McCready said that he wrote the lyrics while touring in São Paulo as he "want[ed] this song to happen" despite Vedder not having done the lyrics yet, and added that the lyrical inspiration was the realization that "I had to go inside myself first before I could be open to outside ideas."
McCready's songwriting process involved him writing the lyrics while on tour in São Paulo, driven by a desire for the song to materialize despite Vedder not having written the lyrics yet. The lyrical inspiration stemmed from his realization that he needed to delve inward before being receptive to external ideas.