Message to Myself

The line "I've warned myself of the blackness in my chest" is a reference to the time when she was suffering from breast cancer,[1] which was her inspiration for the whole album.

[2] The warning she mentions took place in one of her most famous songs, "Come to My Window", where the lyrics contain the lines "Nothing fills the blackness that has seeped into my chest".

Those are supposed to show that the message the singer is sending herself is not based on the lyrics of her songs but mainly on the music itself ("...it works that way too...").

The song ends with the sound of a pounding telecaster, a reference to the messaging system Morse Code.

The video, directed by Danny Clinch, shows Melissa in a white room with her band singing along to the song which is played on an old gramophone.

Etheridge and Michaels in the music video.