Lyrics
My name is trouble, my first name's a mess
Introducing oneself as trouble, implying a complex and challenging nature.
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
Expressing a lack of formalities, here to admit something.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath.
Suggesting a willingness to be close, but not holding high expectations.
And if you let me love you I will love to death
Expressing intense love, even to the point of self-destructiveness.
My chase is endless I tend to obsess.
Describing a relentless pursuit and tendency to become fixated.
No game is up to my need to possess.
Indicating a strong desire to possess without compromise.
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
Reiterating a lack of breath-holding expectation when holding someone.
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
Reaffirming intense love, emphasizing a willingness to go to extremes.
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
Expressing fear of emptiness and loneliness, vulnerabilities.
And lovers tend to break me in two
Noting the tendency of lovers to cause emotional harm.
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
Suggesting that a return, whether in pieces or melody, is a positive outcome.
There couldn't be a better way through
Optimistically portraying reconciliation as the best way forward.
My name is trouble my first name's a mess
Repeating the self-introduction, emphasizing the troublesome nature.
Born to deceive you, brought up to redress
Acknowledging a deceptive and corrective aspect to one's character.
And if you let me hold you, I won't hold my breath
Reiterating a lack of breath-holding expectation when holding someone.
But if you make me need you I will need you less.
Suggesting that needing someone less is a consequence of being held.
I'm petrified of emptiness, let aside the loneliness
Reiterating the fear of emptiness and loneliness.
And lovers tend to break me in two
Repeating the idea that lovers have the potential to cause emotional distress.
If you were to come back to me, in pieces or in melody
Reemphasizing the positive outlook on a lover's return.
There couldn't be a better way through
Highlighting the notion that reconciliation is the preferred path.
My name is trouble, my first names a mess
Reiterating the troublesome nature of the self.
No need to greet me, I'm here to confess.
Repeating the lack of formalities in greetings, emphasizing the admission.
That if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
Reiterating a lack of breath-holding expectation when holding someone.
And if you let me love you I will love to death
Stressing an intense and potentially self-destructive form of love.
But if you let me hold you I won't hold my breath
Continuing the theme of not holding one's breath when holding someone.
And if you let me love you I will love you to death
Concluding with a repetition of the intense and potentially self-destructive love.
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