Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families.