Dear Anonymous

Juliana, commenting on the song on her official website in 2010:

This could have been called “Sympathy For The Devil”. It’s addressed to a stalker, name unknown, written by the stalkee. This victim, who doesn’t consider herself a victim, contemplates why she is being harassed. She doesn’t know who the perpetrator is- he’s a stranger to her- but she knows not to take it personally; she realizes with an impressively level head that she is the random innocent target of her tormentor’s own pathology. Having sympathy for one’s antagonist initially requires a lot of forgiveness and generosity of heart and mind, but then it becomes sincere curiosity (Why are you like this? What made you this way?) and empathy (I’m screwed-up, too- we are more alike than you know.)