Stevie Nicks has clarified an often misheard lyrics from her hit 'Frozen Love', which saw her collaborate with former Fleetwood Mac bandmate and boyfriend, Lindsey Buckingham.
This comes after Nicks and Buckingham had reissued their 1973 album 'Buckingham Nicks', making it available to the public for the first time since it was originally released.
Now, the pair who have appeared to have mended fences, appeared on the Song Exploader podcast, where they spoke about the famous hits, 'Frozen Love', which saw Nicks apologise to Buckingham over the misconception regarding the misheard lyric.
The episode which featured two separate interviews, Nicks spoke about the themes of the song, where she explained that it is about “two people that were in love, that had a lot of differences and saw the world slightly differently, but had this like relationship that seemed to be, like a gift".
Nicks then went on to compare it to classic literary romances: “I like to think of it as Wuthering Heights or Great Expectations. A modern-day love affair, tragedies. Because nobody really loves happy songs. Certainly, I didn’t, and neither really did Lindsey".
After writing the song, Nicks revealed that she gave the song to Buckimgham to further develop with him: “I don’t think she craved my input on that level, and nor did I crave hers on production or instrumental level, either".
“She understood that I was transforming things for her, and I understood that I wouldn’t have had anything to transform without the beautiful centre that she’d given me".
Nicks went on to add that the pair's fiery relationship had an impact on their work, stating: “Our relationship was up and down and up and down and up and down and difficult, but at the same time, fantastic. And what we were doing was so fantastic that it was worth putting up with the trials and tribulations of a relationship that’s difficult".
On this frequently misheard lyrics, Nicks added: “Hate gave you me for a lover”, saying she originally wrote it as, “Fate gave you me for a lover".
“When I hear myself sing that line, it sounds like I’m saying ‘hate,’” she explained. “So, that’s not good. I’m sorry, Lindsey. I’m calling him later".
Elsewhere, Nicks also revealed that she and Lindsey Buckingham are back on speaking terms. Find out more here.
