Raygun

[Mouko]

Raygun is, quite obviously, an awesome song... but I'm an idiot, and I really can't place the meaning. I know it can be taken several ways, but eh...

 

Any ideas?

[LadyZiana]

This is one song I've never been able to figure out with any certainty. I've always assumed it's about him and a girl. It's like they might have had a relationship that was destructive and unhealthy.

[juanpe]

I've always thought that this song was about a relationship that finished really bad, a very "turbulent" one

[JAredD]

who knows maybe just a catchy jingle he came up with

[THE MAN]

Who knows with Matt. I bet if he were to tell us it would be something that you would never have guessed

[Maverick]

More accurately, he'd probably dive into some incredibly complicated philosophy that would go right over everybody's head, but he'd say it so fluently and confidently that he'd make you look completely stupid as you gave him the most confused look..... anyone else want to hear him tell you what he means? lol, me either...I'll pass... it sounds damn good and I'm sure it means somethin' though.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

It's about how he wants to be shot with a raygun....or not

[Maverick]

...full of holes of indignation? or full of night and day light savings?

 

I think it's about opening oneself's inside, and combatting inner deamons... he wants the light of this "raygun" to get to what's dark, the darker parts of himself.

 

He begs for his deamons to be released because they're "trapped"... there's a "vice above his head" that won't let them out or anything in... except this raygun... that can penetrate him (maybe this raygun is a friend or a lover).and release these wrongs, "the holes inside his heart."

 

He also wishes to be armored... by aspirations that will disguise these deamons... so noone inside will know of these inner inpure thoughts or feelings, they will only perceive his outside ambitions... that are truly futile because he is not pure inside.

 

He wants the knives of nations and a shovel (symbols) to bring out these deamons, maybe they are inpure thoughts about politics or the way the world works... and he needs them to be released... and then he needs to be refilled with knew, pure ideals or "dirt".

 

He claims that inside himself there is his old inside... this could refer to his older self... the self which he wants to release. He wants to discover all of this...he wants to be taken inside himself to clense himself, "Take me with you".

 

He then basically wishes it could all end... "wishes it was over" the misery of having to constantly combat fears or w/e haunts him.

 

I dunno, there's some ideas.. I'm sure I'm off in many aspects... but that could bring out some ideas from other ppl... so please someone expand or manipulate some of those ideas.... gl.. not easy.

[greyside]

According to dictionary.com, it's pretty clear:

 

1 entry found for ray gun.

ray gun

n.

A gun that fires a ray of energy, especially one depicted as a destructive weapon in science fiction.

[S.E. Hardy]

well... thanks for clearing that one up. ;)

[mark]

its about shutting the fuck up.

 

-M

[Maverick]

I think I speak for all of us when I say, wtf? What are you implying Mark?

[Tim]

its about shutting the fuck up.

 

-M

Ha ha ha. That made me laugh out loud. It's been a long day.

[running4home]

to me personally its about getting pissed off at people and trying to break free from that