Worlds collided when Seether frontman Shaun Morgan collaborated with Amy Lee, who was his then-girlfriend, on "Broken." The ballad was inspired by the breakdown of Morgan's marriage after his wife chose to stay in South Africa rather than move with him to the United States in the early 2000s. As Morgan told Psychology Today, this event affected him as he felt insecure and alone in a new country, eventually turning to alcohol and drugs as coping mechanisms. Ultimately, this resulted in other self-destructive behaviors, including cheating on partners.
While neither Morgan nor Lee confirmed infidelity was the cause of their breakup, fans found out their relationship was over after Lee admitted the single "Call Me When You're Sober" was written about Morgan. The lyrics left no room for interpretation of what she felt was the issue. Lee also addressed the relationship in a 2006 interview with Blender, stating, "It was good for a while. But it ended really, really wrong. It's just that fatal thing — girls are so attracted to a***holes."
Morgan went to rehab in 2006, but he wasn't pleased about the song. "In any relationship, I don't think it's right to say and do those things when people break up, and she obviously felt the need to go out there and make me sound like a complete a***hole," he told MTV. "What can I do? I just refuse to lower myself to that level."
