Russian Roulette Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tanman00 

Cover art for Russian Roulette lyrics by Rihanna

i'm trying to decide if it's an actual game of russian roulette or a metaphor... someone help. haha.

powerful song regardless. (:

to me it sounds like she loves someone a lot and he's wanting her to do something that she doesn't want to. It could be related to anything; Losing a virginity, drugs, anything reckless. Like she's trying to prove her love to him. Maybe compare it to joining a gang or something?

You can see it through my chest And I'm terrified but I'm not leaving Know that I must must pass this test So just pull the trigger

At a part of the song he's "helping" her do it. telling her things to make it easier. Like he wants...

I think it's a metaphor. She needs to get out before it's too late... like the pulling of the trigger.

I think that this song is both a metaphor for a psychologically and emotionally trying or physically abusive relationship, as well as an analogy of the actual game of russian roulette. I can only imagine that in the game of russian roulette, one must be terrified and contemplating the consequences of putting the gun to ones own head and pulling the trigger. If you pull the trigger and it kills you, you won't get a chance to see another "sun rise," "say goodbye," or explain why. "I would guess" that in order for someone to actually play russian roulette, "that...