Under the Gun (feat. Hatsune Miku)
Under The Gun (c) 1994 Vagenda. All rights reserved (Composed at age 17) (Recorded on October 12, 2015)
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Story behind the song
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The Official Backstory
This song is about suicide. It is about that sense of scope you get when you imagine how infinitesimal you are in the universe, and how no matter what, nothing you or anyone else does in life truly matters or amounts to anything of any lasting value over the infinite course of time, within the infinite expanse of space, and if you truly can't stand life such as it is, you always have this last layer of control in your ability to choose when to end it on your terms.
This song is also about how dangerously alluring that idea can sometimes be, and presents the entire dynamic in a way reminiscent of a mermaid singing a siren's song to sailors - a folklore where men would throw their selves from ships to their respective deaths captivated and entranced by the singing.
I also imagined "Death" in this song as a literal female character. Im my mind, she was very much like Didi from Neil Gaiman's comic series "Death: The High Cost Of Living".
Lastly, this song was also supposed to be a warning to that seduction - a reminder to have strength, that nothing worth doing is easy, to not take the path of least resistance since that is exactly what makes the river crooked.
Lyrics
Under The Gun
© 1994 Vagenda. All rights reserved
(Composed at age 17)
(Recorded on October 12, 2015)
She dances on moonlight
In her I confide
Her lips have a healing power
Her names suicide
My life seems so much better
Under the Gun
My blood stains
Under the Gun
My minds been burnt to a cinder
Under this Sun
Death seems warm and tender
Her latent seduction
Fills my empty soul
She comforts my pain until again
Were out of control
My life seems so much better
Under the Gun
My blood stains
Under the Gun
My minds been burnt to a cinder
Under this Sun
Death seems warm and tender
