Tommy Gun Angel
Bardo Pond Lyrics

The lyrics to Bardo Pond's "Tommy Gun Angel" lean towards a surrealist and enigmatic imagery, with a strong emphasis on themes of transition and transformation. The lines "Vision fades out of sight, Don't know where I'll lay tonight" showcase an uncertainty in the singer's surroundings and maybe even a temporality of existence. The motif of metamorphosis continues with "Pillar is a great way to go, Melt away like the snow", where the pillar is perhaps the singer's symbol for their own consciousness or mortality, and the idea of melting away like snow symbolizing their transition to something beyond.

The lines "Body's burning bright, Now you know made of light" can be interpreted in various ways, with a potential suggestion of an afterlife, or simply the idea of the singer having reached a state of enlightenment or self-awareness. The final line, "Gonna melt away like snow" is a clear nod to the recurring theme of transition so prominent throughout the lyrics of the song. In essence, "Tommy Gun Angel" elucidates that change is not a finality, but a constant, and the only way to truly live is to embrace the inevitability of transformation with an open and accepting heart.