The definition of heathens is a particular person who doesn’t belong to widely held religion. He can be an atheist or he can also be part of a particular religion that is within in a country (not world wide). Heathens can also mean an outsider of a particular group. Heathens are usually in small groups that can be called cliques (small group of people that have a close relationship and usually don’t allow outsiders to join them. The first line of the song states that all my friends are heathens take it slow so probably this means that the group he is in are all heathens so probably he can be considered a heathen. In the 3rd line of the song it says Please don't make any sudden moves because you probably don’t know what these people have gone through. The last line of the Chorus is you don’t know the half of the abuse, in this case you could refer to abuse as a negative experience the person has gone through in his life or a certain difficulty/ problem the person has had. …show more content…
This song was in the movie Suicide Squad and If you refer to these 3 lines with the movie it can mean that they are sad because all of them have lost someone or something special that they really loved. In the movie all the prisoners had lost their families because of a abuse (negative experience) that has happened in their lives. The next two lines of the song are Just because we check the guns at the door, Doesn't mean our brains will change from hand grenades. This can mean that the people in the clique are sort of unstable because they fight with many of the dangerous emotions that they feel. In this case you can also describe them as broken