What she herself wrote, in response to one the the "20 questions" she sold in April 2011 through PledgeMusic to finance her next album: "I was indeed talking about songwriting or in a larger sense, being a creative person and feeling the call of duty to create (write or paint, or whatever it is). This call, for me, has often seemed to take me away from people- the creative urge is often/always stronger than the urge to spend time with or to bond with other humans. Sometimes I have to stop my car when I'm driving and pull over in order to write down some ideas. And all this is what has made me feel like an outsider-- the need for aloneness. I think any artist will tell you that it's kind of a curse but it's also an incredible gift. The chorus is explaining it: I'm looking out of a hotel room window at someone-- maybe a stranger, maybe someone I wish I knew better-- with a sense of longing and wishing things could be some other way but they can't be because I am who I am."
What she herself wrote, in response to one the the "20 questions" she sold in April 2011 through PledgeMusic to finance her next album: "I was indeed talking about songwriting or in a larger sense, being a creative person and feeling the call of duty to create (write or paint, or whatever it is). This call, for me, has often seemed to take me away from people- the creative urge is often/always stronger than the urge to spend time with or to bond with other humans. Sometimes I have to stop my car when I'm driving and pull over in order to write down some ideas. And all this is what has made me feel like an outsider-- the need for aloneness. I think any artist will tell you that it's kind of a curse but it's also an incredible gift. The chorus is explaining it: I'm looking out of a hotel room window at someone-- maybe a stranger, maybe someone I wish I knew better-- with a sense of longing and wishing things could be some other way but they can't be because I am who I am."