Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
Written By Stevie Nicks
Appears On
The Inspiration behind Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
Also called "HAEWAFY?"
| Lyrics |
|
Has anyone ever written anything for you
In all your darkest hours
Have you ever heard me sing
Listen to me now
You know I'd rather be alone
Than be without you
Don't you know
Has anyone ever given anything to you
In your darkest hours
Did you ever give it back
Well, I have
I have given that to you
If it's all I ever do
This is your song
And the rain comes down
There's no pain and there's no doubt
It was easy to say
I believed in you everyday
If not for me
Then do it for the world
Has anyone ever written anything for you
In your darkest sorrow
Did you ever hear me sing
Listen to me now
You know I'd rather be alone
Than be without you
Don't you know
So, if not for me, then
Do it for yourself
If not for me then
Do it for the world
Poet, priest of nothing
Poet, priest of nothing
|
 |
About the line "Poet, Priest of nothing"
It means all of the rock and roll stars in the world that I know. They're all poets and they're all priests of nothing and they're all legends.
It's like, they are poets. But they don't push themselves to their limits. 'Priests of nothing' means they don't try hard enough. They don't do with what they have what I feel they could do. And so whenever I get involved with any of them, I tend to become like their manager and their agent. You know, 'Why don't we get out your piano and plug it in and write a song or something? Or arrange this for me.'
It's like, I even know that if I could even just get them to the piano, if I could just lure them with a glass of wine and some carrots and stuff and just like get them to the piano, that they'll be home free and so will I because I'll get to stand there and watch them be brilliant, and probably write something, and they will be knocked out because they're doing what they do, and they forget that have a job, you know.
I'm not a priest of nothing. I'm a priestess of way too much. My problem is the other extreme. It's like, 'How many rooms can she clean? How many hospitals can she visit? Children can she take care of? Meals can she cook? Shows can she do? Fittings can she go for? Make-up hours? You know, it's like I try to fit the impossible into twenty-four hours. And all of the poets, the priests of nothing... they're sleeping.
~Stevie Nicks, Jim Ladd Innerview 1986
|
