well here we go again you want your freedom

When the rain washes you clean you'll know, you will know.') ('Thunder only happens when it's raining, players only love you when they're playing. Once all the crap is dealt with you'll be able to continue and start again, even if it is not with her. The girl also believes in redemption for the person who wronged her and tells the person to keep strong and focus on what is really important to them. Don't let it drive you crazy!' ('.but listen carefully to the sound of your heartbeat drives you mad, in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost.') I don't think you'll get that from anyone else the way that I gave it to you. 'Leave me then, but I feel that you'll miss having someone to talk to and share things with. This someone is no doormat though, and she expresses her annoyance and doubt about the situation. It's only right that you should play it the way that you feel it.') Go and find your happiness.' Almost like, 'I wish you well.' ('Well there you go again, you say you want your freedom. I want you to be happy and do what you want to do, I could never be happy if you are not. I have known this song, like many FM songs, forever and as I have grown older, the meanings have altered a little, for me.Īs a young girl, possibly in my teens, this song was a girl trying to comfort someone by saying 'Ok, you don't want me anymore, that's fine. I remember hearing an interview, many, many years ago, in which Stevie Nicks referred to 'Dreams' as her 'very romantic' way of dealing with her romantic split from Lindsey Buckingham. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know' 'the stillness of remembering' is more of a future issue, because one day it will be too late, and he will be alone, remembering what he let go for the sake of cheap fun She's reminding him of his fear of loneliness (which he's trying to stifle), and telling him hes making a mistake of letting his opportunity for love and happiness leave. In the stillness of remembering, what you had,Īnd what you lost and what you had and what you lost' Again she addresses the player sarcastically saying that she just wants to ruin things for him (which is what he thinks shes doing). She is saying that she can see whats going to happen but she's not telling anyone about the disaster she sees coming. I keep my visions to myself, it's only me 'Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions But she warns him that one day he'll regret this lifestyle choice, and will realize how empty he is. She's expressing disgust at how he takes human beings-women-and disposes of them over and over. In the same way that thunder only happens when its raining, players like him are heartless and never love you instead they fill the need for love with sex. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know' Say women they will come and they will go Players only love you when they're playing He is constantly finding love, and loosing it, then gets it again, and gives it away again She is telling him that despite how many women he has had, he is extremely lonely, and he cannot achieve the happiness he's been seeking. In the stillness of remembering what you hadĪnd what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost'

She is sarcastically telling a player that he should be able to play women as he pleases

Well here we go again you want your freedom