Not sure how I can reconcile all of the lyrics with this interpretation but I'll throw it out there anyway since no one else has offered anything.
When I first heard this song I immediately thought it was referencing The Troubles in Northern Ireland (Therapy? are from Antrim in N.I) or at least cycles of violence. As someone from the Republic of Ireland, I think its very unlikely that Cairns would pen a line like "Through all the trouble" and not realise what that implied.
The same month the album was released (March 2009) FROM WIKIPEDIA…
"Two British Army soldiers were shot dead and two more seriously injured during a gun attack at Massereene Barracks in County Antrim. The Real IRA claimed responsibility. These were the first British military fatalities in Northern Ireland since 1997."
Though the song obviously wasn't written about that incident in particular, if you look at a timeline of events leading up to the incident, attempts on police officer's lives etc, there is a sense (at least in retrospect) that the violence was leading up to something shocking. FROM WIKIPEDIA…
"The attack came days after a suggestion by Northern Ireland's police chief, Sir Hugh Orde, that the likelihood of a terrorist attack in Northern Ireland was at its highest level for several years."
I can't think of any Therapy song off—hand that directly references The Troubles but their earlier albums (Babyteeth and Pleasure Death particularly) do have a political edge to them with songs like Animal Bones and Loser Cop.
That's my interpretation anyway, I'd be happy for someone to offer an argument against it.
Not sure how I can reconcile all of the lyrics with this interpretation but I'll throw it out there anyway since no one else has offered anything.
When I first heard this song I immediately thought it was referencing The Troubles in Northern Ireland (Therapy? are from Antrim in N.I) or at least cycles of violence. As someone from the Republic of Ireland, I think its very unlikely that Cairns would pen a line like "Through all the trouble" and not realise what that implied.
The same month the album was released (March 2009) FROM WIKIPEDIA…
"Two British Army soldiers were shot dead and two more seriously injured during a gun attack at Massereene Barracks in County Antrim. The Real IRA claimed responsibility. These were the first British military fatalities in Northern Ireland since 1997."
Though the song obviously wasn't written about that incident in particular, if you look at a timeline of events leading up to the incident, attempts on police officer's lives etc, there is a sense (at least in retrospect) that the violence was leading up to something shocking. FROM WIKIPEDIA…
"The attack came days after a suggestion by Northern Ireland's police chief, Sir Hugh Orde, that the likelihood of a terrorist attack in Northern Ireland was at its highest level for several years."
I can't think of any Therapy song off—hand that directly references The Troubles but their earlier albums (Babyteeth and Pleasure Death particularly) do have a political edge to them with songs like Animal Bones and Loser Cop.
That's my interpretation anyway, I'd be happy for someone to offer an argument against it.