Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was Lyrics
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof
Mold me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it was bullet proof
Was bullet proof
Lead fill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate and bullet proof
i listen to this song while im driving in my car alone sometimes when its dark and everything is still, and it leaves me feeling like i want to cry because i wish nothing could hurt me, i wish i didnt let every little thing get to me in so many ways and i wish i was a stronger person. -jenn
I was listening to this song for the first time when I was reading a particularly tragic passage from "Norweigan Wood" by Haruki Murakami. It made me realise how fragile our lives are, but also how perhaps our fundamental vulnerability is the most beautiful thing about us.
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I have two, duel meanings.
1) This came to me back in '95, when I was youngin, and I really like this theory. Ever had a childhood whimsy? We all have. Like I'm going to be this or do that and its just so pure and reflects your character at a really young age. What I thought was an adult, looking back on life and wants to recapture his childhood naive fantasy of becoming bulletproof. If I were to direct this music video, I would have two kids kissing on a dock at a starry night during the chorus: 'proooooooooooof'.
2) Came a few weeks later. A man being torn and hurt in a destructive relationship, and how he is resorting to have the most superificial kind of protection - physical, away from the pain that he has been caused. Hiding in a dark room, huddled up, bulletproof and completely invulnerable.
What a beautiful song. My absolute favorite.
I think we can all relate to this song. Whether we get hurt in a relationship, have something wrong with your health, or you're just depressed. Everyone can relate to this song so easily. I know I can. I've got epilepsy, and sometimes I just wish that I was "bulletproof". I just wish that I didn't have to take meds everyday, and worry about some of the limitations it presents towards my life. That's what this song means to me.
@IMABBALLPLAYER Yes man... I have been through 3 surgeries and literally have screws and metal in my neck and spine. I am in constant pain not mention that I can no longer do the physical things I once loved like mix martial arts or competitive sports. I take meds but not to fully take the pain away but to take just enough away to get me through. This was one of my favorite songs.
@IMABBALLPLAYER Yes man... I have been through 3 surgeries and literally have screws and metal in my neck and spine. I am in constant pain not mention that I can no longer do the physical things I once loved like mix martial arts or competitive sports. I take meds but not to fully take the pain away but to take just enough away to get me through. This was one of my favorite songs.
I agree with Joe Kubrick. I have always been hypersensitive as well and it is very difficult trying to teach yourself to be stronger. Being like that is like living with no skin, no protection from anything. Watching the news and seeing a loved one die cause the same amount of anguish. Everything makes you want to die. Anyway that's how I interpreted it.
exactly. this song says everything.
i whish i was bulletproof i really do...this song is about how easily you can be hurt...and noone ever notice i thing...but i don´t think it´s about that for thom yorke...but for me it is
I agree with none of the above.The song's about how life becomes so hard that it makes us so fragile and easily hurt by anything.I've always been too sensitive and there's been so many times i wished i could be more harder.
Totally agree with you. I hate that feeling, like one little bad thing happens, and you're whole world goes to pieces. I want to be immune to it, to forget the hurt and pain of everything, no matter how big or small. But I guess that's what makes us human.
Totally agree with you. I hate that feeling, like one little bad thing happens, and you're whole world goes to pieces. I want to be immune to it, to forget the hurt and pain of everything, no matter how big or small. But I guess that's what makes us human.
as someone mentioned earlier, at the end of the chorus, there is a second voice. I interpreted it as ''is tearing up, is tearing up''. It seems to fit. Anyway, go listen, it's amazing. Best song on the album if it wasn't for Street Spirit.
"I could burst a million bubbles"
I think this means that he also could hurt people if he wants