Juliet
 

Written by S. Nicks

It was way too hard...it was way too tough On this she had not bargained But she was like some missionary Dancing to the beat of some man's ancient drum And she tries hard to tell this story But it's a hard one to tell She consults her book of Miracles Cry...and the wind says fly on Well, now you're on your own You're back out on the road again for a million reasons Well, you're back out on the road again And you try to tie together some connections You get some ribbons and some bows And get back out on the road again So you found a queen without a king Oh, yes, and everyone here loved her No one was wrong But you're a little bit like her You're just a little bit like her A little bit like her...a little bit like Juliet Turn to the blue crystal mirror Well, as always, it is truthful Oh, well, you see it all in the reflection of the real blue lamp Well, tie the connection Get some ribbons and some bows Get back out on the road But when they were good They were really good...really good stranger So you found a queen without a king Oh, yes, and everyone here loved her No one was wrong You're a little bit like her You're just a little bit like her A little bit like her...a little bit like Juliet Let the crisis become a bridge And cross that bridge tomorrow Well, let the time that goes between, baby Well, let it let go of the sorrow She says, "The sky is crying" He says, "No, the sky is blue" He says, "The sky is not crying" He says, "The sky is blue" She says, "The sky is crying" He says, "The sky is blue" Can you get into that? "The sky is crying" He says, "No, the sky is blue" He says, "The sky is not crying" She says, "The sky is blue, baby" "The sky is crying" He says, "No, the sky is blue, now" Can you get into that? She says "The sky is crying" Hey, he says "The sky is blue" He says "The sky is not crying..."

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

I don't really understand this song, but I'll try anyway! Stevie's life is "hard" and "tough" but she continues on, she keeps trying to "tell her story" to the world. Lindsey's gone from FM, but she can make it on her own - tour, and try to lose herself in the mass adulation of the crowds, make new "connections" to fill that hole.

She just doesn't have her "king" anymore - that love self-destructed, like Romeo and Juliet's. Still, she has to confront that reality...the fact that she no longer has the focus of that Crystal love. The Blue Lamp, which is always with her and is something real and not associated with Hollywood phoniness since it was a gift from her mother, helps her understand the truth. They are strangers now, but when they were good...they were really good (see Angel)! She has to take this loss and become stronger...but until then, the sky will be crying. At least, she thinks it is - he doesn't seem to notice, insisting that there's nothing wrong - "the sky is blue." Still, she feels the tragedy of it all even if he doesn't. (An alternate interpretation is that he does agree that it's sad because the "sky is blue" - blue as in depressed).

By the way, apparently Stevie presented this song to Fleetwood Mac for Tango in the Night, because Lindsey's arrangement of the instrumental part was released as a single under the title of Book of Miracles.

 

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