After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album Buckingham Nicks to little success, Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, helping the band to become one of the best-selling music acts of all time with over 120 million records sold worldwide. Rumours, the band's second album with Nicks, became one of the best-selling albums worldwide, being certified 20× platinum in the US.[2]
In 1981, while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks began her solo career, releasing the studio album Bella Donna, which topped the Billboard 200 and has reached multiplatinum status.[3] She has released eight studio solo albums and seven studio albums with Fleetwood Mac, selling a certified total of 65 million copies in the US alone.[2]
After the release of her first solo album, Rolling Stone named her the "Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll".[4] Nicks was named one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time[5] and one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time[6] by Rolling Stone. Her Fleetwood Mac songs "Landslide", "Rhiannon", and "Dreams", with the last being the band's only number one hit in the US, together with her solo hit "Edge of Seventeen", have all been included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7] She is the first woman to have been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998 and then as a solo artist in 2019.[8]
Nicks has garnered eight Grammy Award[9] nominations and two American Music Award nominations as a solo artist. She has won numerous awards with Fleetwood Mac, including a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978 for Rumours.
The albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Bella Donna have been included in the "Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums" chart by Billboard.[10] Furthermore, Rumours was rated the seventh-greatest album of all time in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[11] as well as the fourth-greatest album by female acts.[12]
Secret Love
Stevie Nicks Lyrics
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But I don't want to be leaving you here
I can't go be in that room alone
When I know that you're down here in tears
I'm not asking "forever" from you
I'm just asking to be held for awhile
In a timeless search for love that might work
But you need some rest
My darling, it's best
But we've already passed it, I cried
Ooh, eeh
Listen to me
My secret love secretly
Died
Come on it's time to go outside
'Cause I don't want to be leaving you here
I can't go be in that world alone
When I know that you're down here in tears
I am not asking salvation from you
I'm just asking to be saved for awhile
In a timeless search for love that might work
Still we're already paying the price
But you need some rest
Darling, it's best
But we've already passed it, I cried
Ooh, eeh
Listen to me
My secret love secretly
Died
Oh, you need some rest
Oh, you need some rest
My darling, it's best
Ooh
My secret love secretly
Secretly died
In Stevie Nicks's song Secret Love, the singer addresses a lover, imploring them to take some rest and leave her behind. The lyrics suggest that both the singer and the lover have been looking for love that might work, but the search has been in vain, and they have already been paying the price. The singer does not ask the lover for salvation or commitment, but just to be held for a while.
The line "My secret love secretly died" is one of the key elements of the song. It refers to a love that did not materialize, but remained hidden and secret. The singer seems to suggest that this secret love has died, and with it, any hope of finding true love. The mournful tone of the song is underscored by the repetition of the phrase "you need some rest", which adds a sense of weariness and exhaustion to the lyrics.
Overall, Secret Love is a poignant love song that explores the theme of unrequited love and the pain that comes with it. The lyrics are simple yet powerful, and the melody adds to the melancholic mood of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Come on it's time to go upstairs
Let's go upstairs now
But I don't want to be leaving you here
I don't want to leave you alone
I can't go be in that room alone
I'm afraid to be alone in that room
When I know that you're down here in tears
Because I know you're crying here
I'm not asking "forever" from you
I don't expect forever from you
I'm just asking to be held for awhile
I just want to be comforted for a little bit
In a timeless search for love that might work
Looking for a love that will last forever
We're already paying the price
We're already suffering the consequences
But you need some rest
But you should take a break
My darling, it's best
It's better for you
But we've already passed it, I cried
But it's already too late for that, I cried
Ooh, eeh
Listen to me
Hear me out
My secret love secretly
The love I keep hidden
Died
Is gone
Come on it's time to go outside
It's time to leave the house
'Cause I don't want to be leaving you here
I don't want to leave you alone here
I can't go be in that world alone
I'm afraid to be alone in the world
When I know that you're down here in tears
Knowing you're crying here
I am not asking salvation from you
I don't expect you to save me
I'm just asking to be saved for awhile
I just want someone to save me for a little bit
Still we're already paying the price
But we're still suffering the consequences
Oh, you need some rest
You should take a break
My secret love secretly
The love I keep hidden
Secretly died
Has disappeared without anyone knowing
Oh, you need some rest
You should take a break
My darling, it's best
It's better for you
Ooh
My secret love secretly
The love I keep hidden
Secretly died
Has disappeared without anyone knowing
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: STEVIE NICKS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@maryannellsworth1715
I met her at the premiere in Long Island for In Your Dreams. She and Dave sat behind me and my sister in the theater When it was over I turned to speak with her and we chatted and told her she has been my Idol since 1973 I asked to shake her hand and we did. She is funny and sincere. DREAMS DO COME TRUE 🎩🌙💖🕊
@lyndaclancy7643
So absolutely wonderful I'm so happy for you
@jeannetteforbes6376
Im so very jealous, yet happy for your experience
@garyweathermon8618
Amazing, young boy from Wyoming in 1983.. Stevie Nicks? Who's that?
I've learned after 30 years just how much she is The Queen of Rock...
@oksalbright
She used to have a ranch by Guthrie, OK, and I was visiting that worked at NAPA, and she walks to pick up some parts for her car. I was starstruck. Listening to her talk with my friend I could tell this was not her first time in. He told me she lived on the outskirts of Guthrie and always came in to pick up the parts. This was around 1988.
@aprildoughty6119
That's awesome, would crap myself if i met her face to face like that!!
@Deebeedee67
Where would be without this woman? This woman that touches our soul with her poetry and songs. This woman that feels, lives and breathes the same life that we do and can put it into words better that we ever could. This woman, that faces adversity with us, but can weave a magical story out of it and inspire us to live the dream - imagine it, and live it. Thank you, Stephanie Lynn Nicks - forever in our hearts, forever our Gold Dust Woman xxxxx
@maximinion
There will never be a voice like Stevie's
@forrest940
Listened to some of her original records tonight on an awesome system,and thought the same thing.
@tammierichardson5740
matthew partain so true, and other artist needs to quit trying to duplicate her music... nobody is better