[Verse 1]
I'm too tired to worry
Oh, 'bout the way it was
I'm just trying to love you
So I don't have to clean it up
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, don't let your blood run cold
Don't let your heart be stoned
Don't be the bitter one
Oh, some things can't be undone
Some bullets that you chose
Can't go back in the gun
[Chorus]
You can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
You can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
[Verse 2]
I ain't made to carry
All this weight on my own
Oh, it's way too heavy
And I can't be that strong
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, don't let your blood run cold
Don't let your heart be stoned
Don't be the bitter one
Oh, some things can't be undone
Some bullets that you chose
Can't go back in the gun
[Chorus]
You can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
You can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
[Bridge]
We put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
We put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
[Outro]
We can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
Can't put the bullets back into a gun
Can't undo what we have done
Can't break this heart of stone
Bullets
Song Meaning
NEEDTOBREATHE opens "Bullets" admitting fatigue rather than innocence — "I'm too tired to worry 'bout the way it was, I'm just trying to love you so I don't have to clean it up" — naming the effort to avoid future damage rather than claiming none has already been done.
"Don't let your blood run cold, don't let your heart be stoned, don't be the bitter one" lists warnings in short, direct commands rather than one long argument, and the title metaphor states its own limit plainly: "some bullets that you chose can't go back in the gun."
"I ain't made to carry all this weight on my own, it's way too heavy and I can't be that strong" admits a specific limitation instead of pushing through it silently, and the repeated refrain — "can't undo what we have done, can't break this heart of stone" — refuses false comfort about consequences that are already permanent. The closing variation, shifting from "you can't" to "we can't," quietly moves the blame from one person to both.