Twisted

Written by S. Nicks; Sung by S. Nicks and L. Buckingham

You think you hear demons
I think you are the demon
In this place
Where the images are born
You remember your childhood
Aw, in fiery sequences

The sun goes down
Fillin' the air with color
Winds lift you up to God
Lift you up to God

You fall to your knees
You embrace the storm
And you no longer care
If it's cold or if it's warm
You live for the danger
Like your passion and your anger

You don't let go
You like to be twisted by the force
You like to be shaken by the wind

I know, you know
Watching you go is like dying
Is like dying

Take it to the limit
When the winds come up
Crazy men, crazy women
Cryin' out for love
You'd like to save her
But you just can't give it up

You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
Crazy men, crazy women
In the arms of the storm

And the sun goes down
The sun goes down
Chasin' down the demons
Chasin' down the demons
You think you hear demons
You think you hear demons
Cryin' out for love
I think you are the demon

Chasin' down the demons
The sun goes down
Chasin' the demons down
The sun goes down
You'd rather be wrapped up
The sun goes down
In the arms of the storm
Chasin' down the demons
Chasin' down the demons
They're cryin' out for love
Chasin' the demons down
Love
Chasin' down the demos
The sun goes down

Demo Version Released on Enchanted (1998)

Solo Version Released on 24 Karat Gold (2014)

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WEBMISTRESS speculates:

I've seen this movie and while this song works great for the couple in Twister, it works great for Stevie and Lindsey, too. I love that they're singing together in this - for the first time since Tango in the Night. Also, this is a rare back-and-forth song between Lindsey and Stevie where one sings, and then the other sings (the other two duets like this are Frozen Love and When I See You Again). Stevie knows Lindsey is always talking about demons (and he echoes this himself in My Little Demon), but she says he's the one causing his own trouble in that he's chosen the wild lifestyle of fame "in this place where the images are born" and he has to pay the price for it. He's made the trade off: highest highs come with lowest lows.

They both sing on the chorus, which is applicable to both - they both like to be caught up in the wind - the whirlwind of fame. For Lindsey's part, Stevie writes that she indeed likes to "embrace the storm" and be a part of all that passion and pain. That's all part of that addictive fame, whether it's good or bad, "cold or warm".

But it's not just the allure of fame, it's their personalities as well. The whole reason they live like they do is that they crave the intense emotions that they experience as a part of their lifestyle - "the passion and the anger" - and they can't seem to have one without the other. As Lindsey would say, it's "a package deal." But it's worth it to them - they both need that "force" in their life, that rush, that thrill, that drama, even if it "twists" them.

The same goes for their love, so when one of them leaves, it's like "dying." They may be "crazy" to want to live like that, but they still are "crying out for love", even the destructive kind. As long as it's intense, they want it. However, sometimes "true love" takes second place to the other kind of intense passion - the passion for their music. When "you just can't give it up" and it becomes all-important, you lose that true love. It ends with the central theme of the song - they both thrive in their extreme lifestyle; neither are happy unless they're caught in the middle of a maelstrom of emotion.