My Heart

My Heart  Demo (2001)


This is one of those songs where at first listen, you aren't too sure if you like it.  The song builds and then reaches the chorus. Once you are about fifty second in, you are hooked.  It literally gives me a shudder EVERY single time I take a listen to it.  It is an utterly beautiful song that never made it on her 2001 album, Trouble in Shangri-La.
  So, maybe I am just a Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham romantic, but I speculate that this song is about Buckingham.  You see, the two "ex" lovers were on again, off again for years after their breakup in 1976-or it is speculated to be so.  I for one, believe that this is true.  Anyways, the relationship seemed to be officially over in 1987, when Buckingham took leave of the band.  They never spoke or saw one another until President Bill Clinton chose Don't Stop, a Rumours classic, to be his campaign song.  Fleetwood Mac reunited for his inauguration ceremony in 1993.  This event lead to a Fleetwood Mac reunion tour in 1997, which was called The Dance.  Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were able to be with one another much like they were before they joined the band in 1975.  They were mature about their relationship, and it is because of that maturity that they were able to look at their love for one another in a different light.  Again, it was speculated that there was a relationship between the two musicians during this tour. 
  Many of her songs that were featured on her Trouble in Shangri-La album, were written at the same time-or soon after- The Dance tour in 1997.  Again, the proof of this ongoing love affair is in the lyrics.  Even Nicks herself has said in previous interviews, that Lindsey is an ongoing inspiration for her songs.