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).
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).