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WEBMISTRESS speculates:
The first few lines from this song are identical to the those of the song Enchanted, a song Stevie wrote even before she joined FM, though it was not released until she put it on The Wild Heart. That song is much more upbeat than this one, which has a wistful, almost mournful tune. She's sad and depressed over her disappointments in love, but she knows she's "destined to fall" anyway. And that destiny gets her in trouble, as she continues to try again for love. She remembers her former love: with him, it "wasn't like the others...it was easy to fall." While it didn't work out, she still knows she's "destined for it all" someday. Until then, she's "still crying in the morning, trying to be strong," waiting for her time to come, even as she gets older. And the longer it takes, the more she is "heartbroken."
ANDRE speculates:
When I saw the Street Angel Tour....Stevie told the audience she had written Destiny before she and Lindsey joined FM. Stevie said this song was about her relationship with Lindsey and about the doubts that began to set in after the last Buckingham/Nicks show in San Francisco and losing their recording contract with Polydor. Could they pull it together and transcend their situation? Stevie said they was a "magic in the air" when they came back to Los Angeles and they buried themselves in their writing...and it paid off when they hung in and got the call to be in FM! Stevie also wrote Sorcerer then...I picture the two of them in blue denim writing on the floor...no furniture...burning candles..the mad songwriters in all that
"Black Ink Darkness".....