Number One Gun was an alternative rock band from Chico, California, United … Read Full Bio ↴Number One Gun was an alternative rock band from Chico, California, United States, that was signed to Tooth & Nail Records. They self-released their debut EP Forever in 2002, before releasing their follow-up albums Celebrate Mistakes (2003) on Floodgate Records and Promises For The Imperfect (2005) on Tooth & Nail Records.

In 2006, Number One Gun decided to move on to different projects despite their growing success. A recently posted Myspace bulletin cleared up the state of the band, stating that Schneeweis has a new band called The North Pole Project, Keene and Mallory formed Surrogate, and Sellers plays bass in Armed for Apocalypse.

However, when Schneeweis approached Tooth and Nail about signing his solo project, The North Pole Project, they wanted him to release the album under Number One Gun. So The North Pole Project became the album name instead. It was released on Tooth and Nail on January 15, 2008.

The band's following release, To The Secrets And Knowledge, was a continuation of the one-man project.

In June 2012, Jeff Schneeweis announced on his Twitter that he was developing a new song under the Number One Gun band name. Further posts on Twitter and Facebook revealed that the original lineup would be reuniting to write and record a new full-length album. In July 2012, the band launched a Kickstarter page to help fund their new album and subsequent tour. In addition, the band announced that Stephen Christian, lead singer of the band Anberlin, would collaborate and contribute vocals for at least one song on the album. The album, This Is All We Know, was made available on November 27, 2013, to fans who backed the Kickstarter project, and officially released on January 14, 2014, on Tooth & Nail Records.

Discography:
2014 - This Is All We Know
2010 - To The Secrets And Knowledge
2008 - The North Pole Project
2005 - Promises For The Imperfect
2003 - Celebrate Mistakes
2002 - Forever
2000 - Look Left

Hear This
Number One Gun Lyrics

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And I'll stay back as if you were never here
that is exactly how I've wanted it to be
A picture of the faces that were here
Will be followed by the words of you right now

What a simple thing to waste
What a silent thing to say
You are going all the way

All the way

You are the answer being heard
From all the questions of right now
And soon the battery will burn
You are the one
You are the one that will be found

A picture of the faces that were here
Will be followed by the words of you right now

What a simple thing to waste
What a silent thing to say
You are going all the way
All the way

You are the answer being heard
From all the questions of right now
And soon the battery will burn

You are the one
You are the one that will be found

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Hear This" by Number One Gun explore the feeling of wanting to erase someone from one's life, but being unable to do so and instead holding on to their memory. The singer declares that they will pretend as if the person was never there, which is what they've always wanted. The imagery of a picture of the faces that were here followed by the words of the person right now suggests that the memory of this person is still haunting the singer, even if they're physically gone. The song reveals a sense of longing and frustration with being unable to let go.

The chorus is a repetition of "You are the answer being heard from all the questions of right now, and soon the battery will burn. You are the one, you are the one that will be found". The repeated phrase suggests that the person the singer is referring to had answers to questions that were important to the singer. The metaphor of the battery burning out can be interpreted in different ways - it could be a reference to the person's energy or interest in the relationship running out, or it could be the singer's own energy and ability to hold on to the memory of the person running out.

Overall, "Hear This" is a reflection on the difficulty of letting go of someone who has left a deep impact on one's life, even if it's for the better.

Line by Line Meaning

And I'll stay back as if you were never here
I will distance myself from you and pretend you were never here

that is exactly how I've wanted it to be
This is what I desired all along

A picture of the faces that were here
A mental snapshot of the people who used to be here

Will be followed by the words of you right now
Your current words will be added to my memory of this place

What a simple thing to waste
This situation is being wasted when it could be productive

What a silent thing to say
Despite my lack of voice, my message is still clear

You are going all the way
You are fully committed to this

All the way
Without any hesitation or reluctance

You are the answer being heard
Your voice is the solution to current problems

From all the questions of right now
You are addressing and answering current inquiries

And soon the battery will burn
This energy source will be drained shortly