Redlight King: Bullet in my Hand Meaning

Bullet in my Hand Lyrics

I've got a fast life and
A slow cuttin' knife
I've been drinkin' at a poisoned well
No home and a bag of bones
And nothin' else left to sell
I know why I'm in this hell
I just don't wanna believe
Past that line you just can't tell
But...

1. anonymous

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   Jun 19th 2021 !⃝

   It's a song about all the women who ever loved me and how lucky I am to escape with just a bullet in my hand.
2. anonymous

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   Oct 5th 2016 !⃝

   Judging by the first verse alone it seems more like a battle with addiction, I can definitely relate to what he's saying. Although, all music is up for interpretation, thats the beauty of it, even if how you perceive it isn't how it was intended on being perceived and it helps you out, it doesn't matter.
3. anonymous

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   Aug 5th 2015 !⃝

   Everybody is right. that's why I love this song so much. Reference to saving the last bullet for himself comment that was a good analogy. It's about the war you fight within yourself with addiction. The addicts around you lifestyle and fighting for recovery, for your life. And being determined to win the battle over temptation. Waking up after years of self-medicating feeling alive and determined to overcome the destruction of drug dependent lifestyles.
4. anonymous

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   Oct 28th 2012 !⃝

   The song is totally about being able to stop using heroin!!! There is indefinately no two ways about it!
5. anonymous

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   Sep 14th 2012 !⃝

   The Video is clearly war themed. A recurring image is a man walking around a medical tent looking at the wounded. The song is about survivors guilt. He got one more shot at living, some of his buddies weren't so lucky.
6. anonymous

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   Jul 30th 2012 !⃝

   Songs about heroin
7. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2012 !⃝

   Its about when your in combat you keep the last bullet in your pocket for yourself and he didn't have to use it.
8. anonymous

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   Jul 2nd 2012 !⃝

   If you've ever attended 12 step addiction recovery meetings, then you know... this is what we sound like :). Gratitude... a certain feeling that we've dodged a bullet and fortunate to be alive... ultimately, God is watching and helping.
9. anonymous

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   May 26th 2012 !⃝

   Addiction bad choices hurting the people you love all go hand in hand. This song is saying its never to late to change or make a good choice. I can relate alot!!!!
10. anonymous

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    May 21st 2012 !⃝

    I think its about someone who has made lots of mistakes in their life and is getting a second chance to make things right.
11. anonymous

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    May 1st 2012 !⃝

    I think it has dual meanings. I saw the video and the spitfire shown in it makes me think that it references both addiction recovery and the Battle of Britain
12. anonymous

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    Apr 10th 2012 !⃝

    It's about drug/alcohol recovery
13. anonymous

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    Mar 23rd 2012 !⃝

    I think he was in a war and the war was a darkness and he got shot in the hand and the person looking out for him is one of his partners who covers his back, notice the video shows war scenes and he is in an army hangar.
14. anonymous

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    Feb 24th 2012 !⃝

    An obvious religious overtone in this song. "There's someone lookin' out for me" followed by "I came out of the darkness with a bullet in my hand" and a bridge of "Can you see the light? I can see the light". Also the lines "I know why I'm in this hell, I just don't wanna believe"
    
    These lyrics seem to be referencing a religious experience where the writer was at a very bad (dark) point in their life and found God and the bullet is a metaphor for a Bible or knowledge. The light being "the right way" or "the truth".
15. anonymous

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    Jan 31st 2012 !⃝

    My interpretation is that it's about a guy who was about to commit suicide and realized that it's not the way to go and

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