Car Seat Headrest - The Gun Song Lyrics






[Joe:]

I’m not hung up on you anymore, but here’s why I hung up

Behind every great love story lies a great suicide
You can't give yourself completely and keep the man inside

All the sentences I climbed halfway
Saw the heights of what I wanted to say
And crawled from word to word
Trying to get back down

The unending realization that it's never gonna end
I spend half the day exhaling and the other half holding my breath

Cause living underwater was never my strength
In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks
So let’s float to the bottom for one final drink
There’s time for one more tonight

It’s time to forget while the forgetting’s good
I’ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds

You said won't you come into arm's reach
Abandon your clothes and modes of speech
An infant reborn you shall be
Helpless and afraid

I’m waving goodbye every time you go to the store
I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door

Because I burned my fingers every night
When your own shaking hands wouldn’t give you a light
And I said “Jesus Christ, my parents were right
I never should’ve smoked you out”

I’d hate to amputate this artificial limb
But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim

I can’t even blame you for looking so smug
I have to admit you’re a hell of a drug
So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug
I’m not moving out, I’m just moving

(Kissed) I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth
(masochist) you held the north while I conquered the south

But I don't want a territorial breach
So at the edge of the bed we'll meet
And I want you to fuck me in your sleep
It's the only way I'll know that you love me
(cause there's always gotta be a new angle)

Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight
But it’s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light

But you can’t go out the way you came in
In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
Because I’ve been recording this whole fucking thing
Now you can never use the same chord changes again

(The first time was too fast
The second time was just sad)

If you’re wondering why I’m still willing to take the fall
If I’m not getting fucked over, I’m not getting fucked at all

But I never asked for immunity
That’s the difference between you and me
All I wanted was someone who was just like me
And I hate myself for that

It’s getting hard to talk about the past
When you’ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked

You can do whatever you want with my name
But my body’s never been public domain
So if you’re looking for somebody to blame
Blame Walt Disney Studios

I remember, I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone

And I looked up at the drunken moon
It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
And I said “at least we’ve both got the moon”
And you said “I’m inside”

So I’ll try loving again
And you’ll try living alone
And we’ll meet at the end of this lifetime
And compare notes

(if bitterness is all that I have left
I’ll be better at being bitter than anybody else)

[Joe’s Baby:]

I hate your receptionist
She looks at me like I’m retarded
When I’m filling out your forms

I see your form behind the frosted glass
But she says that you’re not there
I’ll have to be content to wait

If you felt some kind of stirring
Against interpretation
Why write these songs at all?

Why not become didactic
Tell everyone on the planet
In plain English what you are

But I am the gentle cannibal
I promise to eat you softly
You won’t notice a thing

(Mariamme)

You’re taking advice from Lady Macbeth

(William, one shot two shots)

When it’s out of your hands, you try to forget

Mariamme, hold me tight
I still wish you hadn’t listened to me
I ain’t been right since the execution

(if I could transfer your desires into belongings and then snoop through your belongings, you know I’d do it in a second)

William, one shot two shots
Whoever you are, just hold me tight
I lost my love, my life, that -

All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other
Isn’t that what they mean when they say ‘lovers’?
But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap
So here’s my new number, tell me when you’re free

Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river





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  1. C.... d....

    ITS A #@%^ MASTERPIECE

  2. n.... ....

    "But you can’t go out the way you came in
    In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
    Because I’ve been recording this whole fucking thing" fuck

  3. S.... h....

    will just cant keep getting away with hurting me like this

  4. g.... ....

    will i get that youre into vore, but im gonna have to stop you before we get a concept album about being put in someones mouth, swallowed, and slowly digested over the day from you

    g.... ....

    thats kinda what twin fantasy was bro

  5. C.... ....

    DOWN BY THE RIVER
    I SHOT MY BABY

  6. S.... C....

    amazing

  7. t.... ....

    my favorite.

  8. t.... ....

    BUT I AM THE GENTLE CANNIBAL I PROMISE TO EAT YOU SOFTLY YOU WONT NOTICE A THING

  9. c.... u....

    "I remember, I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
    We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone

    And I looked up at the drunken moon
    It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
    And I said “at least we’ve both got the moon”
    And you said “I’m inside” "

    c.... u....

