Trouble Every Day
Embracing Inner Turmoil: Tindersticks' Troubled Reflections in 'Trouble Every Day'
Lyrics
Look into my eyes
Expresses a request or invitation to observe and understand the speaker's emotions or situation.
You see trouble every day
Highlights a pervasive sense of trouble or difficulty in daily life.
It's on the inside of me
Suggests that the trouble is internal, within the speaker's emotions or psyche.
So don't try to understand
Advises against attempting to comprehend or empathize with the speaker's inner turmoil.
I get on the inside of you
Indicates the speaker's ability to influence or affect others emotionally.
You can blow it all away
Implies the transient nature of emotional distress, as it can be dispelled easily.
Such a slightest breath
Describes the fragility of emotional balance, comparing it to a delicate breath.
And I know who I am
Suggests that the speaker understands their identity through the experience of trouble.
Look into my eyes
Reiterates the invitation to observe the speaker's emotions through eye contact.
Hear the words I can't say
Encourages listening to unspoken words that convey the depth of the speaker's feelings.
Words that defy
Refers to words that defy easy expression or articulation.
And they scream it out loud
Expresses the intense, loud proclamation of these difficult-to-express words.
I get on the inside of you
Reiterates the speaker's ability to influence or understand others deeply.
You can wave it all away
Highlights the ease with which emotional influence can be dispelled or ignored.
Such a slightest thing
Emphasizes the small and subtle triggers that can cause emotional trouble.
It's just the raise of your hand
Attributes trouble to simple gestures or actions, like raising a hand.
And there's trouble every day
Repeated emphasis on the omnipresence of trouble in daily life.
There's trouble every day
-There's trouble every day
-There's trouble every day
-If I want you back
Expresses a desire to escape or retrieve a past state before time changes things.
I could get away
-Before the sunshine leaves your eye
-But I need to know
-How to find a place
-Before the days become nights
-Before the years become lies
-And there's trouble every day
Reiterates the constant presence of trouble in the speaker's life.
You know that I love again
Expresses a plea or desire for a renewed start in a troubled relationship.
Please make it start again
-There's trouble every day
Reiterates the omnipresence of trouble but now in the context of the speaker's love life.
You know that I'll always hear
Acknowledges the speaker's ability to perceive unspoken words or emotions.
The words that you never say
-There's trouble every day
Highlights the impact of unsaid words and the distress caused by their unexpressed nature.
This time it's startling me
-The words I can never say
-There's trouble every day
Repetition of the theme of hearing unspoken words and the impact on the speaker.
You know that I'll always hear
-The words that you never say [Repeated]
-Look into my eyes
Reiteration of the invitation to understand the speaker's emotions through eye contact and unspoken words.
Hear the words I can't say
-You know that I'll always hear
-The words that you never say
Final repetition of the impact of unexpressed words on the speaker.
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