As the singer explained toPeoplein 2019, “[The song is] something I can relate to …

It’s about a lady who, more or less, was left on her own with nothing.

Lots was taken away from her and she had to rebuild her life again.”

Susan Boyle singing

Let’s dive deeper into the bittersweet connection Susan Boyle shares with one of her most famous songs.

She also mourned the deaths of her sister and mother.

Additionally, Boyle felt misunderstood throughout much of her life.

Susan Boyle smiling and gesturing while on stage

It turns out, however, that thismedical opinion was inaccurate.

In fact, she was finallydiagnosed with Asperger’s syndromein 2013.

Still, Boyle persevered and felt “relieved” about her later-in-life diagnosis.