Behind The Song - Trouble

My husband is a Disney nut. When he was young, his family would take him to Disney World, and his architect father would show him many of the details around the parks. When we got married, we took our honeymoon to - you guessed it - Disney World. I have, consequently, become a bit of a Disney nut myself.

On one of our trips, we hopped on Splash Mountain, and our bloat floated across a pretend wooden sign with a pretend wooden carving of the words,

“You can’t run from trouble, ain’t no place that far.” 

I said “YAS honey! That’s my next song!” or something along those lines.

When we got back home, Bradley and I wrote Trouble together. Well, we kind of fought-wrote it. We were recently married, we were learning some uh, communication lessons. But, I’d say it was quite worth it. This is one of my songs with which I’m the most proud.

Trouble is a also a special song to me, because it symbolized a transition in my life.

I wanted to write this song strictly about how trouble chases us down in life and how we have to face it. For awhile, that’s all I had been doing. Facin’ troubles. Then, I came to more realizations in my life that led to a bit more hope, which made me feel compelled to put a more hopeful spin on this song at the end. I hope you like it!

 

LYRICS:
you can’t run from trouble
ain’t no place that far
you can’t run from trouble
she knows who you are

well she ain’t flesh and bone
but she’s as real as your own soul
she ain’t gonna leave you alone

you can’t run from trouble
ain’t no place that far
you can’t run from trouble
she knows where you are

you can go off on a bender
or try to drown her in your liquor
there ain’t no killing her. 

CHORUS      
you can’t run from trouble now
you can’t run from trouble now
baby theres no hiding
oh she gonna find you
you can’t run from trouble now

you can’t run from trouble
ain’t no place that far
you can’t run from trouble
she knows what you are

you think she’s the enemy
with little horns and razor teeth
come to steal your revelry

repeat chorus

BRIDGE
MMMMMMM HUMMMMMMMM
ain't no place that far

MMMMMMM HUMMMMMMMM
she lives inside your heart

oh, but pain is your ally
she’ll fix your wings, help you fly
if you let her take you high
take you high

repeat chorus

 

Posted on May 22, 2017 .