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Gold and Braid Lyrics
Though deep set and somewhat shadowed
Her life... her mystery
Well it's not so different than the way that he said
"So don't hide your eyes from me that way, baby"
In his heart he wishes her stardom
His eyes want for her much more
That's not so different
Than the way that he said
"There are so very few stars left"
Don't hide behind your hair
It's a bit of gold and braid
Easy come the tears
You see a pathway ending with a doorway
You slip toward the doorway
Been waiting there all day
All these years
Don't hide it
In his heart, he wishes to forget her
Like to make her better
And to hold her like a child
Don't hide your eyes that way
Don't hide anything not anymore
Because I never did not love you
I never did run from you
In a dream I said to you
That I'd always love you
Her life... her mystery
Well it's not so different than the way that he said
"So don't hide your eyes from me that way, baby"
His eyes want for her much more
That's not so different
Than the way that he said
"There are so very few stars left"
It's a bit of gold and braid
Easy come the tears
You see a pathway ending with a doorway
You slip toward the doorway
Been waiting there all day
All these years
In his heart, he wishes to forget her
Like to make her better
And to hold her like a child
Don't hide anything not anymore
Because I never did not love you
I never did run from you
In a dream I said to you
That I'd always love you
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Another song about complicated relationships between people and how we can be under somebody's thumb (and that can be even a person we are close to). And here she's singing about Lindsey Buckingham and his treatment towards her: “Gold and Braid” is about Stevie’s relationship with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. “‘Gold And Braid,’ another song on Enchanted, is an unreleased track from my Bella Donna solo debut sessions, and it’s about Lindsey wanting more from me in our relationship. But wanting to know everything about someone, which goes hand in hand with being in love, was never something I’ve ever wanted to share with anybody. Professionally, everybody always wanted me to be their idea of what I should be. I’d flat-out look at people and say, ‘You know I’m not gonna do what you want, so why do you bother?” (White, 1998).