The Gun Song Lyrics

Song	The Gun Song
Artist	Car Seat Headrest
Album	Nervous Young Man
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[00:09.503]	(I’m not hung up on you anymore, but here’s why I hung up)
[00:22.092]	Behind every great love story
[00:27.196]	Lies a great suicide
[00:32.226]	You can't give yourself completely
[00:37.015]	And keep the man inside
[00:41.919]	All the sentences I climbed halfway
[00:46.504]	Saw the heights of what I wanted to say
[00:50.925]	And crawled from word to word
[00:56.337]	Trying to get back down
[01:19.782]	The unending realization
[01:24.574]	That it's never gonna end
[01:28.902]	I spend half the day exhaling
[01:33.820]	And the other half holding my breath
[01:38.699]	Cause living underwater was never my strength
[01:43.001]	In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks
[01:47.743]	So let’s float to the bottom for one final drink
[01:52.014]	There’s time for one more tonight
[02:16.955]	It’s time to forget while the forgetting’s good
[02:25.483]	I’ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds
[02:34.208]	You said won't you come into arm's reach
[02:38.543]	Abandon your clothes and modes of speech
[02:42.961]	An infant reborn you shall be
[02:47.389]	Helpless and afraid
[03:09.307]	I’m waving goodbye every time you go to the store
[03:17.781]	I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door
[03:25.839]	Because I burned my fingers every night
[03:29.729]	When your own shaking hands wouldn’t give you a light
[03:34.029]	And I said “Jesus Christ, my parents were right
[03:38.136]	I never should’ve smoked you out”
[03:59.512]	I’d hate to amputate this artificial limb
[04:08.433]	But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim
[04:16.531]	I can’t even blame you for looking so smug
[04:20.199]	I have to admit you’re a hell of a drug
[04:24.389]	So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug
[04:28.768]	I’m not moving out, I’m just moving
[04:49.980]	(Kissed) I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth
[04:56.998]	(Masochist) You held the north while I conquered the south
[05:05.873]	But I don't want a territorial breach
[05:09.705]	So at the edge of the bed, we'll meet
[05:13.395]	And I want you to **** me in your sleep
[05:17.417]	It's the only way I'll ever know that you love me
[05:31.580]	(Cause there's always gotta be a new angle)
[05:38.407]	Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight
[05:45.367]	But it’s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light
[05:53.267]	But you can’t go out the way you came in
[05:56.779]	In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
[06:00.938]	Because I’ve been recording this whole ******* thing
[06:05.048]	Now you can never use the same chord changes again
[06:15.090]	(The first time was too fast
[06:18.160]	The second time was just sad)
[06:25.170]	If you’re wondering why I’m still willing to take the fall
[06:32.791]	If I’m not getting **** over, I’m not getting **** at all
[06:40.782]	But I never asked for immunity
[06:43.840]	That’s the difference between you and me
[06:47.739]	All I wanted was someone who was just like me
[06:51.437]	And I hate myself for that
[07:11.297]	It’s getting hard to talk about the past
[07:18.481]	When you’ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked
[07:26.469]	You can do whatever you want with my name
[07:29.766]	But my body has never been public domain
[07:33.486]	So if you’re looking for somebody to blame
[07:36.888]	Blame Walt Disney Studios
[07:56.001]	I remember I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
[08:02.977]	We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone
[08:11.076]	And I looked up at the drunken moon
[08:14.125]	It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
[08:17.461]	And I said, “at least we’ve both got the moon”
[08:21.294]	And you said, “I’m inside”
[08:25.558]	So I’ll try loving again
[08:29.132]	And you’ll try living alone
[08:32.594]	And we’ll meet at the end of this lifetime
[08:35.805]	And compare notes
[09:56.885]	I hate your receptionist
[10:00.823]	She looks at me like I’m retarded
[10:05.028]	When I’m filling out your forms
[10:11.355]	I see your form behind the frosted glass
[10:15.827]	But she says that you’re not there
[10:19.414]	I’ll have to be content to wait
[10:26.436]	If you felt some kind of stirring
[10:31.609]	Against interpretation
[10:34.760]	Why write these songs at all?
