 Many have drawn connections between the Sheppton mining disaster and "Timothy", but Holmes has dismissed these saying he was not even aware of Sheppton until after the song was released and claimed he probably would not even have written it if he did know.In an interview, Holmes said, "If I had known about [Sheppton] at the time, I probably never would have written the song, because I don’t want to make fun of something that’s tragic.I sadly found out there was a parallel in reality, but only after the fact.