All the gold and the guns in the world (couldn't get you off)
All the gold and the guns and the girls (couldn't get you off)
All the boys, all the choices in the world

I remember when we we're gambling to win
Everybody else said better luck next time
I don't wanna bend, let the bad girls bend
I just wanna be your friend
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough

All the lace and the skin in the shop (couldn't get you off)
All the toys and the tools in the box (couldn't get you off)
All the noise, all the voices never stop

I remember when we we're gambling to win
Everybody else said better luck next time
I don't wanna bend, let the bad girls bend
I just wanna be your friend
Why you giving me a hard time?
I remember when we we're gambling to win
Everybody else said

Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough

More and more, more and more, more and more
More and more, more and more, more and more and more and more
More and more, more and more, more and more, more and more and
More and more, more and more, more and more and more and more

Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough
Is it ever gonna be enough


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Gold Guns Girls Lyrics as written by James Shaw Emily Haines

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  • +7
    General Comment

    As Emily said in Toronto on December 13th, Gold Guns Girls is about "deep dissatisfaction in the material realm".

    allthegoldandthegunson March 09, 2009   Link
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    Seems to me like people are being too literal. She was inspired by Scarface - a movie about a man who wanted more money, more power, more women.

    This doesn't mean the song is about Scarface, though. Quite a few lines make me think of feminism.

    "All the boys, All the choices in the world"

    Who is choosing to do so much harm for more gold, more guns, and more girls?

    "I don't wanna bend, Let the bad girls bend I just wanna be your friend"

    Women competing for attention (labeling those other girls, the ones who are interested in sex, as 'bad') from men who sometimes sadly often satisfied with friendship from women (via objectification, the media portrays women as being for sex, not friendship).

    "All the lace and the skin in the shop All the toys and the tools in the box" (couldn't get you off)

    Increasing pornification of society (Idiocracy, anyone?), causing desensitization (driving a need for more and more)

    "All the noise, all the voices never stop"

    It's everywhere.

    "I remember when we we're gambling to win Everybody else said better luck next time"

    Tempted to think of the women's movement, before women decided that commodifying their own sexuality was somehow a good thing.

    hispeton May 26, 2012   Link
  • +6
    General Comment

    i think it's about a girl who just wants to be friends....this guy wants more. she just wants that to be enough. "I don't wanna bend like the bad girls bend I just wanna be your friend Is it ever gonna be enough"

    alinamatterson September 11, 2009   Link
  • +5
    General Comment

    Why is this song so fucking badass?

    fishquawkon March 09, 2009   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    Why do I think of these whenever I hear this song:

    Charlie's Angels Shoot-em-up Western films (the old ones!) The Catcher in the Rye

    This is song is good. So bad-ass.

    theSCHWAwasHEREon September 17, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I love this. [: It's definitely about how nothing ever seems to be enough to satisfy certain people.

    michelle__x3on April 27, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    One of the radio stations in D/FW is saying the woman who wrote this song has seen Scarface over 200 times and that's what inspired the song. In some ways, it reminds me of my ex-husband. The bastard was never satisfied.

    ketchup21on March 03, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    To me, the song is about someone who is struggling to keep the dynamics of a friendship as is and not indulge in their own romantic feelings. Its done so in this person's head while they look at the person of their affection.

    The song immediately starts off by her listing reasons why a romantic relationship would not work and she goes straight for the biggest items stereotyped for guys- guns, girls, gold.

    The verse "All the boys, all the choices in the world" she's basically asking herself why out of all the boys do I have to fall for this one.

    From the gambling verse, I get their friendship's history is long enough for both to have witnessed each others relationships falter and start new.

    The bad girls bending reference would be the type of girls the friend goes after (which is the opposite of what she is).

    She goes back to telling herself she just wants to be friends yet she knows she'll never be satisfied and will continue to want more from this friend.

    She then goes back to listing other obvious male infatuations to justify why it wouldn't work- lace, skin, toys, tools.

    "all the noise, all the voices, never stop" would be the nightmare-like movie playing in her head of all the girls coming in and out of her friend's life.

    The final hook in the song is altered to include the line "while you're giving me a hard time." Whatever it is that this friend does to make her melt is being done unknowingly by him and she can't help but fall more for him each time.

    I always felt a special thing for this song because it describes perfectly my situation (and thought process) over the past 2 years with my best friend.

    Ripper777on May 08, 2010   Link
  • +1
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    i really like this song there's also a remix of the song by mike shinoda that's awesome too

    gj39on August 02, 2010   Link
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    This song is actually amazing, one of my favourites on the new album.

    supatkristineon April 12, 2009   Link

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