 In addition, as the only signed artist, she could not ask for favors and only had herself to encourage the hope that scenarios would eventually change.Swift described the scenario as an "uphill climb" and said, "There was this moment where I sat there and was like, ‘When are we going to get a fighting chance?We’re the smallest record label in Nashville, but we want this really bad.’" After reassuring to herself that it would be different in the future, she wrote the beginning of "Change".