The White Stripes - effect and cause

노래는 사람들 간의 갈등과 오해를 다루며, 원인과 결과를 뒤바꾸는 행동이 가져오는 문제를 경고한다
복잡한 인간 관계에서 상대의 행동에 대한 반응이 중요한데, 잘못된 책임 전가는 항상 혼란을 초래한다
결국, 어떤 상황에서도 진정한 원인을 분명히 해야 한다는 교훈을 전한다

I guess you have to have a problem, if you want to invent a contraption
First you cause a train wreck then they put me in traction, mmm
Well, first came an action and then a reaction
But you can't switch 'em 'round for your own satisfaction
Well you burnt my house down then got mad at my reaction
Well in every complicated situation of a human relation
Makin' sense of it all takes a whole lotta concentration, mmm
Well you can't blame a baby for her pregnant ma
And if there's one of these unavoidable laws
It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause, no
Well you can't take the effect and make it the cause
I didn't rob a bank because you made up the law
Blame me for robbin' Peter but don't you blame Paul
Can't take the effect and make it the cause
I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call
You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall, yeah
Well I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact the reverse
But if you're headed to the grave, you don't blame the hearse
You're like a little girl yellin' at her brother 'cause you lost his ball, yes
Well you keep blaming me for what you did, but that ain't all
The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause, yes
Well, you seem to forget just how this all started
I'm reactin' to you because you left me brokenhearted
See you just can't just take the effect and make it the cause