Ghost Cop – Trouble

"Trouble" – a dark fever dream by Ghost Cop

In "Trouble" taken from the same-titled album, Ghost Cop takes us into a dense, omin­ous sound­scape that builds an eer­ie atmo­sphere from the very begin­ning. The song cap­tiv­ates with its slow but intense tempo, which com­bines per­fectly with the haunt­ing vocals. The singing is almost hyp­not­ic – soft but at the same time determ­ined, which gives the track a dis­turb­ing depth. It's like being trapped in a dark dream from which you can't escape. The lyr­ics "I am fallen, I am rot­ten, the things god told me, I've for­got­ten" in par­tic­u­lar rein­force this feel­ing of inner tur­moil and forlornness.

I am fallen, I am rot­ten, the things god told me, I've forgotten
Lyrics from "Trouble" per­formed by "Ghost Cop"

The breaks in the song are skil­fully placed and provide the neces­sary dynam­ics to keep the ten­sion con­stant. They act like music­al res­pites that allow us to pause briefly before we are drawn deep­er into the dark sound­scape again. It is pre­cisely these small inter­rup­tions that make the song par­tic­u­larly excit­ing, as they give the feel­ing of con­stantly dis­cov­er­ing new facets. Each break is a step into a new chapter, which seems even more threat­en­ing than the one before.

The accom­pa­ny­ing music video, which fea­tures retro aes­thet­ics and blurry images remin­is­cent of a 70s effect, per­fectly under­scores the fever­ish and night­mar­ish mood of the song. It is a visu­al exten­sion of the son­ic dark­ness that Ghost Cop so mas­ter­fully builds here.

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Listen to "Ghost Cop – Trouble" on Spotify

Listen to "Ghost Cop – Trouble" on Spotify

Listen to "Ghost Cop – Trouble" on Spotify

Trouble, it’s like the song said
I know, it’s get­ting closer

Sorrow, it’s your persona
I know, you’re get­ting older

Still life, like a picture
Follow, that’s an order

I am fallen
I am rotten
The things god told me
I’ve forgotten

I am breathing
I am seeing
Would you believe in
Do you believe me?

Trouble
I’m in trouble

Swallow, like the seer said
Those things you did for kicks,
the abso­lute state of it

Hunger, like your fath­er said
Living your life like a karma catastrophe
I know

I am fallen
I am rotten
The things god told me
I’ve forgotten

I am breathing
I am seeing
Would you believe in
Do you believe me?

I swear my God, I know I know
Something’s miss­ing, is any­one listening?
Outside?
I’m call­ing from the oth­er side
I swear, my God,I know I know
I’m only breath­ing, is any­one leaving?
Absent?
I’m in trouble

I am falling
I am rotten
The things god told me
I’ve forgotten

I am breathing
I am seeing
Would you believe in
Do you believe me?

Trouble
I’m in trouble