    Holy fuck these are good lyrics

    c.... u....

    He should charge one dollar per thought

    c.... u....

    brooke k im a little confused how her response means the relationship’s at its end?

    c.... u....

    pretty sure it wasn't a girl

    c.... u....

    SomeBF It shows some fundamental disconnect. Will is commenting that they can at least both see the same thing in the sky, as a way to connect them despite their distance in the anecdote. His lover saying that they're inside is a way of metaphorically talking about how emotionally removed they are from Will.

  10. M.... T....

    [Joe:]

    I’m not hung up on you anymore, but here’s why I hung up

    Behind every great love story lies a great suicide
    You can't give yourself completely and keep the man inside

    All the sentences I climbed halfway
    Saw the heights of what I wanted to say
    And crawled from word to word
    Trying to get back down

    The unending realization that it's never gonna end
    I spend half the day exhaling and the other half holding my breath

    Cause living underwater was never my strength
    In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks
    So let’s float to the bottom for one final drink
    There’s time for one more tonight

    It’s time to forget while the forgetting’s good
    I’ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds

    You said won't you come into arm's reach
    Abandon your clothes and modes of speech
    An infant reborn you shall be
    Helpless and afraid

    I’m waving goodbye every time you go to the store
    I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door

    Because I burned my fingers every night
    When your own shaking hands wouldn’t give you a light
    And I said “Jesus Christ, my parents were right
    I never should’ve smoked you out”

    I’d hate to amputate this artificial limb
    But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim

    I can’t even blame you for looking so smug
    I have to admit you’re a hell of a drug
    So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug
    I’m not moving out, I’m just moving

    (Kissed) I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth
    (masochist) you held the north while I conquered the south

    But I don't want a territorial breach
    So at the edge of the bed we'll meet
    And I want you to fuck me in your sleep
    It's the only way I'll know that you love me
    (cause there's always gotta be a new angle)

    Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight
    But it’s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light

    But you can’t go out the way you came in
    In the arms of someone unaware of your sins
    Because I’ve been recording this whole fucking thing
    Now you can never use the same chord changes again

    (The first time was too fast
    The second time was just sad)

    If you’re wondering why I’m still willing to take the fall
    If I’m not getting fucked over, I’m not getting fucked at all

    But I never asked for immunity
    That’s the difference between you and me
    All I wanted was someone who was just like me
    And I hate myself for that

    It’s getting hard to talk about the past
    When you’ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked

    You can do whatever you want with my name
    But my body’s never been public domain
    So if you’re looking for somebody to blame
    Blame Walt Disney Studios

    I remember, I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone
    We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone

    And I looked up at the drunken moon
    It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon
    And I said “at least we’ve both got the moon”
    And you said “I’m inside”

    So I’ll try loving again
    And you’ll try living alone
    And we’ll meet at the end of this lifetime
    And compare notes

    (if bitterness is all that I have left
    I’ll be better at being bitter than anybody else)

    [Joe’s Baby:]

    I hate your receptionist
    She looks at me like I’m retarded
    When I’m filling out your forms

    I see your form behind the frosted glass
    But she says that you’re not there
    I’ll have to be content to wait

    If you felt some kind of stirring
    Against interpretation
    Why write these songs at all?

    Why not become didactic
    Tell everyone on the planet
    In plain English what you are

    But I am the gentle cannibal
    I promise to eat you softly
    You won’t notice a thing

    (Mariamme)

    You’re taking advice from Lady Macbeth

    (William, one shot two shots)

    When it’s out of your hands, you try to forget

    Mariamme, hold me tight
    I still wish you hadn’t listened to me
    I ain’t been right since the execution

    (if I could transfer your desires into belongings and then snoop through your belongings, you know I’d do it in a second)

    William, one shot two shots
    Whoever you are, just hold me tight
    I lost my love, my life, that -

    All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other
    Isn’t that what they mean when they say ‘lovers’?
    But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap
    So here’s my new number, tell me when you’re free

    [Outro]

    Down by the river
    I shot my baby
    Down by the river

    M.... T....

    theres some words after the "guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight" verse around 5:50 that arent part of the lyrics and i cant quite make the words out and it kinda bugs me