This song to me sounds like it is about suicide from a religious perspective. Those who attempt it better be ready for what's coming, as in, if they fail, it's an issue that will not escape the attention of those around for suicide is deemed as a sin by Christianity. Gun to your dome is shooting yourself in the head, dome is a known slang word for head. Bleeding at the gates = not getting into heaven, however I think in this context instead of it being because the protagonist has been denied, it is because he is staying alive in order to 'abate [his] life of sin', because in Christianity, or at least Catholicism, you will be more likely to get into heaven sinning through life than killing yourself at the end. 'The lies of the brave' and 'the kid don't matter' line is I think saying how those who can bear to live can afford to enforce such rules, for they don't suffer like the protagonist who is a kid. Religious views are imposing the need to stay alive and not commit suicide, for fear of these religious repercussions. At least that's how this song makes sense to me.
This song to me sounds like it is about suicide from a religious perspective. Those who attempt it better be ready for what's coming, as in, if they fail, it's an issue that will not escape the attention of those around for suicide is deemed as a sin by Christianity. Gun to your dome is shooting yourself in the head, dome is a known slang word for head. Bleeding at the gates = not getting into heaven, however I think in this context instead of it being because the protagonist has been denied, it is because he is staying alive in order to 'abate [his] life of sin', because in Christianity, or at least Catholicism, you will be more likely to get into heaven sinning through life than killing yourself at the end. 'The lies of the brave' and 'the kid don't matter' line is I think saying how those who can bear to live can afford to enforce such rules, for they don't suffer like the protagonist who is a kid. Religious views are imposing the need to stay alive and not commit suicide, for fear of these religious repercussions. At least that's how this song makes sense to me.