Audio): Shakespears Sister - Stay (official

The song functions as a between two opposing forces over a human soul.

The duo’s name is a misspelling of the Smiths song , which itself refers to Virginia Woolf’s hypothetical sister for William Shakespeare in A Room of One's Own . Relationship to the Official Video Shakespears Sister - Stay (Official Audio)

Siobhan Fahey enters at the bridge, assuming the role of a "nefarious force" or Angel of Death. Her vocals shift the song into an industrial, "rough-edged" sound, mocking the lover's attempt to resist the inevitable. The song functions as a between two opposing