Several of the songs on "The Bones of What You Believe" reference relationships (or their complications), and I think "Gun" is one of them. The protagonist/singer has been left by someone with whom her relationship was so intense and powerful that she's on a path of pure destruction after its end - and the ex is the target. This isn't necessarily a physical act, however. The references to burning bridges and being entwined suggest that in its intensity (and the intensity of the breakup), the relationship cut off both people from others; now, alone together and mutually hurt and furious, the singer has no option but to turn her rage against her former lover.
Several of the songs on "The Bones of What You Believe" reference relationships (or their complications), and I think "Gun" is one of them. The protagonist/singer has been left by someone with whom her relationship was so intense and powerful that she's on a path of pure destruction after its end - and the ex is the target. This isn't necessarily a physical act, however. The references to burning bridges and being entwined suggest that in its intensity (and the intensity of the breakup), the relationship cut off both people from others; now, alone together and mutually hurt and furious, the singer has no option but to turn her rage against her former lover.
Evil is in her nature. Shes the one who screwed it all up to begin with.
Evil is in her nature. Shes the one who screwed it all up to begin with.