So then I had spoken maybe 10 or 15 words to this guy, who was a friend of a friend. I was being completely abused and I was trying to cover it up I wouldn’t even admit it to myself. I was in a relationship and I was completely unhappy. During an interview from a tour stop in Tulsa she told The Boston Phoenix: 'I was inspired to write it when someone said something to me - I didn’t know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant.