“Troubled Times” lays out Billie Joe’s assessment of the United States and the world as of now. He portrays a distressed nation without salvation; a world filled with anger and hate that’s covered in stains of injustice.
[Verse 1]
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
[Pre-Chorus]
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
[Verse 2]
What part of history we've learned
When it's repeated?
Some things, we'll never overcome
If we don't seek it
[Pre-Chorus]
The world stops turning
Paradise burning
So don't think twice
[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times
[Bridge]
We run for cover
Like a skyscraper's fallin' down
And then I wonder
Like a troubled mind
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
[Pre-Chorus]
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't look twice
[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times
Troubled Times was written by Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Troubled Times was produced by Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Green Day released Troubled Times on Fri Oct 07 2016.
An ominous rocker that surveys an America on the brink of disaster, full of racial unrest and economic inequality. “I wish saying ‘we live in troubled times’ was a cliché, but it’s not,” says Armstrong. “Trump is preying on people’s fears, anger and desperation. … He’s feeding meat to hungry dogs.”