Trouble Town by Jake Bugg - Song Lyrics Meaning/Analysis

The song lyrics for Jake Bugg - Trouble Town are as follows: 

Stuck in speed bump city

Where the only thing that's pretty

Is the thought of getting out

There's a tower block overhead

All you've got's your benefits

And you're barely scraping by

In this trouble town

Troubles are found

In this trouble town

Words do get 'round

Kick the bottom make troubles flee

Smoke until our eyes would bleed

Sparkle pop the seed

Hear the sirens down the street

The kids get light on their feet

Or they'll be in the back seat

In this trouble town

Troubles are found

Sitting on the pavement

Boy you've missed your payment

And they're gonna find you soon

If there's a beating in the rain

If there's a little bit of pain, man

You're the one it happens to

If I talk of getting out

I only hear the laughter loud

It's got an ugly echo

Somewhere there's a secret road

To take me far away I know

But 'til then I am hollow

In this trouble town

Troubles are found

In this trouble town

Fools are found

Sitting on the pavement

Boy you've missed your payment

And they're gonna find you soon

If there's a beating in the streets

If there's a feeling of defeat

You're the one it happens to

Stuck in speed bump city

Where the only thing that's pretty

Is the thought of getting out

As I initially planned on making a narrative based video it was important for me to analyse the lyrics carefully. However, I knew that I didn't want to make the narrative follow each lyric by lyric so I decided to read through them several times to try and get the idea of what message the song is trying to give off and the general meaning of it. 

The song title itself 'Trouble Town' gives off the idea that the town Jake Bugg maybe living in or used to is quite grim with very little opportunity for the young people growing up in it.This is also backed up by the fact that Bugg was brought up in a council house and failed to gain many grades at school. This is supported through the very first verse, also: 'Stuck in the speed bump city, where the only thing that's pretty is the thought of getting out' and 'If there's a beating in the rain, if there's a little bit of pain, man. You're the one it's happening to'. These lyrics bring forward the idea that the place Jake is talking about, which is probably the place he grew up, has very little to offer. In general, the song appears to be quite negative with practically every lyric talking about there's no positives to living in the 'Trouble Town'. 'For example: 'Sitting on the pavement, boy you've missed your payment and they're gonna' find you soon'. Overall, I quite like the lyrics and it's one of the main reasons I chose to create my music video with this song in the first place.

I plan to take the idea of the music videos towards the direction that Jake Bugg or the person he appears to be talking about in the song, not necessarily relating to every lyric in the song but giving the video the kinda feel that the artist/character has no life ambitions and is stuck doing the same thing day after day without any opportunities to change. 

Initial ideas for the narrative include the artist/main protagonist working in a dead-end job on little pay each day or walking to do the job centre each day to look for a job.