Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
It's so far from your weapon, the place you were born
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
Your so far from your weapon and you wanna go home
I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work
(I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work)
Suddenly you're begging me to do so much work
(Suddenly you're begging me to do so much work)
Right away from the get go the bullet was cursed
Ever since I had you every little thing hurts.
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You dream of seeing fire in them hills
But you better wipe that smile from your lips
Which of us will be the one to go
(Which of us will be the one to go)
He who hits the roads will walk alone
(He who hits the roads will walk alone)
Get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
Its so far from your weapon, the place you were born
There a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home
(You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home)
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
It's so far from your weapon, the place you were born
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
Your so far from your weapon and you wanna go home
I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work
(I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work)
Suddenly you're begging me to do so much work
(Suddenly you're begging me to do so much work)
Right away from the get go the bullet was cursed
Ever since I had you every little thing hurts.
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You dream of seeing fire in them hills
But you better wipe that smile from your lips
Which of us will be the one to go
(Which of us will be the one to go)
He who hits the roads will walk alone
(He who hits the roads will walk alone)
Get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
Its so far from your weapon, the place you were born
There a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home
(You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home)
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
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When I heard this song, it seemed so clear what it meant, until I double checked who was credited with writing the song. Seeing it was Mosshart not White was surprising because to me this song has Meg and Jack all over it, figured it was a song he had written earlier and carried over to TDW. Guess it goes to show how many different ways lyrics can go. Here was my take on it just in case Jack had a hand in these lyrics! Whatever, the song and the album is great!
'I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work',you wanna go home', 'you wanna get up, let go, i said no'....based on statements that Meg's performance anxiety led to canceled tours in the last years of TWS and the statement Meg made that she warmed up with whiskey and redbull before shows
'the place where you were born' ...this is direct and has got to be significant who knows though what it could mean, when relating to Meg, MI where she was born and lives with her fiancee now husband works
'suddenly your begging me to do so much work'...doesn't want to do the shows doesn't help as much with the shows
'bullet in my pocket'....this to me was physical, modern day cupids arrow as in the band name Bullet For My Valentine, or if the anatomy can shoot blanks why not bullets :D
'Right away from the get go the bullet was cursed Ever since i had you every little thing hurts'...their past relationship
And in the longshots, this last one is the longest shot of all: You dream of seeing fire in them hills....Scotland is a country most known for hills, beautiful in fall, both Jack and Meg are of Scottish descent, TWS played shows in the place of their roots, maybe she loved the country. 'Which one of us will be the one to go He who hits the roads the one who lives'...Jack back out on tour, that is life, living to him, and back to Scotland eventually?
This is totally wrong I know, but I wish it to be true. Jack and Meg always had such a sexual energy in their shows, part of which made them amazing to see. Even though they are both happily remarried, well, you never get over your first real love, even if happier the next time around ;)