Origins

Sometimes I find myself listening to a song and I wonder what the artist was doing at the very moment the song popped into their head and flooded out through their hands onto paper. Who was the song about, if anyone? And what fantastic experience was it that led to such emotional words? 

Let's take the Eagles song The Girl From Yesterday. What sweet woman was the spark to ignite this release? Or was there even a woman at all? And how about Naked by the Goo Goo Dolls...

"...You're naked inside your fear 

You can't take back all those years
And shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone 
Never heard by anyone..."

What were the feelings when this song was written? The human mind is so complex and I am blown away by the amazing things people can come up with. What, in time, will I come up with?