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Originally Posted by twinmatrix
Very sweet of her.
Does someone understand the lyrics of the song?
Who is the person "standing on the side of the stage"?
The way I see it, a man is passing away (her father, her grandfather, who knows) and she's entering the room. Everyone is sad at first, but when he is about to pass, everyone is friendly and silent. Someone is holding Stevie's arm.
But the rest of the lyrics are kinda confusing to me. My interpretation of the whole thing could be very wrong.
Edit: Ah, the person standing on the side of the stage is an angel, and the song is about someone dying of AIDS. Sad, but appropriate. Do people know what HIV is not a death sentence now, though? Unrelated to the song, I get the impression people still think HIV = AIDS = death, but it's just totally different now.
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At the time she wrote this, people were dying of AIDS/ARC/HIV at a rapid rate. I think of Freddie Mercury and all those before him.
This song was also on the Sweet November soundtrack from 2001 movie.