In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Trouble needs a home girls
Trouble needs a home
She fell out with Satan
Now she's on the run
But I have found her quite straightforward
In her contracts and her deals
She warns me when Danger is
Loose behind his wheels
And he is loose behind his wheels
Don't cry baby
Trouble got evicted,
From the Devil's lair
I wager she got betrayed
By her friend Despair
Now the flames from Satan's tongue are charged
And licking at her heels
She whispers Hey Ginger, Danger's loose behind his wheels
And Satan knows how Danger makes you feel
What will be will be, baby
You don't, you don't need to cry
There are no tears in my eyes
If Danger wants to find me
I'll let him in, he can find me
Trouble needs a home girls
A covert abode
From Tucson to Ohio
Back through Tobacco road
And she is armed and will fight for the souls
Of girls around the world.
Standing up to Satan
Dancing on st. Michael's sword
I'm on her side, in this brutal war
Don't cry baby
You don't, you don't need to cry
There are no tears in my eyes
If Danger wants to find me
I'll let him in, he can find me
Trouble needs a home girls
Trouble needs a home
Trouble needs a home girls
Will you give her one
Trouble needs a home,
Trouble needs a home
Trouble needs a home
She fell out with Satan
Now she's on the run
But I have found her quite straightforward
In her contracts and her deals
She warns me when Danger is
Loose behind his wheels
And he is loose behind his wheels
Don't cry baby
Trouble got evicted,
From the Devil's lair
I wager she got betrayed
By her friend Despair
Now the flames from Satan's tongue are charged
And licking at her heels
She whispers Hey Ginger, Danger's loose behind his wheels
And Satan knows how Danger makes you feel
What will be will be, baby
You don't, you don't need to cry
There are no tears in my eyes
If Danger wants to find me
I'll let him in, he can find me
Trouble needs a home girls
A covert abode
From Tucson to Ohio
Back through Tobacco road
And she is armed and will fight for the souls
Of girls around the world.
Standing up to Satan
Dancing on st. Michael's sword
I'm on her side, in this brutal war
Don't cry baby
You don't, you don't need to cry
There are no tears in my eyes
If Danger wants to find me
I'll let him in, he can find me
Trouble needs a home girls
Trouble needs a home
Trouble needs a home girls
Will you give her one
Trouble needs a home,
Trouble needs a home
Lyrics submitted by mrLemonade
Trouble's Lament Lyrics as written by Myra Ellen Tori Amos
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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