Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders

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  General Comment:This is a great song, though maybe it works better on the record than it did on the live on the 1987 tour. Perhaps the reason why they don't perform it as part of their usual set now is because it was written after the split with Buckingham. I think the meaning is simple. It describes the intensity of a moment of attraction that was so great that nothing in life will match it- not even seeing the 7 wonders of the world...that is to say the 7 wonders as they were regarded in antiquity- the pyramids, the hanging gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes etc. Maybe some people see a gay element in the song because it seems to express an attraction that could never quite be, that could never quite work within the lives of the the people in question. Its always reminded me of a powerful gay/straight friendship I once had that was a bit like that. Perhaps there's a tiny bit of Brokeback Mountain in the song somewhere. Anyway, I'd love to hear them perform it. Its rumoured they're on the road later in 2012. Anyone up for a please sing 7 Wonders campaign?

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  Song Meaning:Its about a chance one time encounter meeting someone that was special.
  The verse in the 6th line is a misunderstanding by Ms Nicks
  as being 'Emmiline' but was in actually 'you held the line'
  as originally written by Sandy Stewart.
  
  The chorus reveals the meaning of the song:
  
  If I live to see the seven wonders
  I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
  I'll never live to match the beauty again
  The rainbow's end
  
  Think of it as if someone who adores you says someting like :'I may have experienced all the seven wonders of the world, but you are my rainbow's end' Of course this refers to the legendary 'pot of gold', the 'grand prize' to be found at the end of the rainbow. 'I'll never be able to match the beauty I found then when I was with that person who was my Rainbow's end' Alternatively, 'If I live long enough to realize the goals I have already set for myself in life then I will call you!'
  
  Lines 4 and 16 'You touched my hand' Thats a girl thing. You know the eroticism of a mere touch of the hand that some people can envoke strong feelings as a result. In other words this person 'Walks that walk and talks that talk' :-)
  
  In line 17: 'You reached out your hand to me'
  line 29: 'All the way back you held out your hand'
  Both lines simply refer to temptation. Being tempted to stay with this person; 'Come with me' 'Stay with me. Please don't go', but also metaphoric reference to a temptation that could be life altering in a way that chances the course and direction one has chosen to to take in life: I'm tempted but 'if our paths never cross - Well you know I'm sorry but.. You were my rainbows end'
  
  
  Nikki
  

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  General Comment:To swarbs and sarabuckingham, Stevie Nicks herself doesn't even know exactly who this "Sara" is, but she has stated that it is, as sarahcc216 said, sort of an alter ego for her. She has mentioned that if she had a daughter she would have named her Sara, but Stevie had multiple abortions, which is no light subject for her. Sara was also the name of Stevie's best friend, Sara Recor, who eventually married Mick, who Stevie had had an affair with during his previous marriage. Stevie Nicks also struggled with a cocaine addiction, to the point that had she not ended the problem it would have killed her. She checked herself into rehab using the name Sara.
  This is all information that I have collected over the years in my research. It interests me a lot because I am named after "Sara".
  So, as you can see, Sara is an extremely complex concept for even her creator, Stevie Nicks, to grasp and explain. I think that for her it might be a kind of thing that she knows and feels within her heart and soul, but doesn't necessarily know in her mind.

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  General Comment:there is so much commitment, obsession and passion in the words, such a heart touching piece.

  Flagged Hacklewon June 02, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I think it's about realizing that you'll never find that same beauty that someone is ever again, because there is only one of them, and that's why they're so precious.

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  General Comment:i dont know the meaning of this song but i think its means this...
  
  7 wonders meaning life journeys and shes talking about meeting someone with so much intensity. In life we are always trying to get to that thing at the end of the rainbow something so wonderful something above the rest that we already know/have, constantly on the search for something more. So when she says
  
  You touched my hand I played it cool
  And you reached out your hand for me
  But if our paths never cross
  Well you know I'm sorry but
  If I live to see the seven wonders
  
  so i think maybe it means she wants to live life to the fullest with all the wonders and journeys it has to offer
  then she says
  
  If I live to see the seven wonders
  I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
  I'll never live to match the beauty again
  
  that she came across this beauty but she hasnt lived to see the seven wonders and if she does she'll make a path to that rainbows end
  
  can anyone make better sense of it im having a little trouble haha? i think i get the gist of it lol
  

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  General Comment:I'm not sure how demented I am for thinking this, but whenever I hear this song I imagine myself torturing someone. Like in Resevoir Dogs. And I don't mean because I think it sucks, I love this song, think it's incredible- that's just always what I think of.

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  General Comment:Great song...

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  General Comment:I do adore this song i think it just...works : ) love to all x

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  General Comment:it's hard to tell what she says, but it sounds like "sara." no one really knows what the song Sara is about, but the name Sara has always been somewhat of an alter ego for stevie

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    [It's hard to tell what she says, but it sounds like "sara." no one really knows what the song Sara is about, but the name Sara has always been somewhat of an alter ego for stevie ]
    
    The words are 'Never' said twice. They are placed there to keep the tune from sounding too redundant in the parts between the chorus and the next stanza

    Flag NikkiGirlon October 10, 2011  

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