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Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip
Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo
Bang, bang, the first six are for you
Bang, bang, the seventh is for me
Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip
Bang, bang, Europe's going to weep

All for you, all for you, all for you (Sophia)

Bang, bang, history's complete
Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo
Bang, bang, the first six are for you
Bang, bang, the seventh is for me
Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip
Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo

All for you, all for you, all for you (Sophia)

The Black Hand holds the gun
The Devil takes his run
Urban, take the Appel Quay
It's June the twenty-eighth
The seventh was for me

Bang, bang, history's complete
Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo
Bang, bang, the first six are for you
Bang, bang, the seventh is for me
Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip
Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo
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kayteeohh On Sep 12, 2006
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Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

iyou have to ask about this song, then my advice to you is to take history class. the song is clearly about the man behind the behind the band, Archduke FRANZ FERDINAND. its about his assassination by Gavrilo Princip, young man from Bosnia and a member of the Black Hand, a revolutionary group for slavic unity in the balkaans during the early 20th century. his wife(or fianceee, i can't remember), Sophia, was murdered by Princip as well. he used a now infamous revolver- hence "...first six shots are for you.", to do the dirty work. the assassination was the boiling point regarding slavic and germanic tensions in the region. this was basically the basis of the First World War, hence "...Europe's gonna weap."

Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

This is "All For You, Sophia"... not "Bang Bang" lol.

Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

We learned about this in history

Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

It's all about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assination in Sarajevo by the 'Black Hand'.

Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

in the last chorus it doesn't start with 'bang bang history's complete' it just says 'gavrilo princip'

Cover art for Bang Bang lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

I adore this song. It's basically about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Black Hand is a reference to the assassin (him holding the gun) I'm not totally sure but I think The Black Hand was the name of some club the assassin belonged to. Curiously enough, when Franz Ferdinand (the band) was starting out, they played a number of "secret" gigs under the pseudonym "The Black Hands"

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