Without You

 

Written & Sung by S. Nicks and L. Buckingham

In my life There's been a few things worth singing 'Bout you Well, I never even dreamed That I'd know you Strange are the ways Of a very complicated world And there you are  Come to me now And I'll never know another You are song for me, a melody Ingrained in my soul Sing, sing your song For my ears, they only hear you If I never knew the likes of you Where would I be without you? Without you Without you Without you, yeah If I'd not heard your laughter Maybe I wouldn't love you If I'd not sung your music If I'd not come rolling after you Oh, yeah Cryin' out loud The time had come and gone without you Inside me Love to be written about you Strange are the ways Of a very complicated world And there you are Come to me now And I'll never know another You are song for me, a melody Ingrained in my soul Sing, sing your song For my ears, they only hear you If I never knew the likes of you Where would I be without you? Without you Without you, yeah Without you, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, yeah
Uh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh
Hey, yeah
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Well, here you have it, folks - love in its purest form. We're so used to hearing Stevie and Lindsey sing about unrequited love, love gone bad, loneliness, sadness, regret, anger... but there was a time before all that when they were two kids trying to make it in show business, madly in love. A time when all they had, literally, was each other. This song expresses their feelings for each other at that time.

From the way Stevie speaks about the song in concernt, it is evident that she wrote the lyrics. This a musician's love song - just like music and melody are an intrinsic part of their lives, so Lindsey is "ingrained in [her] soul". However, it's more than that - the music serves as something that intensifies their love, as they sing each other's songs and write about each other. It's like their love for music and for each other have combined into one glorious union, one that they were sure would last forever. Even Crystal, really the only comparable Stevie or Lindsey song in that it, too, expresses love without taint, doesn't match the ultimate tribute paid here.

All in all, a very sweet, moving song.

 

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