Wednesday 15 October 2014

Research: Song lyrics analysis for "Bullet"

My legs are dangling off the edge,
The bottom of the bottle is my only friend,
I think I'll slit my wrists again and I'm gone, gone, gone,
My legs are dangling off the edge,
A stomach full of pills didn't work again,
I'll put a bullet in my head and I'm gone, gone, gone.

Gone too far and yeah I'm gone again,
It's gone on too long, tell you how it ends,
I'm sitting on the edge with my two best friends,
Ones a bottle of pills, ones a bottle of gin,
I'm twenty stories up, yeah I'm up at the top,
I'll polish off this bottle, now it's pushing me off,
Asphalt to me has never looked so soft,
I bet my momma found my letter, now shes calling the cops,
I gotta take this opportunity before I miss it,
'Cause now I hear the sirens and they're off in the distance,
Believe me when I tell you that I've been persistent,
'Cause I'm more scarred, more scarred than my wrist is,
I've been trying too long, with too dull of a knife,
But tonight I made sure that I sharpened it twice,
I never bought a suit before in my life,
But when you go to meet god, you know you wanna look nice.

So if I survive, then I'll see you tomorrow,
Yeah I'll see you tomorrow.

My legs are dangling off the edge,
The bottom of the bottle is my only friend,
I think I'll slit my wrists again and I'm gone, gone, gone, gone,
My legs are dangling off the edge,
A stomach full of pills didn't work again,
I'll put a bullet in my head and I'm gone, gone, gone, gone.

We hit the sky, there goes the light,
No more sun, why's it always night
When you can't sleep, well, you can't dream,
When you can't dream, well, whats life mean?
We feel a little pity, but don't empathize
The old are getting older, watch a young man die,
A Mother and a Son and someone you know,
Smile at each other and realize you don't,
You don't know what happened to that kid you raised,
What happened to the Father, who swore he'd stay?
I didn't know 'cause you didn't say,
Now Momma feels guilt, yea Momma feels pain,
When you were young, you never thought you'd die,
Found that you could but too scared to try,
You looked in the mirror and you said goodbye,
Climb to the roof to see if you could fly.

So if I survive, then I'll see you tomorrow,
Yeah I'll see you tomorrow.

My legs are dangling off the edge,
The bottom of the bottle is my only friend,
I think I'll slit my wrists again and I'm gone, gone, gone, gone,
My legs are dangling off the edge,
A stomach full of pills didn't work again,
I'll put a bullet in my head and I'm gone, gone, gone, gone.

I wish that I could fly, way up in the sky,
Like a bird so high,
Oh I might just try,
I wish that I could fly, way up in the sky,
Like a bird so high,
Oh I might just try,
Oh I might just try.
This song has multiple meanings within it however at a first glance it only shows one meaning, committing suicide;

This song is about someone who wants to commit suicide from taking pills, slitting their wrist, however al the lyrics shows that he has done all of this before but has failed, this shows that he could be having difficulty doing the act or maybe he doesn't really want to die. For example family members, when in the lyrics it says "momma feels guilt yeah momma feels pain, this could show that she is guilty about bringing up the character and it has led to this.

There is also the section with the lyrics "The father who swore he'd stay" this could show that the character is form a broken up family where the character was close to his father then he left making him upset/suicidal. There is also the section where he says "well if I don't die then ill see you tomorrow" this is sang in a mocking way which could be the character stating that if he doesn't die then its just another day for other people close to him but they don't share any sympathy with him.

There also is a section where he says "cause im more scarred, more scarred than my wrist is". which shows that he has been through a troubling life and has suffered more than he could handle. There is also the section at the start of the chorus "my legs are dangling of the edge" this could mean that he is hesitant and is waiting for someone to care but if no-one comes then he will jump, the section after this is "the bottom of the bottle is my only friend" this could show his loneliness as he is calling inanimate objects friends in comparison to people who have friends who wouldn't even consider this.

Also there is the ending of the song which is sung in a  childs voice which could be when he jumped and as hes died it has shown him again as this innocent child that has no more worries.

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