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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
I never liked the line "we can hit on a nail" That never seemed McVie to me. Its as if she needed a word to rhyme with fail. "Guys give me a word that rhymes with fail" She sought out advice and Rick or Billy yelled out "NAIL"
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"Hit it on
the nail" is a variant of the English cliche "hit a nail on the head" and I actually like that line in the song and its delivery. Like you say it's a fun uplifting song and also a confident one, which that line exemplifies.
I respect your zealous defense of the song title but I don't think anyone disagrees that "skies" is a legitimate word in English. The grating issues for me are that:
- the phrase doesn't appear in the song (rather, a similar but different phrase ("the sky is the limit") appears ad nauseum)
- even if they used singular in the song and plural in the title for some reason, it should probably be "Skies Are The Limit", as it reads as unnaturally abbreviated without the verb to be
- or if they wanted to keep it singular but contract it for the title, it should have been "Sky's The Limit"
The end result is a feeling that the track was titled by one of the engineers or someone else who was one step removed from the writing process.
Having said that, after looking at the alternatives above, I agree that they do look a bit clunky compared to "Skies The Limit", grammar issues notwithstanding.