Sleeping Angel
 

Written by S. Nicks
 

Take me if you need me
But never hold me down
You're asking me to trust you
Well, there's little of that around

I'm trying to believe you
And I'm learning all the time
Two-part personality
The flower and the vine
The flower and the vine

Take me, sleeping angel
Catch me when you can
Real love affairs are heavy spells
For a woman and a man
For a woman and a man

I need you because you let me breathe
Well, you've taken me away
But never take me lightly
Or I could never stay
No, I could never stay

Well, someday when we're older
And my hair is silver gray
Unbraid with all of the love that you have
Like a soft, silver chain
Like a soft, silver chain

Woah, someday when we're older
And my hair is silver gray
Unbraid with all of the love that you have
Like a soft, silver chain
Well, like a soft, silver chain

Woah, take me, sleeping angel
Oh, catch me when you can
And unbraid with all of the love that you have
Like a soft, silver chain

 

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Oh, how I love this song! My favorite of Stevie's solo work. It might recall Lindsey through its use of the word "angel", the pet name Stevie and Lindsey used to call each other (see Angel). Still, specific references are hard to come by - this just seems to be a song about love in general, love that is not too confining, but that has trust, and can deal with the good and the bad - "the flower and the vine." She needs him, but he can't take her for granted, or she'll leave.

However, it doesn't look like she plans to leave anytime soon, as she finishes with a portrait of their life in the future: lovingly unbraiding her then-silver hair like a soft chain, the chain that keeps them together. Such a beautiful image!

 

 

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