (consciously or unconsciously) when she wrote this line. It fits with her trend of referencing Poe and other authors in other songs. I just had never before drawn the connection in the case of Dreams.