You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
My name is Rishi Keshe.
Here we go.
Before we begin,
there are a couple of things I wanted to mention about the episode you're about to hear.
First of all, if you have an Amazon Echo smart speaker,
you might want to disable it or turn it off or something
because you're going to hear the name Alexa in this episode a few times.
And if your speaker is an earshot, it's probably going to do a whole thing.
Secondly, on a serious note, this episode deals in part with thoughts of suicide.
So please be careful and be mindful.
Also, if you're having thoughts of suicide yourself, confidential help is available for free.
You can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK.
That's 800-273-TALK.
You can also text the Crisis Text Line.
Just text the word HELLO to 741741.
You are not alone.
I'll put a link up to these resources on the Song Exploder website.
If you want to join me in making a donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,