Trouble Is... Lyrics
Feel you under my skin
Middle of the night, wonder if you feel it too
Echoing in my head
Color me with doubt, so much that we didn't see through
Knew we had a good thing
Didn't know just how much I would miss you
Sick of doing nothing
Even now you're gone, I know that I need you
[Pre-Chorus]
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is I don't wanna let go
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is
[Chorus]
All that I know is I just can't say no to you
Funny how things never change (Trouble is)
All that I wanted was just to get over you
Trouble is I can't find a way
You're part of me
[Post-Chorus]
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is you're part of me
I can see a new light
Burnin' up the sky, fillin' up the whole damn room
Wanna look away but
Even when I try there's a little that gets through
Hide away the feeling
Never was enough, doesn't matter what I do
Sick of doing nothing
Even when you're gone, I know that I need you
[Pre-Chorus]
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is I don't wanna let go
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is, trouble is
[Chorus]
All that I know is I just can't say no to you
Funny how things never change (Trouble is)
All that I wanted was just to get over you
Trouble is I can't find a way
You're part of me
[Bridge]
(Trouble is) A part of me
(Trouble is) A scar to me
(Trouble is) A drop of bleach
(Trouble is) On my favorite tee
(Trouble is) A part of me
(Trouble is) A scar to me
(Trouble is, trouble is)
Trouble is you're part of me
All that I know is I just can't say no to you
Funny how things never change
All that I wanted was just to get over you
Trouble is I can't find a way
You're part of me
[Post-Chorus]
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is I don't wanna let go
Trouble is, trouble is
Trouble is I don’t wanna let go
[Outro]
Trouble is you're part of me
About
“Trouble Is” shows how the narrator can’t get over someone and how this person won’t leave their mind. This person has become a part of their life, and even now that he tries to forget them, he can’t.
Musically, it’s one of All Time Low’s more complex songs as it’s written in a time signature of 13/4 which is a bar of 6/4 and then a bar of 7/4.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Kerrang spoke to frontman Alex Gaskarth about the track.
This is interesting, because it’s in a very weird time signature – I wanna say it’s in 13/4, which is really odd! You get a bar of six, and then a bar of seven, and it keeps alternating. Basically, it was an exercise in writing guitar parts, vocals and melodies that fit to this hiccupping rhythmic structure. It was a way for us to do a little math (laughs) – and when you’re in a pop-punk band, you don’t often get to do that! I also really like the subject matter, which is about these people who exit your atmosphere, and then come back in and it kind of rattles your entire world. You realise that you never dealt with those feelings when they disappeared. It’s a cool topic, and a cool bed of music for it to live in!
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