“Bullet” is indeed a song by Hollywood Undead, an American rap rock band. It was released as that of the sixth single and eleventh tune from American Tragedy, their second studio album (2011). Griffin Boice had been in charge of the song’s production. That’s one of the rare songs by Hollywood Undead in which the clean vocalist is someone other than Danny or Deuce. In addition to “Bullet,” Charlie Scene performs “Rain” from Notes as from Underground. Critics have praised the song for its upbeat tone as well as uptempo beat, which contrast with the song’s gloomy lyrics concerning suicide and self-harm.
Lewis Edwards wrote the song “Bullet.” Terrell and Ragan sing verses, while Terrell also sings the b-section and chorus.
Griffin Boice created the song within Beat Suite in Hollywood, California, where he also produced, recorded, as well as mixed it.
In a sequence of intro-verse-pre chorus-chorus-verse-pre chorus-outro, the acoustic guitar pattern repeats all throughout intro as well as an outro, the verse, the pre-chorus, as well as the chorus, well with chord progression E-B-C#m-A. During the pre-chorus, the chord progression is G#m-F#m-E-D#m-C-B, with each and every chord having a two-strum pattern except C and B, which provide an eight-strum pattern.
The song’s lyrics describe a teen boy’s struggle with suicide. The chorus, which starts the song, alludes to the protagonist’s previous attempts at suicide: “My legs are dangling over the brink, and the bottle’s bottom is my sole companion. I’m thinking about slitting my wrist once again, as well as then I’ll be gone, gone, gone! My legs are dangling over the brink, and a stomach full of medicines has failed me once more. I shot myself in the head, and now I’m gone, gone, gone!” The protagonist continues to explain the degradation of his life inside the lines, noting that “a bottle of drugs” as well as “a bottle of Gin” are his “two dearest pals.”
We discover that he is on the twenty-first floor of a skyscraper, that perhaps the polishing of a bottle is “pushing” off, and also that asphalt hasn’t ever “looked so soft.” The protagonist expresses fear that his mother had discovered his suicide note and had contacted the authorities. He realises he needs to go quickly because he hears “sirens off in the distance” and that he’s “more wounded than my wrist.” He says he’s going to get a suit because “you know you want to look great when you go to meet God.” “So if I survive, I’ll see you tomorrow,” says the pre-chorus, before the chorus begins again.
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