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Riff: U2 – “The Troubles”

Sep 16, 2014

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

from The Troubles lyrics by U2

Guest vocalist Lykke Li does a decent Lana Del Rey impression (unfortunately), while the U2 borrows LDR’s mopey orchestra shtick on a track about Bono’s favorite 50-plus-year-old political event in Northern Ireland – although that’s really just in the title. It’s actually a breakup track.

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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