Green Day - 21 Guns [HD Video]
“21 Guns” is an alternative rock song written and recorded by the American band Green Day. It is the second single from their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown. The single was released through Reprise Records on May 25, 2009 as a digital download and will be released on July 14, 2009 as a CD single.
The video:
The band is found in a white motel room with Christian and Gloria, the two protaganists throughout the album 21st Century Breakdown. Gloria is startled by the arrival of police outside, and closes the louvers on the blinds to shut them out. While doing this, the viewer could see the verse of the song, “21 Guns”, written on the motel wall. It was the same verse that Billie Joe was currently singing (and happened repeatedly in the video). A hail of bullets ensue, penetrating the motel room and terrifying Gloria. As shots continue to pass by her, Gloria notices that the phone in the motel room is blinking. She holds the handset to her ear for a short time before throwing the phone in an aquarium. As the damage from the shootout continues to destroy the room and its furnishings, Christian and Gloria lock eyes and walk unscathed toward each other, and embrace (In the same position that was on the album cover art).
At one point during the video, the words written on the walls of the motel room are revealed for a moment to be the lyrics to Green Day’s song “See The Light”, the last song on 21st Century Breakdown.
The video ends with Billie Joe Armstrong hitting the final note of the song, with the lights fading out. The video is the fourth Green Day video to feature touring/studio backup guitarist Jason White, having appeared in “When I Come Around”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends” and “Working Class Hero”
[via Wiki]
Lyric:
Do you know what’s worth fighting for
When it’s not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You’re in ruins…
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
When you’re at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn’t pass
Nothing’s ever built to last
You’re in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
When it’s time to live and let die
And you can’t get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You’re in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
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