That’s When I Reach for My Revolver by Mission of Burma Lyrics Meaning – Unpacking the Anthem of Disillusionment

Mission of Burma’s 1981 anthem ‘That’s When I Reach for My Revolver’ strikes the listener with the same rebellious intensity it did upon release. Slathered with the unapologetic patina of post-punk defiance, the song reads like a manifesto for the disenchanted, a heralding of personal insurrections in an age of disillusionment.