"Those are just some of the things I worry about, which make their way into everything, no matter what I'm writing about," Stevenson said with a laugh, though it's clear she's not joking. "It could even be a children's song."

During the making of her latest album, Wheel, Stevenson actually tried to write a children's song, but it ended up being too dark for the Sesame Street crowd. The song, which appears on her record as the cymbal-crashing "Sink, Swim," is about what would happen if California really did break into two along the San Andreas Fault. In the first verse she sings, "The dirt is gonna crack and split you in two/And you'll be half and you'll have to find a match that fits your guts/It hurts so much, but it keeps your blood in." Let's just say, it only gets worse from there.