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The Black Keys – Ten Cent Pistol Lyrics 11 years ago
Revenge by means of poison.

A "ten cent pistol" being a term used for exacting revenge on someone by poisoning their drug supply. Typically with something cheap like Arsenic/rat poison. Hence the term "ten cent pistol".

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The Black Keys – 10 Lovers Lyrics 11 years ago
I heard this was about Dan's wife leaving him and this is him trying to explain it all to their daughter.


The wife left and it was really hard on him and the girl.

The girl is having nightmares about it and he is resentful toward the wife because of how hard it has been on them. He can't explain why they're not a family anymore.

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The Black Keys – Gold on the Ceiling Lyrics 11 years ago
This song is about money fame and greed. GOLD is literally in the title.

"Down in the waves
She screams again
Roar at the door
My mind can't take much more"

This is about all of the girls coming after his money and fame. Wanting a piece of him, but he has a hard time resisting the relentless temptation to give in.


"They wanna' get my
Gold on the ceiling"

They're going after him just for his money

"I ain't blind
It's just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's all right
Ain't no guarding my high/house"

This means that he sees through these people and accepts the fact that he cannot prevent it from happening. It's just a matter of time before he gives in to the girls.

"Clouds covered love's
Barbed wire snare
Strung up strung out
I just can't go without"

The clouds covered loves and the barbed wire snare are about the deceptiveness and the traps laid by women and how he cannot find a true woman who just wants him for himself and not his money. He knows it's a trap but he can't just go without women forever.

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