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WEBMISTRESS speculates:
This song is really just a musical version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous and beautiful poem "Annabel Lee." Stevie rearranges it just a bit, adds in a phrase, takes out a couple, but it's surprisingly faithful to the original. Why did Stevie do this? Well, as I said before, it's a beautiful poem - perhaps she thought so, too. And she loved Robin as her very best friend, who was taken away from her - and their love, though not\ romantic, was also very strong. The chorus - about the moon and the stars reminding one of the lost loved one and her bright eyes - might be the way Stevie misses Robin.
RUISRYAN speculates:
I agree with WebMistress completely. When I first heard this, I thought "Oh thats nice, Stevie likes Poe, so she'll do a little tribute." But then I thought, well why this particular piece, there are many more that I think would fit a more broad look of Stevie's life and loves. However then I realized that she and Robin had been friends since they were kids, and knew every part of each other, and might even have enjoyed the poetry of Poe together. I really think this song reflects how Stevie will miss and lament for Robin all the days she lives; and that their close bond can never be replaced no matter how many nights she lies by the side of her dear Anabel Lee.
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