To me, this song is all about Stevie Nicks and her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. She harkens to the past with the first line, "maybe we were together in another life," suggesting that her and Lindsey's heady early days in Fleetwood Mac were almost a lifetime ago. She also acknowledges the thought some people have that she and Lindsey are still together with, "maybe we are together in a parallel universe."
She realizes that she can't have Lindsey and she also realizes that he'll always play an important role in her life: "I hear about you now and then/I wonder where you are and how you feel." She wonders how real her connection is with Lindsey and she wants that connection to remain -- somehow: "Sometimes I walk by and I look up to your balcony/Just to make sure that you were real/Just to make sure that I can still feel you."
In the chorus, she once again tries to make peace with the fact she can never have Lindsey and she realizes that destiny doesn't allow them to be a couple. However, destiny also doesn't allow them to stay separated from each other for very long.
In the second verse, she could be referring to how crazy life with Fleetwood Mac is by referring to being in a foreign country and "how the time flew." The line, "I didn't speak the language, but somehow I knew" is loaded with meaning -- perhaps she realizes that some things are better left unsaid, or that some things just didn't need to be spoken, they're just understood.
Her reference to "Illume (9/11)" is one of the intriguing elements of "Destiny Rules." This time, she's not referring in some way to the calamity at the World Trade Center. This time, it's more of a self-examination of the near-calamities in her life, a way of trying to restore some normalcy to a woman used to the crazy rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
To me, this song is all about Stevie Nicks and her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. She harkens to the past with the first line, "maybe we were together in another life," suggesting that her and Lindsey's heady early days in Fleetwood Mac were almost a lifetime ago. She also acknowledges the thought some people have that she and Lindsey are still together with, "maybe we are together in a parallel universe."
She realizes that she can't have Lindsey and she also realizes that he'll always play an important role in her life: "I hear about you now and then/I wonder where you are and how you feel." She wonders how real her connection is with Lindsey and she wants that connection to remain -- somehow: "Sometimes I walk by and I look up to your balcony/Just to make sure that you were real/Just to make sure that I can still feel you."
In the chorus, she once again tries to make peace with the fact she can never have Lindsey and she realizes that destiny doesn't allow them to be a couple. However, destiny also doesn't allow them to stay separated from each other for very long.
In the second verse, she could be referring to how crazy life with Fleetwood Mac is by referring to being in a foreign country and "how the time flew." The line, "I didn't speak the language, but somehow I knew" is loaded with meaning -- perhaps she realizes that some things are better left unsaid, or that some things just didn't need to be spoken, they're just understood.
Her reference to "Illume (9/11)" is one of the intriguing elements of "Destiny Rules." This time, she's not referring in some way to the calamity at the World Trade Center. This time, it's more of a self-examination of the near-calamities in her life, a way of trying to restore some normalcy to a woman used to the crazy rock 'n' roll lifestyle.