It really describes the way I felt at that time: This creature that was barely existing, but somehow still thought he had it going on [laughs]. Martin was spot-on with his lyrics. I mean, I don’t even know if the song was written about me, or for me, or poking at me to say ‘For f–k’s sake, get your s–t together!’ But it worked. I liked it.

Dave Gahan about ‘barrel of a gun’, 2017 in an interview with ‘entertainment weekly’ (via zer0cool98)