i feel like this is about someone that has issues and has a hard time getting close to people. or once they do get close they freak out and sabatoge it and ruin it because of fear that the OTHER person will hurt them so they do it to avoid a bigger pain... does that make sense?
I think you're right on the money. I think this song is about relying on a defensive attitude by means of protecting yourself. I also think there's some political connotations suggesting that the person is paranoid about higher authorities bidding against us. The lines "takes your gun/shakes your hand" conjures ideas of government conspiracies, secret organisations and such.
I think you're right on the money. I think this song is about relying on a defensive attitude by means of protecting yourself. I also think there's some political connotations suggesting that the person is paranoid about higher authorities bidding against us. The lines "takes your gun/shakes your hand" conjures ideas of government conspiracies, secret organisations and such.
"Takes your gun/shakes your hand/walks you out of the sun" is just more of the emotional imagery/allegory. Were the subject of the song to pause and question destroying the feeling (what they touched/what touched them), they'd be easily disarmed and calmly walked out of the sun to a total loss -- of the warm feeling that gave them pause, of their offensive/defensive weapon, of their sense of emotional freedom.
"Takes your gun/shakes your hand/walks you out of the sun" is just more of the emotional imagery/allegory. Were the subject of the song to pause and question destroying the feeling (what they touched/what touched them), they'd be easily disarmed and calmly walked out of the sun to a total loss -- of the warm feeling that gave them pause, of their offensive/defensive weapon, of their sense of emotional freedom.
i feel like this is about someone that has issues and has a hard time getting close to people. or once they do get close they freak out and sabatoge it and ruin it because of fear that the OTHER person will hurt them so they do it to avoid a bigger pain... does that make sense?
I think you're right on the money. I think this song is about relying on a defensive attitude by means of protecting yourself. I also think there's some political connotations suggesting that the person is paranoid about higher authorities bidding against us. The lines "takes your gun/shakes your hand" conjures ideas of government conspiracies, secret organisations and such.
I think you're right on the money. I think this song is about relying on a defensive attitude by means of protecting yourself. I also think there's some political connotations suggesting that the person is paranoid about higher authorities bidding against us. The lines "takes your gun/shakes your hand" conjures ideas of government conspiracies, secret organisations and such.
"Takes your gun/shakes your hand/walks you out of the sun" is just more of the emotional imagery/allegory. Were the subject of the song to pause and question destroying the feeling (what they touched/what touched them), they'd be easily disarmed and calmly walked out of the sun to a total loss -- of the warm feeling that gave them pause, of their offensive/defensive weapon, of their sense of emotional freedom.
"Takes your gun/shakes your hand/walks you out of the sun" is just more of the emotional imagery/allegory. Were the subject of the song to pause and question destroying the feeling (what they touched/what touched them), they'd be easily disarmed and calmly walked out of the sun to a total loss -- of the warm feeling that gave them pause, of their offensive/defensive weapon, of their sense of emotional freedom.