Elvis Depressedly stares straight into the void and airs their own blunt pe… Read Full Bio ↴Elvis Depressedly stares straight into the void and airs their own blunt perceptions about it through their music, but it’s never been the band’s intentions to bring you down even if it says so right there in their name. Mathew Lee Cothran of Coma Cinema and Delaney Mills -- alongside a revolving cast of friends and collaborators -- have been taking the monoculture’s obsession with a dystopian world and turning it into their own wry joke in their homespun quarters of South Carolina from the very beginning. Since 2011, EPs and singles built with a bare necessity of instruments and production tools have recorded a memory box of self-healing guitar-pop laced with an Ambien trance. But with Cothran quitting his day job and resettling in Asheville, NC with Mills after the release of 2013’s Holo Pleasures to focus his efforts on their latest full-length on Run for Cover Records New Alhambra, an increased currency in time has resulted in Elvis Depressedly’s most definitive listen yet.

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I Bought a Gun
Elvis Depressedly Lyrics

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I bought a gun
The sun is rising in my head
For everyone
A distant future breathes me in

The pills went bad
I coughed them up my hands went numb
On your garage

Forget, forgive, fuck everyone

Overall Meaning

These lyrics from Elvis Depressedly's song "I Bought a Gun" revolve around themes of depression, loneliness, and despair. The singer of the song has purchased a gun and seems to be contemplating suicide. The phrase "the sun is rising in my head" indicates a sense of overwhelming pressure and anxiety that is building up inside him, and it seems that he is unable to find any hope for the future.

The next line, "for everyone, a distant future breathes me in," implies that the singer feels like he is a burden on others and that the future will happen regardless of his presence. He has lost faith in himself and in his ability to affect the course of his life. The use of the indefinite article "a gun," instead of "my gun" or "the gun," makes the instrument sound like a timeless weapon of death, and not something that is owned, but rather possessed by the feelings in his heart.

The following lines reveal that the singer has previously tried to overcome his depression by using pills, which were ultimately unsuccessful. The imagery conveyed is that of a numb and detached existence. He is trying to forget and forgive, but he cannot shake off the feelings of hate and disappointment he feels towards himself and others.

Line by Line Meaning

I bought a gun
I'm in a very dark place and I feel like I need to protect myself from something/someone.

The sun is rising in my head
I'm feeling overwhelmed with emotions, almost like a sun is rising inside my head.

For everyone
Even though my pain is personal, I realize that everyone has their own struggles too.

A distant future breathes me in
I don't feel connected to the present moment, instead I'm being pulled toward a distant future that I can't quite grasp yet.

The pills went bad
I tried to numb my pain with pills, but something went wrong and they didn't work or maybe even made things worse.

I coughed them up my hands went numb
The pills made me physically sick and caused my hands to go numb.

On your garage
I'm thinking about someone, maybe someone who has hurt me in the past, who has a garage.

Forget, forgive, fuck everyone
I'm filled with anger and rage toward everyone and everything, and I don't know how to deal with it except to try and forget and forgive, or maybe even just completely give up on it all.

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