i always had a feeling this song was dark. but after watching the episode of weeds with this song, it actually makes sense to think about it as someone being interrogated/tortured:
"We're catching bullets in our teeth
It's hard to do but they're so sweet"
could mean pulling teeth physically out of the mouth/getting shot in the mouth
"And if they take a couple out
We try to work things out"
the person is willing to cooperate since pulling teeth is painful. can also be pulling teeth in the metaphorical sense to get an answer.
"We catching bullets with our
Heads and hearts and all the darkest parts of us"
being shot at
"We're catching bullets in our teeth
And though they try hard not to say how it's done
They always do
They spill the secret out six ways
And beg for our forgiveness"
they try hard not to give in but they always do. and then they try to beg for their lives.
the whole so sweet to lose a friend, one of their partners may have been captured/killed and they are now at the funeral. cutting off fingers to get extra insight, to persuade them to remember/tell what they know.
im really hopping this isnt what was in mind when the song was written, but it fits pretty well. it's probably a more broad meaning like trying to get the truth out of a friend and how there are arguments and fights and what not while trying to do so. it's just one of those "i'm in a dark place" songs for me.
i always had a feeling this song was dark. but after watching the episode of weeds with this song, it actually makes sense to think about it as someone being interrogated/tortured: "We're catching bullets in our teeth It's hard to do but they're so sweet" could mean pulling teeth physically out of the mouth/getting shot in the mouth
"And if they take a couple out We try to work things out" the person is willing to cooperate since pulling teeth is painful. can also be pulling teeth in the metaphorical sense to get an answer.
"We catching bullets with our Heads and hearts and all the darkest parts of us" being shot at
"We're catching bullets in our teeth And though they try hard not to say how it's done They always do They spill the secret out six ways And beg for our forgiveness" they try hard not to give in but they always do. and then they try to beg for their lives.
the whole so sweet to lose a friend, one of their partners may have been captured/killed and they are now at the funeral. cutting off fingers to get extra insight, to persuade them to remember/tell what they know.
im really hopping this isnt what was in mind when the song was written, but it fits pretty well. it's probably a more broad meaning like trying to get the truth out of a friend and how there are arguments and fights and what not while trying to do so. it's just one of those "i'm in a dark place" songs for me.