Stories Behind the Songs: “She’s Changing”
“She’s Changing” was actually called “He’s Changing” until just before the vocals were recorded. I had a very long and agonized debate with myself on whether or not to use male pronouns when referring to Jack/Jackie. I knew it was more correct to use feminine pronouns when referring to Jackie, but I thought it would be too confusing to the listener to switch genders back and forth. But ultimately, that’s what the character does, so I finally decided to flip the pronouns.
I wrote it in November 2005; the working title was “Moonie”, for whatever reason. I specifically wanted a song sung by the character Lucy. As such, it’s the only song on the album where my voice doesn’t appear. Originally, the song was in the key of D, but I changed it to E to accommodate Katie’s vocal range.
I play an electric sitar on this song, which is basically just an electric guitar with a special bridge to make it sound like a sitar. I actually used this song as an excuse to buy one; I knew I wanted a sitar sound, so when I saw the electric sitar on sale in a catalog, I of course had to get it.
