What is the meaning behind the song 'Russian Roulette' by Rihanna?

Answer 1

If you watch the video carefully, she doesnt die. He dies

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The song could be viewed as a metaphor for love, implying that it, like Russian roulette, is risky, and can often be a shot in the dark.

When she say's 'and you can see my heart beating/you can see it through my chest' it could imply that she is wearing her heart on her sleeve, barring it for her love, and the world to see.

She's 'terrified' of rejection, but she knows that if she doesn't at least try to 'pass this test' she will be forever wondering 'Wat if?' and she will never know if that was her chance at true love.

'And then I get a scary thought/ that he's here means he's never lost'. Saying this could imply that she wonders/believes him to be a player, one who always get's what he want's and has never lost, as evidence that he is standing so calmly and stoically offering her advice on how to go about it.

when she says, "I'm wondering will I ever see another sunrise?" Sunrise's typically represent new beginnings, but they can also represent beauty and life, as well as light, and at a stretch even purity.

She is wondering if she will ever really see the beauty in life and love, and also if she can come back from this if she is rejected.

In the end she decides to just jump in head first, or, 'just pull the trigger'.

Answer 2

Rihanna is taking a very life-threatening chance with the man in the song by playing Russian roulette with him. Clearly the man in the song doesn't care about her life by making her play the game although she says she is "not leaving." It is a metaphor for taking a risk in a relationship that can possibly ruin your life emotionally and physically. After her unfortunate incident the song is a hindsight understanding of her relationship with Chris Brown where she in actually risked her life in staying with him. She must have contemplated death that night of the brutal incident and this is the song reflecting on those events and the person she was with.

Answer 3

Russian Roulette is about a game Rihanna is playing with her boyfriend. There is one bullet in the gun and the two are taking turns taking the gun and pulling the trigger. The game ends when one of them shoots themselves. Love the song, hate what it's about.

Answer 4

Russian roulette is a metifor song neyo wrote it for rihanna and it is about comparing the game Russian roulette with a relationship it s about that fear of loving