I know the actual meaning has already been explained by the writers, but this is what I felt and understood when I first heard it.
The song starts off as him finding her and thinking she's beautiful. She's stressed and edgy and so she moderately accepts him into her life despite being distant and not trusting really anyone. ("Her balaclava is starting to chafe"). I think the gun in this song represents power. "When she gets his gun" is representing the fact that she has the reigns in the relationship and she can control what's going down. Also, note how at this point HE'S the one begging HER.
I feel like when the chorus first plays its showing how even though they have their rough points and she is cold, they're giving it another shot. She's giving him a chance into her life and he's giving her another chance with the gun to "shoot", or put a start to their relationship. Perhaps friends with benefits?
The next stanza goes into the fact they give it a shot, ("if you never shoot you never know") and opens herself emotionally, perhaps by sleeping with him. Note, how this time SHE'S the one begging HIM.
Now, I first heard the bridge differently than the actual lyric. I heard "well now that you've got your gun, its much harder now to place your c*m." as in now that they've had sex he's acting distant and isn't really feeling it. They have the gun, or the power, and she's saying she will finally agree to progress their relationship or agree she caught feelings. ("And I'll shoot it if that's what you ask") But she also points out that things have changed and if they were to both drop the cold facade and really look at each other, the dynamic in their friendship has changed so drastically. ("But if you just take off your mask, you'll see that everything has gone wrong.") Perhaps she wants him and likes this change, or perhaps she thinks that they've changed too much for this to be. I personally felt as if she wants him and thinks deep down, he was being just as cold as her from the get go.
This next part also gets more ambiguous. ("Now everybody's dead"). I feel like he shot her down or backed out, or put an end to their relationship. Perhaps because he felt they changed too much, or he is no longer interested after actually getting what he had been begging for so long.
"She says 'babe, you look so cold'". She sees him as he is and he is now playing the cold lover. She assumed that role at the beginning, but now he's the one ignoring calls or denying a relationship. Her heart is broken and they are both miserable. ("The sky is gone, the sky is hidden")
The title "robbers" is more obvious, demonstrating the fact they rob love and affection from each other, and while she was the one doing this in the beginning, in a twist at the ending he shot down any chance they had so now all the bridges are burnt. Its a deep ass song, and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since hearing it!
I know the actual meaning has already been explained by the writers, but this is what I felt and understood when I first heard it.
The song starts off as him finding her and thinking she's beautiful. She's stressed and edgy and so she moderately accepts him into her life despite being distant and not trusting really anyone. ("Her balaclava is starting to chafe"). I think the gun in this song represents power. "When she gets his gun" is representing the fact that she has the reigns in the relationship and she can control what's going down. Also, note how at this point HE'S the one begging HER.
I feel like when the chorus first plays its showing how even though they have their rough points and she is cold, they're giving it another shot. She's giving him a chance into her life and he's giving her another chance with the gun to "shoot", or put a start to their relationship. Perhaps friends with benefits?
The next stanza goes into the fact they give it a shot, ("if you never shoot you never know") and opens herself emotionally, perhaps by sleeping with him. Note, how this time SHE'S the one begging HIM.
Now, I first heard the bridge differently than the actual lyric. I heard "well now that you've got your gun, its much harder now to place your c*m." as in now that they've had sex he's acting distant and isn't really feeling it. They have the gun, or the power, and she's saying she will finally agree to progress their relationship or agree she caught feelings. ("And I'll shoot it if that's what you ask") But she also points out that things have changed and if they were to both drop the cold facade and really look at each other, the dynamic in their friendship has changed so drastically. ("But if you just take off your mask, you'll see that everything has gone wrong.") Perhaps she wants him and likes this change, or perhaps she thinks that they've changed too much for this to be. I personally felt as if she wants him and thinks deep down, he was being just as cold as her from the get go.
This next part also gets more ambiguous. ("Now everybody's dead"). I feel like he shot her down or backed out, or put an end to their relationship. Perhaps because he felt they changed too much, or he is no longer interested after actually getting what he had been begging for so long.
"She says 'babe, you look so cold'". She sees him as he is and he is now playing the cold lover. She assumed that role at the beginning, but now he's the one ignoring calls or denying a relationship. Her heart is broken and they are both miserable. ("The sky is gone, the sky is hidden")
The title "robbers" is more obvious, demonstrating the fact they rob love and affection from each other, and while she was the one doing this in the beginning, in a twist at the ending he shot down any chance they had so now all the bridges are burnt. Its a deep ass song, and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since hearing it!