Sanctuary

Written by S. Nicks

Livin' in a sanctuary, it was mine alone Oh, it was my story, my stronghold This one is mine - do you care 'Bout Heaven and Hell...is there any love? Just how far must I go for you? Livin' in the shadow of this strange love of you Must I be the one to be condemned for you? Sanctuary, it was mine alone It was my story, my stronghold Through the wind and the rain we have ridden We alone fight for our children Tell me, just how far can I go for you? Livin' in the shadow of this strange, strong love of you Must I be the one always to be condemned for you? Just how far can I go...must I go... It was mine alone... Livin' in a sanctuary, it was mine alone It was my story, my stronghold This one is mine - do you care? Do I still have your love? Was it always there? Always there... Just how far can I go for you? I'm livin' in that, livin' in that shadow of that strong love of you Must I, must I be the one, be the one condemned for you Just...


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

I believe in this song Stevie's sanctuary is her studio. I think here she's saying that her music is her only release of all those emotions, all that "strange, strong love" she has for guess who? So she goes and writes songs about it and gets it out there and it provides her protection; it is her sanctuary.

 

TINA speculates:

Based on the emotion in her voice and the words Sanctuary and Stronghold, I wonder if this song is about Robyn. I am not sure what time this song was written I could be totally wrong. But in an old interview I read with Stevie, she talked about finding out about Robyn being sick and what she went through when Robyn died. She talked about going to the beach-that was her stronghold and had she had to just let Robyn go, to give her up. The lyrics about must I be the one condemed for you..living in the the shadow of this strange love for you---could be Stevie talking about her love of Robyn and dealing with the grief and perhaps guilt of being the one still living. A lot of people go through that when they lose someone. She sings about we all fight for our children. Robyn fought bravely to stay alive to see her child born alive and well. Stevie later felt she needed to step in for Matthew when Robyn died. Just how far must I go for you...just how much pain could Stevie take watching her friend dying? This story is mine, do you care about Heaven and Hell....Stevie's friend was dying, but life went on, her hectic schedule with Fleetwood Mac continued, people probably couldn't totally relate to what she was going through because for them --life continued on. When a love one dies, I think most be wonder if there is a heaven--to take someone from you--and if there is, there must be a hell---that is where you are left at to deal with it. I think this is an interesting take on this song. Depending on when it was written it might not have anything to do with Lindsay or any other of Stevie's male loves. I really wonder if this about Robyn?

 

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