Trouble Weighs A Ton

This song mostly deals with problems in general and how everybody has them. I love how in this track you get to fully hear Dan Auerbach's fantastic vocals.

"What's wrong dear brother, have you lost your faith Don't you remember a better place Needles and things have done you in

Like the setting sun Oh, dear brother, trouble weighs a ton

What's wrong dear sister, did your world fall down Did men misuse you and push you around It's the same story dear, year after year

Pathetic men run Oh, dear sister, trouble weighs a ton

Trouble in the air, trouble's all I see Does anybody care, trouble's killing me Oh, it's killing me...

What's wrong dear mother, has your child disobeyed And left you hurting in so many ways What once was sweet, is sorrow and grief

That cannot be undone Oh, dear mother, trouble weighs a ton"

(from the CD)

I see this song as Dan trying to reach out to see that he is not alone in his trouble. So he looks through the lens of his family to connect his troubles with theres.

The lines that start with 'Oh, dear..., trouble weighs a ton' is there to sort of agree and say yeah, trouble does weigh a ton and I see it in you as it is there in me.

For me this song is structurally amazing because I think the song is about Dan and yet he uses other people to hide and at the same time expose this point by connecting their emotions with his emotions.

I think this song is about someone who always helps other people with their problems despite nobody helping him. And the section "Trouble all I see..." is this person finally letting their own problems escape, but nobody is there to hear, so he goes back to helping.