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Sable On Blond Lyrics
Learn to be a stranger
Blond on blond
In silence she says..."excalibur"
I beg of you now
What was it that fell
Was it...
One fallen leaf
Like the feather that it was
Was...freedom by choice
Or baby...was it love
Was it a thorn in your side
Something that you hide
Something you don't touch
Because it hurts too much
Ooo...
Well...have you come to see
That my face is not seen
Ooo...outside my frost covered windows
Oh and just how deep...
Do you hold that dream
In your hands each night...this time
In your hands each night...this time
Oh was it you...
I heard calling...which voice
Well I know that you are going
Which voice...
Did I force you to remember
In the sacred name of love...
To be brave save the stranger
Sable on blond...
Dark upon light...
Because it hurts too much
Just how deep
Do you hold that dream
In your hands each night
In your hands each night
In your hands each night
Ooh...I beg of you now
What was it that fell
Well this time I think it was you babe
This time
Ooo...well I think it was you babe
This time
Ooo...well I think that it was you baby
This time...
Blond on blond
In silence she says..."excalibur"
I beg of you now
What was it that fell
Was it...
Like the feather that it was
Was...freedom by choice
Or baby...was it love
Was it a thorn in your side
Something that you hide
Something you don't touch
Because it hurts too much
Ooo...
That my face is not seen
Ooo...outside my frost covered windows
Oh and just how deep...
Do you hold that dream
In your hands each night...this time
In your hands each night...this time
I heard calling...which voice
Well I know that you are going
Which voice...
Did I force you to remember
In the sacred name of love...
Sable on blond...
Dark upon light...
Because it hurts too much
Just how deep
Do you hold that dream
In your hands each night
In your hands each night
In your hands each night
What was it that fell
Well this time I think it was you babe
This time
Ooo...well I think it was you babe
This time
Ooo...well I think that it was you baby
This time...
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I'm not the biggest fan on Nicks but this song struck a chord especially during the headspace I was in. "That my face is not seen" was so powerful 4 me. I think the song is about being in that blurry space between friends and lovers. You both hope things work out for eachother mutually but in reality you both have the same feelings for eachother so there's not much to stress about.
So picturesque this song....
This song is actually about three threads. The first one is about how Nicks felt horrible in her new house because it was so depressing. She had no furnitures or even phone and she felt like a hermit: "Learn to be a starnger/ Blonde on blonde" - Stevie's blonde and it means "learn to be with yourself". Later she's singin about Robin - she's that "falling leaf". Falling leaf is an idea that Stevie got from one of the paintings from Sulamith Wülfing and in fact Robin was the reason why she wrote that song. And later she's singing about Jimmy Iovine, her then-boyfriend and how she felt that their relationship was going to an end. She wished Jimmy came and was with her then.