“Trouble” (originally titled “Spiderwebs”) is the sixth track and third single of Parachutes. This song actually has two music videos: the first video was done in the UK, but Martin ended up hating it and the label thought it was too dark for American audiences; the second video is much more light-h...
[Verse 1]
Oh no, I see
A spiderweb is tangled up with me
And I lost my head
And thought of all the stupid things I'd said
[Verse 2]
Oh no, what's this?
A spiderweb, and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
And thought of all the stupid things I'd done
[Chorus]
And I, I never meant to cause you trouble
And I, I never meant to do you wrong
And I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
[Verse 3]
Oh no, I see
A spiderweb, and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
But here am I in my little bubble
[Chorus]
Singin' that I, I never meant to cause you trouble
And I, I never meant to do you wrong
And I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
[Outro]
They spun a web for me
And they spun a web for me
And they spun a web for me
Trouble was written by Chris Martin & Will Champion & Jonny Buckland & Guy Berryman.
Trouble was produced by Ken Nelson & Coldplay.
According to Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin, the song’s writing was inspired by his own behaviour. Martin recalls:
There were some bad things going in our band … the song is about behaving badly towards somebody you really love and I was certainly doing that to some members of the band.
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