Trouble

i can't believe no one has commented. this is a really good song.

anyway, i have absolutely no idea what this is about. help?

ok - i think this is about someone who is a rebel, and wants to be really independent and everything, but doesn't recognize all the beauty in life

"You don't deserve all the love you have It's the fruit of life, but you throw it away like candy"

I love this song! There are few corrections, though:

People fall into a trap just to stumble like the fourth time People fall into a trap just to stumble off the foot path

And it's all a peice of a harmony To fall Texas servity And it's all in peace, love, and harmony To find Texas celebrity

You are the back, the back seat of this town You are the bad, the bad seed of this town

And it's all a part of a balance set And it's all a part of a balance act

I bet you ever seen my million dollar shirt I bet you made a scene in my million dollar shirt

To me this song is about a musician that the narrator really likes and respects. ("I bought your record out on cherry red" - Cherry Red is a record label. They release some Voxtrot-ish indie-pop or twee stuff every now and then, so that may or may not be what he is talking about. My guess would be it's Momus, who is signed with Cherry Red and notoriously wrote an album of songs about people or groups who paid him $1000 a piece to write a song about them, hence the "He's just busy counting coppers")

Then he starts to hear rumors about him, that he does drugs ("Somebody told me you're a junkie now"), and is just in it for the money ("He's just busy counting coppers"). Some of the lyrics sound like being on tour with the guy (being in Berlin and London, running around town, etc).

In the end, the line "Underneath it all there's a motive to the voice" basicly sums up his feelings for the musician.

First of all, I think the line is

"I bet you made a scene in your million dollar shorts," not "I bet you ever seen my million dollar shirt"

I think this line also makes better sense with the song's meaning. I agree that it appears to be about his disillustionment with an artist he once admired. In fact, I remember reading something to this effect in a magazine recently. The line "I bet you made a scene in your million dollar shorts" seemed to me to illustrate that he had come to see the artist he admired as a spoiled diva, another aspect of his disappointment in the artist.

I love this song, one of my favorite Voxtrot songs. One correction:

To fall Texas servity To fall takes a celebrity

I'm gonna chime in with a few of my corrections, I think.

"People fall into a trap just to stumble like the fourth time" may be "people fall into a trap just to stumble off the footpath "

"And it's all a peice of a harmony To fall Texas servity" to "and it's all peace love and harmony to politics and celebrity " and "Seven days in the Berlin sun" is "seven days in the burning sun "

I think the rest have ben mentioned.

isn't it "underneath it all there's a motive to the force" instead of "voice"?

This song reminds me of the time I dated a junkie behind my parents' back. I mean, almost exactly. Amazing song.

Okay, here are the full corrected lyrics. I still hear Berlin, not burning, but both are represented.

Somebody told me you're a junkie now And that you've always been a junkie Man, I never would've guessed that

I used to sit around and wonder how People fall into a trap just to stumble off the footpath

And it's all peace, love, and harmony To politics and celebrity Second nature to the youth scene It's a must see

Understand it's a curse You've got trouble in your blood Write a song, second verse Underneath it there's a love Recognize the things you do You make a mess but baby, you know who It sounds impossible but, man, it's true You are the bad, the bad seed of this town

I bought your record out on Cherry Red It wasn't good, well, it was great I believed it was the next step Somebody phoned and said the dream is dead He's just busy counting coppers Man, it makes me see red

And it's all a part of the balance that You don't deserve all the love you have It's the fruit of life, but you throw it away like candy

Understand it's a curse You've got trouble in your blood Write a song, second verse Underneath it there's a love Recognize the things you do You make a mess but baby, you know who

Understand it's a curse You've got trouble in your blood Write a song, second verse Underneath it there's a love Recognize the things you do You make a mess but baby, you know who It sounds impossible but, man, it's true You are the bad, the bad seed of this town

I've been boxing a match for one Seven days in the Berlin [burning?] sun All kinds of money and too much time I've been running Around once with town in a circle game Double fists and a single shame Oh, I am lost and lonely in the arms of London She cries

I never would've done it I never would've lied I never would've done it I never would've slashed my parents' trust I never would've slashed my parents' trust

I never would've done it I never would've lied I never would've done it I never would've slashed my parents' trust I never would've slashed my parents' trust If I thought for a moment you would leave me With my big dreams

Slightly out of reach Techno on the beach I bet you made a scene in your million dollar shorts You have to give it up and try The future you deny Underneath it all there's a motive to the force

Understand it's a curse You've got trouble in your blood Write a song, second verse Underneath it there's a love Recognize the things you do You make a mess but baby, you know who

Understand it's a curse You've got trouble in your blood Write a song, second verse Underneath it there's a love Recognize the things you do You make a mess but baby, you know who It sounds impossible but, man, it's true You are the bad, the bad seed of this town