[10:42.037]	Why not become didactic
[10:46.045]	Tell everyone on the planet
[10:49.140]	In plain English what you are
[10:57.589]	But I am the gentle cannibal
[11:04.919]	I promise to eat you softly
[11:12.482]	You won’t notice a thing
[11:37.625]	Mariamme, Hold me tight
[11:45.709]	You’re taking advice from Lady Macbeth
[11:50.309]	William, one shot two shots
[11:59.327]	When it’s out of your hands, you try to forget
[12:04.702]	Mariamme, hold me tight
[12:08.918]	I still wish you hadn’t listened to me
[12:09.401]	(If I could transfer your desires into belongings)
[12:12.432]	I ain’t been right since the execution
[12:13.958]	(And then snoop through your belongings, you know I’d do it in a second)
[12:18.559]	William, one shot two shots
[12:22.217]	Whoever you are, just hold me tight
[12:26.981]	I lost my love, my life, that night-
[12:30.982]	All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other
[12:37.979]	Isn’t that what they mean when they say ‘lovers’?
[12:45.497]	But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap
[12:52.993]	So here’s my new number, tell me when you’re free
[13:58.038]	Down by the river
[14:03.537]	I shot my baby
[14:08.745]	Down by the river
[14:16.039]	Down by the river
[14:21.587]	I shot my baby
[14:27.684]	Down by the river
[14:33.965]	Down by the river
[14:40.373]	I shot my baby
[14:46.717]	Down by the river
[14:53.155]	Down by the river
[14:59.351]	I shot my baby
[15:06.477]	Down by the river
[15:12.727]	Down by the river
[15:18.432]	I shot my baby
[15:25.567]	Down by the river

[00:09.503]	I' m not hung up on you anymore, but here' s why I hung up
[00:22.092]	Behind every great love story
[00:27.196]	Lies a great suicide
[00:32.226]	You can' t give yourself completely
[00:37.015]	And keep the man inside
[00:41.919]	All the sentences I climbed halfway
[00:46.504]	Saw the heights of what I wanted to say
[00:50.925]	And crawled from word to word
[00:56.337]	Trying to get back down
[01:19.782]	The unending realization
[01:24.574]	That it' s never gonna end
[01:28.902]	I spend half the day exhaling
[01:33.820]	And the other half holding my breath
[01:38.699]	Cause living underwater was never my strength
[01:43.001]	In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks
[01:47.743]	So let' s float to the bottom for one final drink
[01:52.014]	There' s time for one more tonight
[02:16.955]	It' s time to forget while the forgetting' s good
[02:25.483]	I' ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds
[02:34.208]	You said won' t you come into arm' s reach
[02:38.543]	Abandon your clothes and modes of speech
[02:42.961]	An infant reborn you shall be
[02:47.389]	Helpless and afraid
[03:09.307]	I' m waving goodbye every time you go to the store
[03:17.781]	I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door
[03:25.839]	Because I burned my fingers every night
[03:29.729]	When your own shaking hands wouldn' t give you a light
[03:34.029]	And I said " Jesus Christ, my parents were right
[03:38.136]	I never should' ve smoked you out"
[03:59.512]	I' d hate to amputate this artificial limb
[04:08.433]	But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim
[04:16.531]	I can' t even blame you for looking so smug
[04:20.199]	I have to admit you' re a hell of a drug
[04:24.389]	So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug
[04:28.768]	I' m not moving out, I' m just moving
[04:49.980]	Kissed I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth
[04:56.998]	Masochist You held the north while I conquered the south
[05:05.873]	But I don' t want a territorial breach
[05:09.705]	So at the edge of the bed, we' ll meet
[05:13.395]	And I want you to me in your sleep
[05:17.417]	It' s the only way I' ll ever know that you love me
[05:31.580]	Cause there' s always gotta be a new angle
[05:38.407]	Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight
[05:45.367]	But it' s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light
[05:53.267]	But you can' t go out the way you came in
[05:56.779]	In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
[06:00.938]	Because I' ve been recording this whole thing
[06:05.048]	Now you can never use the same chord changes again
[06:15.090]	The first time was too fast
[06:18.160]	The second time was just sad
[06:25.170]	If you' re wondering why I' m still willing to take the fall
[06:32.791]	If I' m not getting over, I' m not getting at all
[06:40.782]	But I never asked for immunity
[06:43.840]	That' s the difference between you and me
[06:47.739]	All I wanted was someone who was just like me
[06:51.437]	And I hate myself for that
[07:11.297]	It' s getting hard to talk about the past
[07:18.481]	When you' ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked
[07:26.469]	You can do whatever you want with my name
[07:29.766]	But my body has never been public domain
[07:33.486]	So if you' re looking for somebody to blame
[07:36.888]	Blame Walt Disney Studios
[07:56.001]	I remember I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
[08:02.977]	We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone
[08:11.076]	And I looked up at the drunken moon
[08:14.125]	It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
[08:17.461]	And I said, " at least we' ve both got the moon"
[08:21.294]	And you said, " I' m inside"
[08:25.558]	So I' ll try loving again
[08:29.132]	And you' ll try living alone
[08:32.594]	And we' ll meet at the end of this lifetime
[08:35.805]	And compare notes
[09:56.885]	I hate your receptionist
[10:00.823]	She looks at me like I' m retarded
[10:05.028]	When I' m filling out your forms
[10:11.355]	I see your form behind the frosted glass
[10:15.827]	But she says that you' re not there
[10:19.414]	I' ll have to be content to wait
[10:26.436]	If you felt some kind of stirring
[10:31.609]	Against interpretation
[10:34.760]	Why write these songs at all?
