Trouble
Trouble Unveiled: A Symphony of Fragility and Temptation
Lyrics
He looks like trouble
Expressing a perception that the person in question appears to be troublesome.
I could feel it when we met
Reflecting a sensed trouble or challenge upon their initial meeting.
I knew he'd have it in for me and my stubbornness
Anticipating conflict due to the other person's potential hostility towards the speaker's stubbornness.
I think he saw an angel
Suggesting that the trouble-causing individual perceived the speaker as an angelic, lost being on Earth.
Lost and floating here on earth
Portraying the speaker as lost and adrift on Earth.
I knew he'd see the best of me when I was at my worst
Expecting the person to bring out the best in the speaker during challenging times.
Maybe there's a flaw in my psychology
Speculating about a potential flaw in the speaker's psychology that leads to self-destructive choices.
Explaining why I never want what's best for me
Acknowledging a pattern of not choosing what is best for oneself.
Cause I don't look at me
Expressing a lack of self-awareness and appreciation for personal worth.
And see a masterpiece
Declaring a self-perceived absence of personal excellence or value.
He may see an angel all I see are tethered wings
Highlighting a contrast between how the trouble-causing person sees an angel and how the speaker views themselves as having flawed, tethered wings.
He's causing trouble
Stating that the person is causing disruption or problems in the speaker's peaceful solitude.
In my peaceful solitude
Describing the impact of the trouble-causing individual on the speaker's tranquility.
Now a night all to myself is what I think they call the blues
Characterizing the speaker's solitude as blue or melancholic due to the trouble-causing person.
And I don't think he knows it
Suspecting that the person is unaware of the negative impact they have on the speaker.
He's keeping to himself
Observing that the person keeps their troubles to themselves, possibly unaware of their effect on others.
I knew he'd bring out the worst in me when I was in good health
Expecting the person to bring out the speaker's negative traits even when the speaker is in good health.
And I look for the beauty with a careful eye
Searching for beauty with a careful eye, but only for the sake of others, not oneself.
But only for everyone else's sake, not mine
Indicating a selfless pursuit of beauty for others, with a lack of similar attention to one's own needs.
So how can you be kind
Questioning how one can be kind when the one appreciating beauty is blind to their own.
When the beholder's blind
Emphasizing the challenge of being kind when the one appreciating beauty is unable to see their own.
Trusting that they'll see what they need to in time
Expressing trust that others will eventually see what they need to see in the speaker.
He's disrupting the calm
Noting the disruption of calm caused by the trouble-causing person.
I'm as fragile as it gets
Describing the speaker as extremely fragile in the face of disturbance.
He's brewing the storm and somehow cleaning up the mess
Attributing the brewing storm to the trouble-causing person, who somehow manages to clean up the resulting mess.
He looks like trouble
Reiterating the initial impression that the person looks like trouble.
One look and I knew
Affirming that the trouble-causing appearance was confirmed upon closer inspection.
He looks like the trouble I'm about to get into
Anticipating involvement in the trouble that the person represents.
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