Oh, when it's god I see in headlights kneeling down on frozen highways
And salvation in white knuckles on a wheel
And the deer is in the audience by the border of the darkness
Where forgiveness grows and slowly winds away

Well there's a question somewhere asked with all the answers inside
But I'll never find the kid before she's gone
Well the day is never done, but there's a light on where you're sleeping
So I hope somewhere that troubles will be gone

But now the ghost is in my jacket and my stairs were built in anger
Winding forcefully but end up where I stand
But there are no rocks or salt and nails, I low my cannons not to kill you
Simply lost the words to tell you I'm afraid

And there's a sign up to a hill to see the far of the land
Well the sign will tell you, "Turn if there's a one"
Still the day is never done, but there's a light on where you're sleeping
So I hope somewhere that troubles will be gone

Oh darling, when it's you I see in headlights, driving down the golden highway
And salvation in the beauty of some brace
And the deer is gone without me to the valley of surrender
There is still another world along it's tracks

But there's that sign up to a hill to see the far of the land
Well the sign will say, "There's still a higher one"
And now the day is slowly setting, and the lights on where you're sleeping
So I hope somewhere that troubles will be gone



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"Troubles Will Be Gone" as written by Kristian Matsson

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  • +1
    My Interpretation:This song always gives me a very specific image: he's performing his songs on stage and a girl who's standing in the crowd grabs his attention. She's in the audience "by the border of the darkness" - that is: as far as the stage lights will reach into the crowd. So he can barely see her, but he caught a glimpse of her "in headlights", probably in between two of his songs when the big lights went on.
    He knows he will probably not meet her ("But I'll never find the kid before she's gone"), but he also knows that she'll be somewhere in town ("There's a light on where you're sleeping") and it's almost like he's saying "well, I'm sorry that we never got to meet one another, but I hope that my music helped to cheer you up a little" with his "so I hope somewhere that troubles will be gone".

    I could be entirely wrong, and the rest of the lyrics don't really fit this story, but I still like to think this could be the meaning of the first verse and chorus.
    Flag botulismon April 13, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I love this. I agree that the meaning isn't the clearest, but that's one of the best things about this song—I can just keep pondering the message for as long as I like. The writing and the symbolism are so expertly done and can be interpreted a hundred different ways.

    For example: the connections drawn between the deer and who he's addressing, in the climax of the song. It's as though his 'darling' is a deer in headlights while he's driving down the golden highway. Is he confronting her about something, prompting her deer-in-headlights reaction? Or is he speaking from the point of view of a driver about to hit a deer on the road, i.e., expressing some sort of panic or danger that /he/ feels? After all, the song talks about forgiveness and anger; there's presumably been some tension between the two of them. And how about that deer itself—it's almost like a spirit or spectral being of some sort, dwelling first by the border of the darkness and then leaving him to go to the valley of surrender . . . Eerie and compelling, but for the life of me I still can't figure out what it might mean!

    And the final verse about the day (finally) slowly setting is such a terrific way to include a sense of catharsis, considering that he'd previously mentioned how the day never reaches its end. We can get some sleep, and indeed we can hope for higher lands, and for our troubles to be gone. Incredible.
    Flag jouheion November 24, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"I low my cannons not to kill you" shuld read "I LOAD my cannons not to kill you."
    Flag vociferouson April 20, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:But now the ghost is in my jacket and my stairs were built in anger
    Winding forcefully but end up where I stand
    But there are no rocks or salt and nails, I low my cannons not to kill you
    SImply lost the words to tell you I'm afraid


    blew my mind today... dunno if anyone is with me on that.

    P.S i think its i load my cannons not low
    Flag somethingphishyon June 07, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is my favorite. fjfkl;das
    Unexplainable.
    Flag aytchohelelwhyon April 24, 2010   Link

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