“It Takes Time” is Track 3 on Fleetwood Mac’s 2013 digital release Extended Play (EP).
About the Song
Lindsey Buckingham: I guess the reflection is that I’m actually looking at some of the actions that I’ve taken over the years and maybe judging them more objectively and maybe getting to a point in one’s life where you can look back and say, “Hmmm, maybe I could have done that differently” and acknowledging that much of the motivation that has driven certain creative actions and certain decisions has come from that dialogue that seems to have unfolded in slow motion over a period of many years. We are still somehow on a road of evolvement.
In 2013, Lindsey Buckingham confirmed to HitFix that the somber piano-driven “It Takes Time” song was about Stevie Nicks.
Lyrics
Maybe I just been holding out too long
And maybe I couldn’t admit I was wrong
And maybe I’ve just been lying to myself
And no one else
Slow down, baby
Cross that line
If you want to save me
Mmm, it takes time
It takes time
And maybe I’ve wasted all this precious time
And trying to prove what is and isn’t mine
Wondering to myself
If you knew
It was all for you
Slow down, baby
Cross that line
If you want to save me
Mmm, it takes time
It takes time
It takes time
It takes time
(Lindsey Buckingham) © 2013 Now Sounds Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Mitchell Froom. ℗ 2013 LMJS Production, LLC.
EP: Sad Angel | Without You | It Takes Time | Miss Fantasy
