Waar gaat het nummer 'Twist in my sobriety' over?

Ze heeft het zelf verteld in een interview :

Roman: Do you mind telling us about the song "Twist In My Sobriety"? I suppose everyone knows it but few people are aware what it's really about.

Tanita: Oh, it's quite funny, the first line "All God's children need travelling shoes" comes from a book by Maya Angelou; I don't know why I used it but it sounded poetic and spiritual too me; the rest of the song is really about not understanding - when you're 18, you've got a very particular emotional relationship with the world, you feel very isolated, and everybody else is so distant and cold. And I think I was singing about not feeling anything or not being moved by things around. I think this is a strong feeling when you're just after adolescence. There is a very good film called 'Heavenly Creatures' by a director from New Zealand, I don't know if you've seen it, it's about two girls that kill their mother.