Love this song. Here's what I think in terms of an "other meaning."
What he (he being whoever the song is talking about) means by "borrowing" his daddy's gun is running around from home. Perhaps the father walked out on his family, so his weapon was not a gun but the act of abandoning his family, causing emotional damage but not physical damage.
"Shot up my mother, my beautiful mother" doesn't mean he literally shot up his mother but rather "emotionally" shot her i.e., left her an emotional wreck by leaving home.
"Shot up your family and shot for the city." Again, "shot up" meaning left his family an emotional mess. "Shot for the city" meaning left home and ran off to the city.
"I've run out of bullets again," he can't handle being away from home so he's returning and asks his family to forgive him for running away. again.
Anyhow, that's my attempt at finding a meaning for the song beyond the literal.
Love this song. Here's what I think in terms of an "other meaning."
What he (he being whoever the song is talking about) means by "borrowing" his daddy's gun is running around from home. Perhaps the father walked out on his family, so his weapon was not a gun but the act of abandoning his family, causing emotional damage but not physical damage.
"Shot up my mother, my beautiful mother" doesn't mean he literally shot up his mother but rather "emotionally" shot her i.e., left her an emotional wreck by leaving home.
"Shot up your family and shot for the city." Again, "shot up" meaning left his family an emotional mess. "Shot for the city" meaning left home and ran off to the city.
"I've run out of bullets again," he can't handle being away from home so he's returning and asks his family to forgive him for running away. again.
Anyhow, that's my attempt at finding a meaning for the song beyond the literal.