Clint Eastwood Analysis

A lyrical analysis of Gorillaz's hit "Clint Eastwood"

I was listening to Gorillaz the other day (which is pretty much every day) and it got me thinking about the hook for Clint Eastwood. Now, if you're not a Gorillaz listener, it's:
"I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long.
The future is coming on"
I interpreted this into a physical form and thought "What could be sunshine in a bag when I ain't happy, but feeling glad? I'm useless, what could make me happy?"
And then it hit.
The narrator is planning on suicide. The "sunshine" could be one of many things. A firearm to press against your skull and redecorate your wall with a new shade of crimson and pink. A rope, to hang like a rotting chandelier. Pills to make all your imperfections fade away.
The narrator feels as if they can do nothing right. They went out and bought some form of device to kill themselves with, and that's what the "future" is. Death.
Taking this further, does this have another meaning?
The sunshine could still be a gun. The narrator may hate his/her high school and plans on filling up a few students with holes.
The narrator may be a soon to be serial killer, the sunshine being tools necessary to make clean murders.
Or it could be a pair of rosary beads. I'm definitely not a religious man, but the narrator could be. The narrator could be turning to God and the "sunshine" could be a crucifix so he can pray for his life to get better.
The sunshine could be an instrument, and they'll be starting a musical career because they feel "useless" doing whatever they were previously doing.
Or, the bag may even be metaphorical!
The narrator could be referring to his arm/hand as a bag and be bringing home a girl to show her around, possibly move in with her and start a new life!

Author's Note

This is really fun, any song you want me to possibly analyze leave in the review section.

Reviews

[Andie]

This is really cool! :3
I think the song can be interpreted in many different ways, but yours makes a lot of sense.
I always thought it was about depression, myself. I don't know how hard core of a fan you are, but 2D clearly has a messy past and some serious depression. "Sunshine in a bag could be his pills. And "I ain't happy I'm feeling glad" could mean that his pills make him feel false joy. Just my thought. ^^
You should do Hong Kong by Gorillaz next. :)
Great job!

[JayParamo]

2D definitely has a very serious form of depression. You can almost hear it when he speaks/sings. The monotone, almost pure sadness is what stands out to me.

[Andie]

Especially in phase 3. That's when everything went to hell, really. Murdoc stealing him from home. Noodle being lost in "hell" and Russel being... I don't even know. e.e

[JayParamo]

Russel's being Russel, man. F*****g Brooklyn boy like me.

[Frieda P]

Intriguing, never heard this before, I doubt it's about suicide though, