Gun Has No Trigger Lyrics

Lyric discussion by contortionist 

Cover art for Gun Has No Trigger lyrics by Dirty Projectors

After a few listens, it hit me that this might be political, but honestly, I could be totally wrong. Anyone else get that feeling?

I agree. Seems to be about life getting harder, poverty and hunger, etc. In hopelessness the protagonist tries to end it all but finds he is impotent. There's also a bit of blame; he's saying you could have looked, but chose not to see until it was too late... bleak as hell but totally awesome song...