John Bellion Guillotine Meaning

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“Guillotine” by Jon Bellion is a song to listen to when feeling hopeless and lost in a world of thought. Despite the chorus being about a guillotine, which represents death by decapitation, Bellion’s reference to a guillotine is about himself losing control, and even though he does sometimes lose his head, the significant other in this song will still love him no matter what. Through the song “Guillotine” by Jon Bellion, Bellion portrays himself to be a trustworthy significant other by embracing the past of his own significant other as they embody his own by providing comfort for each other through the use of imagery and symbolism.
In the first verse of the song the listeners are introduced to Bellion immediately offering comfort to his significant

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