Tuesday, August 16, 2022

cccxlix. U2: The Troubles

cccxlix. U2

The Troubles (2014)
Bono, lead vocals, keyboards
The Edge, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Adam Clayton, bass
Larry Mullen Jr. drums, percussion
Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, keyboards
Declan Gaffney, keyboards
Lykke Li, vocals
Caroline Dale, cello
Natalia Bonner, violin
(4:45)


from: Songs Of Innocence.


Bono: "an uncomfortable song about domestic violence."

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Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it's easier
To put your finger on the trouble
When the trouble is you
And you think it's easier
To know your own tricks
Well it's the hardest thing you'll ever do

I have a will for survival
So you can hurt me and then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you're not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it's easier
To give up on the trouble
If the trouble is destroying you
You think it's easier
But before you threw me a rope
It was the one thing I could hold on to

have a will for survival
So you can hurt me and then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you're not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

God knows it's not easy
Taking on the shape of someone else's pain
God now you can see me
I'm naked and I'm not afraid
My body's sacred and I'm not ashamed

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control


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