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Go and get the gun
Cause its only getting worse
Go and fill it up with silver bullets
Cause I can't see the sun
But I know its going away
And I can't make you love me
And you can't make me stay
I'm the wolves at the door
You're not supposed to let in
But you can't make me feel if I'm not feeling
And I can't see the sun
But I know its going away
And I can't make you love me
And you can't make me stay
Other Live Lyrics:
It's only getting worse
So I get loaded up
On silver bullets
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
I can't be the one
If you won't let me stay
So go draw yourself a bath
And find the kitchen drawer
Cause you can't make me smile
Anymore
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
And I can't be the one
If you won't let me stay
So honey, go find the gun
I think it's in your purse
And get loaded up
With silver bullets
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
And I can't be the one
You can't make me stay
Cause its only getting worse
Go and fill it up with silver bullets
Cause I can't see the sun
But I know its going away
And I can't make you love me
And you can't make me stay
I'm the wolves at the door
You're not supposed to let in
But you can't make me feel if I'm not feeling
And I can't see the sun
But I know its going away
And I can't make you love me
And you can't make me stay
Other Live Lyrics:
It's only getting worse
So I get loaded up
On silver bullets
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
I can't be the one
If you won't let me stay
So go draw yourself a bath
And find the kitchen drawer
Cause you can't make me smile
Anymore
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
And I can't be the one
If you won't let me stay
So honey, go find the gun
I think it's in your purse
And get loaded up
With silver bullets
And I can't see the sun
I know it's gone away
And I can't be the one
You can't make me stay
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Track duration: 02:56
"Silver Bullets" as written by J.p. Bowersock Ryan Adams
Lyrics © BUG MUSIC
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Here's why I feel like this song could also be about vampires, it should be obvious.
Go and get the gun
Cause its only getting worse
Go and fill it up with silver bullets
-Silver bullets kill vampires, werewolves, demons, etc...
Cause I cant see the sun
But I know its going away
And I cant make you love me
And you cant make me stay
-The narrator can't see the sun because it would harm him. Yet the narrator knows night will fall and he'll become the vampire he doesn't want to be. This causes his lover to no longer love him, although she would if she could make him "stay" his normal self.
Alternately I think this line could mean she'll never truly love him, but she doesn't feel that's enough reason for him to kill himself.
I'm the wolves at the door
You're not supposed to let in
But you can't make me feel if I'm not feeling
-The narrator realizes they never should have gotten involved. I believe the "feel" that is talked of here, is love, the narrators significant other wants to be loved...but it's really just lust because of the vampire condition.
I won't continue on because the song reiterates what I've said just in different words. The narrator in short wants to kill himself because by being a vampire he's robbed of being able to love and be loved like the rest of us. In the end rather than suffer or cause his lover to suffer he commits suicide. Like I said above, I believe this song is more about misbegotten love rather than vampires, but I can't help but see both stories played out here.
i love you Ryan Adams.
and Spacewolf, rest in peace. you will be missed.