[10:42.037]	Why not become didactic
[10:46.045]	Tell everyone on the planet
[10:49.140]	In plain English what you are
[10:57.589]	But I am the gentle cannibal
[11:04.919]	I promise to eat you softly
[11:12.482]	You won' t notice a thing
[11:37.625]	Mariamme, Hold me tight
[11:45.709]	You' re taking advice from Lady Macbeth
[11:50.309]	William, one shot two shots
[11:59.327]	When it' s out of your hands, you try to forget
[12:04.702]	Mariamme, hold me tight
[12:08.918]	I still wish you hadn' t listened to me
[12:09.401]	If I could transfer your desires into belongings
[12:12.432]	I ain' t been right since the execution
[12:13.958]	And then snoop through your belongings, you know I' d do it in a second
[12:18.559]	William, one shot two shots
[12:22.217]	Whoever you are, just hold me tight
[12:26.981]	I lost my love, my life, that night
[12:30.982]	All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other
[12:37.979]	Isn' t that what they mean when they say ' lovers'?
[12:45.497]	But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap
[12:52.993]	So here' s my new number, tell me when you' re free
[13:58.038]	Down by the river
[14:03.537]	I shot my baby
[14:08.745]	Down by the river
[14:16.039]	Down by the river
[14:21.587]	I shot my baby
[14:27.684]	Down by the river
[14:33.965]	Down by the river
[14:40.373]	I shot my baby
[14:46.717]	Down by the river
[14:53.155]	Down by the river
[14:59.351]	I shot my baby
[15:06.477]	Down by the river
[15:12.727]	Down by the river
[15:18.432]	I shot my baby
[15:25.567]	Down by the river

[00:09.503]	I' m not hung up on you anymore, but here' s why I hung up
[00:22.092]	Behind every great love story
[00:27.196]	Lies a great suicide
[00:32.226]	You can' t give yourself completely
[00:37.015]	And keep the man inside
[00:41.919]	All the sentences I climbed halfway
[00:46.504]	Saw the heights of what I wanted to say
[00:50.925]	And crawled from word to word
[00:56.337]	Trying to get back down
[01:19.782]	The unending realization
[01:24.574]	That it' s never gonna end
[01:28.902]	I spend half the day exhaling
[01:33.820]	And the other half holding my breath
[01:38.699]	Cause living underwater was never my strength
[01:43.001]	In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks
[01:47.743]	So let' s float to the bottom for one final drink
[01:52.014]	There' s time for one more tonight
[02:16.955]	It' s time to forget while the forgetting' s good
[02:25.483]	I' ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds
[02:34.208]	You said won' t you come into arm' s reach
[02:38.543]	Abandon your clothes and modes of speech
[02:42.961]	An infant reborn you shall be
[02:47.389]	Helpless and afraid
[03:09.307]	I' m waving goodbye every time you go to the store
[03:17.781]	I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door
[03:25.839]	Because I burned my fingers every night
[03:29.729]	When your own shaking hands wouldn' t give you a light
[03:34.029]	And I said " Jesus Christ, my parents were right
[03:38.136]	I never should' ve smoked you out"
[03:59.512]	I' d hate to amputate this artificial limb
[04:08.433]	But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim
[04:16.531]	I can' t even blame you for looking so smug
[04:20.199]	I have to admit you' re a hell of a drug
[04:24.389]	So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug
[04:28.768]	I' m not moving out, I' m just moving
[04:49.980]	Kissed I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth
[04:56.998]	Masochist You held the north while I conquered the south
[05:05.873]	But I don' t want a territorial breach
[05:09.705]	So at the edge of the bed, we' ll meet
[05:13.395]	And I want you to me in your sleep
[05:17.417]	It' s the only way I' ll ever know that you love me
