《21guns》的歌詞如下：
Verse 1：
Shotgun Shack
You and me
Staring at the door
Taking aim and then you let me know
Chorus：
21 guns
Shut 'em down
Locked up inside your sweet embrace
The feeling I'll never get enough
I want you back, yeah
Verse 2：
Let it out like a breath of fire
Time stands still in this prison cell
But I'm feeling like a man again
Chorus：
21 guns
Shut 'em down
Locked up inside your sweet embrace
The feeling I'll never get enough
I want you back, yeah
Bridge：
I'm on my knees, begging you please
Take me back, I'll be your prize
Chorus：
21 guns is what you need now, yeah
Oh I was your 21 ghosts now you say you got the daylights to take me home
在某些方面《21guns》可能讓人想到另一首由弗萊德·阿爾金頓（Fred A. Kalso）和歐文·阿拉帕赫特拉恩·歐洛基莫所譜寫的作品——《保鏢》（"Shut Em Down"）。兩首歌曲都涉及了對於情感的挽留和回歸。 此外，歌詞中的“21guns”也可能暗示了某種象徵性的數量，這可能反映了歌曲創作者的個人經歷或文化背景。具體含義可能需要參考歌曲創作背景和創作者的個人經歷。