San Cisco have spent the last year graduating high school, performing at some festivals and playing round town pretty much every weekend. They have also produced their first EP called Golden Revolver, which is set for release early 2011. Confident with stage presence & strong with vocals, San Cisco's upbeat summer pop continues to impress.
Jordi says: "San Cisco is a place situated between reality & a dream state. It is kind of like a huge cauldron we put all our creative input into, mix it together to make a super explosion of fantastic, wild creations. This is San Cisco."
Hunter
San Cisco Lyrics
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His life is yours for the taking
Strum it up to life virtue
Cut his neck and let it bleed.
And every drop of blood,
that landed in the mud
Well I lost a feeling.
Step as light as a feather
It will be quick but I'll be clever
In the mountains on a cold day
You can run, but you won't get away
And every time they screamed,
they sounded like machines to me.
You were numb from the grief and the pain.
Your heart is broken;
Blood is dripping from your vanes.
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain.
Like every drop of blood;
that landed in the mud.
Well I lost a feeling.
Pull the trigger and you are shaking,
It's him or you;
And you are not waiting.
Push'd him down to his knees
And he was begging don't kill me please.
And every time they screamed;
it sounded like machines to me.
You were numb from the grief and the pain
Your heart is broken,
bodies lying in their graves.
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain,
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain,
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain.
The lyrics of San Cisco's song "Hunter" are dark and intense, describing a violent act of killing. The opening lines, "Pull the trigger and you are shaking / His life is yours for the taking", suggest that the singer is about to kill someone, possibly in self-defense. The following line, "Strum it up to life virtue", is particularly striking, as it seems to suggest that the act of killing is somehow virtuous or life-giving. This is further underscored by the next line, "Cut his neck and let it bleed", which is a gruesome image.
As the song continues, the singer seems to reflect on the act of killing and the loss of feeling that accompanies it. The lines "And every drop of blood, / that landed in the mud / Well I lost a feeling" suggest that the act of killing has numbed the singer to the point that they are no longer able to feel anything. The chorus, with its repetition of the lines "You will never feel the same / And you will never feel the pain", reinforces this idea.
The second verse is even more violent than the first, with the lines "Push'd him down to his knees / And he was begging don't kill me please". The singer seems to be struggling with the aftermath of this violent act, as evidenced by the lines "Your heart is broken, / bodies lying in their graves". The song ends with the same chorus as before, emphasizing the idea that the act of killing has permanently changed the singer.
Overall, "Hunter" is a powerful and disturbing song that explores the psychological toll of violence.
Line by Line Meaning
Pull the trigger and you are shaking
The act of taking someone's life is a terrifying experience that causes the shooter's hands to shake.
His life is yours for the taking
By pulling the trigger, the shooter assumes possession of the victim's life and takes it away.
Strum it up to life virtue
Perhaps describing the act of playing music as a way to distract oneself from the violent act at hand.
Cut his neck and let it bleed
This has obvious connotations of beheadings and intentionally causing suffering before death.
And every drop of blood,
that landed in the mud
Well I lost a feeling.
The person committing the act of violence has numbed themselves to the point that they no longer feel empathy for their victim.
Step as light as a feather
It will be quick but I'll be clever
The shooter is trying to eliminate any evidence of their presence and commit the act as quickly and covertly as possible.
In the mountains on a cold day
You can run, but you won't get away
The shooter is indicating that the victim is doomed, regardless of any attempts to escape.
And every time they screamed,
they sounded like machines to me.
The shooter has become desensitized to the victim's pleas and screams for mercy, and now perceives them as mechanical and unemotional.
You were numb from the grief and the pain.
Your heart is broken;
Blood is dripping from your vanes.
The shooter is now experiencing the emotional repercussions of their actions.
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain.
The shooter has lost a part of themselves and will never be the same after taking someone else's life.
Push'd him down to his knees
And he was begging don't kill me please.
The victim is pleading with the shooter to spare their life.
You were numb from the grief and the pain
Your heart is broken,
bodies lying in their graves.
The shooter is now grappling with the fact that their actions have resulted in multiple deaths.
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain,
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain,
And you will never feel the same,
And you will never feel the pain.
The chorus is repeated multiple times to emphasize the permanence of the shooter's emotional state.
Contributed by Camden S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.