Don't Shoot Me Santa! Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gg123 

Cover art for Don't Shoot Me Santa! lyrics by Killers, The

I reckon this song is about a boy who killed people who bullied him "The children on the block they tease me, I couldn't let them off that easy" and now Santa's come to terms that's he's a naughty child and santa needs to kill him but the boy is trying to negotiate with him and make Santa feel pity for him saying 'It's been a real hard year" and "all the thing I 've been going through but Santa is sayig "Life's hard but look at me I turned out alright" even though Santa is about to sin too. It's a quite complex song. But Santa is quite hypocritical.

@gg123 I really feel like Santa is his personification of guilt. There are a few lines that I think point to this but here's my favorite

I've been killing just for fun Well, the party is over kid Because I, because I got a bullet in my gun A bullet in your what

Santa is his way of coming down back to reality and realizing what he's done.