Crystal
 

Written by S. Nicks
 

Do you always trust your first, initial feeling?
Special knowledge holds truth, bears believing

I turned around
And the water was closing all around
Like a glove
Like the love
That had finally, finally found me
And I knew
In the crystalline knowledge of you
Drove me through the mountains
Through the crystal-like and clear water fountain
Drove me like a magnet
To the sea
To the sea
To the sea, yeah

How the faces of love have changed, turning the pages
And I have changed; oh, but you, you remain ageless

I turned around
And the water was closing all around
Like a glove
Like the love
That had finally, finally found me
And I knew
In the crystalline knowledge of you
Drove me through the mountains
Through the crystal-like and clear water fountain
Drove me like a magnet
To the sea
To the sea
To the sea, yeah
To the sea, yeah
Yeah...yeah

I turned around and the water was closing around me
I turned around and the water was closing around me
Sea...sea...
I turned around and the water was closing around me
Around me...like a glove..around me....
Around me...all around me....
I turned around...the water was closing around me

Original Version Appears on Buckingham Nicks; Another version appears on Fleetwood Mac

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

See Crystal for most of my thoughts about this song. However, this version has some interesting differences. Of course, the main difference is that Stevie is singing her song, rather than Lindsey. I think this causes the song to lose some of that inherent romance. Still, lyrically, the song remains much the same. However, at the end Stevie repeatedly ad-libs "I turned around and the water was closing around me" - focusing on that wonderful image of all-encompassing love.

 

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