[05:31.580]	Cause there' s always gotta be a new angle
[05:38.407]	Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight
[05:45.367]	But it' s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light
[05:53.267]	But you can' t go out the way you came in
[05:56.779]	In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
[06:00.938]	Because I' ve been recording this whole thing
[06:05.048]	Now you can never use the same chord changes again
[06:15.090]	The first time was too fast
[06:18.160]	The second time was just sad
[06:25.170]	If you' re wondering why I' m still willing to take the fall
[06:32.791]	If I' m not getting over, I' m not getting at all
[06:40.782]	But I never asked for immunity
[06:43.840]	That' s the difference between you and me
[06:47.739]	All I wanted was someone who was just like me
[06:51.437]	And I hate myself for that
[07:11.297]	It' s getting hard to talk about the past
[07:18.481]	When you' ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked
[07:26.469]	You can do whatever you want with my name
[07:29.766]	But my body has never been public domain
[07:33.486]	So if you' re looking for somebody to blame
[07:36.888]	Blame Walt Disney Studios
[07:56.001]	I remember I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
[08:02.977]	We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone
[08:11.076]	And I looked up at the drunken moon
[08:14.125]	It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
[08:17.461]	And I said, " at least we' ve both got the moon"
[08:21.294]	And you said, " I' m inside"
[08:25.558]	So I' ll try loving again
[08:29.132]	And you' ll try living alone
[08:32.594]	And we' ll meet at the end of this lifetime
[08:35.805]	And compare notes
[09:56.885]	I hate your receptionist
[10:00.823]	She looks at me like I' m retarded
[10:05.028]	When I' m filling out your forms
[10:11.355]	I see your form behind the frosted glass
[10:15.827]	But she says that you' re not there
[10:19.414]	I' ll have to be content to wait
[10:26.436]	If you felt some kind of stirring
[10:31.609]	Against interpretation
[10:34.760]	Why write these songs at all?
[10:42.037]	Why not become didactic
[10:46.045]	Tell everyone on the planet
[10:49.140]	In plain English what you are
[10:57.589]	But I am the gentle cannibal
[11:04.919]	I promise to eat you softly
[11:12.482]	You won' t notice a thing
[11:37.625]	Mariamme, Hold me tight
[11:45.709]	You' re taking advice from Lady Macbeth
[11:50.309]	William, one shot two shots
[11:59.327]	When it' s out of your hands, you try to forget
[12:04.702]	Mariamme, hold me tight
[12:08.918]	I still wish you hadn' t listened to me
[12:09.401]	If I could transfer your desires into belongings
[12:12.432]	I ain' t been right since the execution
[12:13.958]	And then snoop through your belongings, you know I' d do it in a second
[12:18.559]	William, one shot two shots
[12:22.217]	Whoever you are, just hold me tight
[12:26.981]	I lost my love, my life, that night
[12:30.982]	All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other
[12:37.979]	Isn' t that what they mean when they say ' lovers'?
[12:45.497]	But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap
[12:52.993]	So here' s my new number, tell me when you' re free
[13:58.038]	Down by the river
[14:03.537]	I shot my baby
[14:08.745]	Down by the river
[14:16.039]	Down by the river
[14:21.587]	I shot my baby
[14:27.684]	Down by the river
[14:33.965]	Down by the river
[14:40.373]	I shot my baby
[14:46.717]	Down by the river
[14:53.155]	Down by the river
[14:59.351]	I shot my baby
[15:06.477]	Down by the river
[15:12.727]	Down by the river
[15:18.432]	I shot my baby
[15:25.567]	Down by the river

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