An aching song about an overwhelming feeling of jealousy, Etheridge wrote "Bring Me Some Water" after entering an open relationship with her girlfriend. Even though Etheridge agreed to the arrangement, she found herself tormented by the idea of her lover in the embrace of another woman. In our interview with Etheridge, she said: "It was very painful. It was very true. It was awful."
Etheridge often writes songs about turbulent relationships, some more personal than others. She frames them in a way that she could be singing about either a man or a woman, and since this song was released five years before Etheridge came out as gay, most listeners assumed she was singing about a man.
This was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, losing to Tina Turner's Tina Live in Europe. Etheridge performed the song at the ceremony.
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