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Gun by Chvrches

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Chvrches

Gun

Release date: 19th September 2013

From The Bones of What You Believe
Track 3
3:54
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About This Track

'Gun' is a study in betrayal and retaliation. Chvrches frames the song as a reckoning, the narrator adopting the posture of someone who has been wronged and now intends to exact a price. The lyrics move between accusation and threat, each verse peeling back another layer of hurt: the knife held in secret, the questions asked with false innocence, the bridges burned beyond repair. There is no negotiation here, no space for apology or forgiveness. The production matches the emotional temperature. Chvrches wrap the vocal in clean, propulsive synths that build and release with mechanical precision, the song's structure tightening around the repeated refrain until it feels less like a confession and more like a promise. The effect is unsettling not because it is loud or aggressive, but because it is so controlled, so certain. The track sits among the album's most direct statements of intent, a moment where the band's gift for melody serves a darker emotional purpose.

"Gun" is a single by Chvrches, from the album The Bones of What You Believe, released 19th September 2013. The track is 3:54 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Chvrches.

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Chvrches

Chvrches

Lyrics

Gun

You had better run from me
With everything you own
'Cause I am gonna come for you
With all that I have

I am gonna break you down
To tiny, tiny parts
I never believed, but I see it now
I'm learning your lesson
I'm learning your lesson

Did it make you feel so clever?
Did you wear it on your sleeve?
Did you see another picture...
Where I was not a part so far entwined?

There's no other way, never run far
Take a good swing at me and everything is even
So finally, we agree, no place for promises here
You'd better run, you'd better run, so

Hide, hide, I have burned your bridges
I will be a gun, and it's you I'll come for
Hide, hide, now it's all so easy
I will be a gun, and it's you I'll come for

Who are you to tell me how...
To keep myself afloat?
I treaded water all the while
You stuck in the knife that you held at my back

Did it make you feel so clever?
Did you wear it on your sleeve?
Did you see another lifetime...
Where I was not a part so far entwined?

There's no other way, never run far
Take a good swing at me and everything is even
So finally, we agree, no place for promises here
You'd better run, you'd better run, so

Hide, hide, I have burned your bridges
Now I'll be a gun, and it's you I'll come for
Hide, hide, now it's all so easy
I will be a gun, and it's you I'll come for

There is no other way, never run far
Take a good swing at me and everything is even
So finally, we agree, no place for promises here
You'd better run, you'd better run, so

Hide, hide, I have burned your bridges
I will be a gun, and it's you I'll come for
Hide, hide, now it's all so easy
I will be a gun, and it's you I'll come for

(Oh, oh) And it's you I'll come for
(Oh, oh) And it's you I'll come for
(Oh, oh) And it's you I'll come for
(Oh, oh) And it's you I'll come for

And I'm gonna see that you won't go far (Oh, oh)
And I'm gonna see that you won't go far (Oh, oh)
And I'm gonna see that you won't go far (Oh, oh)
And I'm gonna see that you won't go far (Oh, oh)

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Track details

From The Bones of What You Believe

3:542013Single
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The Bones of What You Believe
The Bones of What You Believe
Chvrches
20th September 2013
Track number
3
Release year
2013
  1. 1The Mother We Share
    3:11
  2. 2We Sink
    3:34
  3. 3Gun
    3:54
  4. 4Tether
    4:46
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  • Credits

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    Producer
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    Engineer
    Chris Kasych, Martin Cooke
    Vocals
    Lauren Mayberry
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
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    Background Vocals
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    Graphic Design
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