Gold Guns Girls

As Emily said in Toronto on December 13th, Gold Guns Girls is about "deep dissatisfaction in the material realm".

Seems to me like people are being too literal. She was inspired by Scarface - a movie about a man who wanted more money, more power, more women.

This doesn't mean the song is about Scarface, though. Quite a few lines make me think of feminism.

"All the boys, All the choices in the world"

Who is choosing to do so much harm for more gold, more guns, and more girls?

"I don't wanna bend, Let the bad girls bend I just wanna be your friend"

Women competing for attention (labeling those other girls, the ones who are interested in sex, as 'bad') from men who sometimes sadly often satisfied with friendship from women (via objectification, the media portrays women as being for sex, not friendship).

"All the lace and the skin in the shop All the toys and the tools in the box" (couldn't get you off)

Increasing pornification of society (Idiocracy, anyone?), causing desensitization (driving a need for more and more)

"All the noise, all the voices never stop"

It's everywhere.

"I remember when we we're gambling to win Everybody else said better luck next time"

Tempted to think of the women's movement, before women decided that commodifying their own sexuality was somehow a good thing.

i think it's about a girl who just wants to be friends....this guy wants more. she just wants that to be enough. "I don't wanna bend like the bad girls bend I just wanna be your friend Is it ever gonna be enough"

Why is this song so fucking badass?

Why do I think of these whenever I hear this song:

Charlie's Angels Shoot-em-up Western films (the old ones!) The Catcher in the Rye

This is song is good. So bad-ass.

I love this. [: It's definitely about how nothing ever seems to be enough to satisfy certain people.

One of the radio stations in D/FW is saying the woman who wrote this song has seen Scarface over 200 times and that's what inspired the song. In some ways, it reminds me of my ex-husband. The bastard was never satisfied.

To me, the song is about someone who is struggling to keep the dynamics of a friendship as is and not indulge in their own romantic feelings. Its done so in this person's head while they look at the person of their affection.

The song immediately starts off by her listing reasons why a romantic relationship would not work and she goes straight for the biggest items stereotyped for guys- guns, girls, gold.

The verse "All the boys, all the choices in the world" she's basically asking herself why out of all the boys do I have to fall for this one.

From the gambling verse, I get their friendship's history is long enough for both to have witnessed each others relationships falter and start new.

The bad girls bending reference would be the type of girls the friend goes after (which is the opposite of what she is).

She goes back to telling herself she just wants to be friends yet she knows she'll never be satisfied and will continue to want more from this friend.

She then goes back to listing other obvious male infatuations to justify why it wouldn't work- lace, skin, toys, tools.

"all the noise, all the voices, never stop" would be the nightmare-like movie playing in her head of all the girls coming in and out of her friend's life.

The final hook in the song is altered to include the line "while you're giving me a hard time." Whatever it is that this friend does to make her melt is being done unknowingly by him and she can't help but fall more for him each time.

I always felt a special thing for this song because it describes perfectly my situation (and thought process) over the past 2 years with my best friend.

i really like this song there's also a remix of the song by mike shinoda that's awesome too

This song is actually amazing, one of my favourites on the new album.