I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
My name is trouble, my first name's a mess
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath.
And if you let me love you I will love to death
My chase is endless I tend to obsess.
No game is up to my need to possess.
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
And lovers tend to break me in two
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
There couldn't be a better way through
My name is trouble my first name's a mess
Born to deceive you, brought up to redress
And if you let me hold you, I won't hold my breath
But if you make me need you I will need you less.
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
And lovers tend to break me in two
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
There couldn't be a better way through
My name is trouble, my first names a mess
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love to death
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath.
And if you let me love you I will love to death
My chase is endless I tend to obsess.
No game is up to my need to possess.
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
And lovers tend to break me in two
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
There couldn't be a better way through
My name is trouble my first name's a mess
Born to deceive you, brought up to redress
And if you let me hold you, I won't hold my breath
But if you make me need you I will need you less.
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
And lovers tend to break me in two
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
There couldn't be a better way through
My name is trouble, my first names a mess
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love to death
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
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My Name Is Trouble Lyrics as written by Keren Ann Zeidel
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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