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Simple Plan

Problem Child

Release date: 19th February 2016

From Taking One for the Team
Track 13
3:41
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About This Track

'Problem Child' by Simple Plan is a 2016 pop track from the album 'Taking One for the Team'. The lyrics return to a familiar argument, with an early-morning wake-up, regret for things said, and a wish to rewrite how the story ends. There is a sense of being emotionally undone, then comfort sought in someone carrying fears away, before the closing self-question of whether things are messed up. A single line sums up the hope to shift the damage, as the narrator asks, “Can we just pretend”.

"Problem Child" is a track by Simple Plan, from the album Taking One for the Team, released 19th February 2016. The track is 3:41 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Simple Plan.

About the Artist

Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Lyrics

Problem Child

Here we are again
Wake up 5 am
I didn't mean a word I said
Can we just pretend I can take it back?
Change the way the story ends
I remember when things were simple then
Didn't know we hurt this way
I would fall asleep, you would carry me
You would take my fears away
Am I messed up? forever flawed
Beyond repair but forever yours
All my life all I ever did was try and try
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
I don't know why I always find the way to make you cry
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
When you look at me I wonder if you see
All the things you thought I could be
All the crazy night, all the stupid fight
All the tears that filled our eyes
Am I messed up? forever flawed
Beyond repair but forever yours
All my life all I ever did was try and try
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
I don't know why I always find the way to make you cry
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
All my life all I ever did was try and try
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
I don't know why I always find the way to make you cry
I never meant to be your problem child
Your problem child, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Your problem child, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Your problem child, yeah

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Track details

From Taking One for the Team

3:412016
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Taking One for the Team
Taking One for the Team
Simple Plan
19th February 2016
Track number
13
Release year
2016
  1. 1Opinion Overload
    3:19
  2. 2Boom!
    3:10
  3. 3Kiss Me Like Nobody's Watching
    3:23
  4. 4Farewell
    3:21

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    Writer
    Chuck Comeau, Justin Tranter, Pierre Bouvier
    Producer
    Howard Benson
    Drums
    Chuck Comeau
    Guitar
    Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Keyboards
    Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik
    Vocals
    Pierre Bouvier
    Additional Background Vocals
    Chady Awad, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco, Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik, Melanie Joy Fontana, Myah Marie, Pierre Bouvier, Sébastien Lefebvre, Sid Tipton
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Scott Skrzynski
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Chris Bousquet, Wendell Teague
    Background Vocals
    David Desrosiers, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Bass Guitar
    David Desrosiers
    Digital Audio Editor
    Paul DeCarli
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mixing Engineer
    Neal Avron
    Organ
    Howard Benson
    Programmer
    Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik
    Recording Engineer
    Hatsukazu Inagaki, Mike Plotnikoff
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