I don't think it's about a couple working through problems at all. I think it's about the process of building a relationship, of coming to know both her partner and the vulnerabilities he has inside (his "Sleeping Angel") and herself, and to trust and commit to him enough to show her own.
She fears losing her independence and identity. Stevie was probably talking about her career and her need to be who she is, doing what she does. But how many women have been scared of losing themselves even without those pressures? She needs him to respect that, and wants to believe she doesn't have to give up who she is to have what she wants.
And someday, when her independence and freedom isn't as important to her anymore, she'll be softer, more willing to be what she sees as "chained". But as symbolized by her own hair, meaning by her own choice and in her own time.
I don't think it's about a couple working through problems at all. I think it's about the process of building a relationship, of coming to know both her partner and the vulnerabilities he has inside (his "Sleeping Angel") and herself, and to trust and commit to him enough to show her own.
She fears losing her independence and identity. Stevie was probably talking about her career and her need to be who she is, doing what she does. But how many women have been scared of losing themselves even without those pressures? She needs him to respect that, and wants to believe she doesn't have to give up who she is to have what she wants.
And someday, when her independence and freedom isn't as important to her anymore, she'll be softer, more willing to be what she sees as "chained". But as symbolized by her own hair, meaning by her own choice and in her own time.
@munchkin007 Cool interpretation!
@munchkin007 Cool interpretation!