I know a movie star
I've got her plastered to my wall.
Just like we're dear old friends
Like she already knows me.
She's as perfect as she seems,
Lifts me right out the mezzanine.
I finally fell in love,
I'd been waiting forever.

Four, three, two, one
When out the barrel of a gun
Keep my head way down.
Stay out I'll stay in.
Half dead, half numb
She's enough to make me warm
It's all so safe and sound.

Lie back and fast asleep
If you could see what I could see.
Drip drop a lovely dream.

Goddamn you movie star,
Can't you just stay a minute more.
We'd be the best of friends
You could stay here forever.

Four, three, two, one
When out the barrel of a gun
Keep my head way down.
Stay out I'll stay in.
Half dead, half numb
She's enough to make me warm
It's all so safe and sound.

She will be sweet on me
Just like a mystery.
It's not so hard to see
If I'm not mistaken.
She comes from far away
Gets closer everyday.
And all that I can say
She's all I want and all that I live for.

Four, three, two, one
When out the barrel of a gun
Keep my head way down.
Stay out I'll stay in.
Half dead, half numb
She's enough to make me warm
It's all so safe and sound.


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Barrel of a Gun Lyrics as written by Adam S. Gardner Ryan Miller

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  • +1
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    This song is not about masturbation unlike what you may think... Its about a person wanting attention from their "movie star" It's about wanting..

    fiipson May 17, 2002   Link
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    General Comment

    while PARTS of the song are about masturbation (i.e. "lie back and fast asleep, if you could see what i could see...drip drop a lovely dream"), there are other aspects to it. obsession with someone famous. infatuation.

    happyfrappyon May 22, 2002   Link
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    Saying "Its about masterbation" cheapens this song. Yes, parts of it refer to masturbation, but not every friggen line. The songs about obsession and enfatuation... which leads to the masturbation. But its more than just a song about whacking off.

    RomulusRomstaron August 24, 2002   Link
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    I completely agree with RomulusRomstar. THIS SONG IS ABOUT INFATUATION! However, the song includes parts that reference to masturbation. Read the lyrics, it's clear that the MAIN meaning of the song is the infatiation and obsession, and masturbation comes as a part of thist obsession.

    kinger2713on April 28, 2004   Link
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    Can't you hear this song blaring during some kidnapping scene on some show? Celeb is tied to a chair in a dark room, trying to escape her bonds and the killer/kidnapper comes out of the darkness and is trying to convince the celeb that this is all how it should be? That would be really freaky and an intense scene...

    Masturbation, maybe... Heroin, a little less likely, but without any confirmation from the band themselves...

    andrewxcon October 27, 2007   Link
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    Er... I thought it was kind of like "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank" by Barenaked Ladies. I thought it was about an obsessive fan who tries to assassinate the celebrity he's in love with. A song about masturbation just seems so juvenile. Seriously, this is Guster, not Green Day.

    Archaia Sophiaon July 01, 2008   Link
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    so what's the deal, is this about masturbation or not?

    scheisseon May 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    probably

    ORANGE-tommorrowon May 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    orange..WTF =/....someone should kill you...

    this is a great song

    Simplisticdreamson May 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    why should someone kill him? it is indeed good, but i wish to know what it's about, or at least what people think.

    scheisseon May 10, 2002   Link

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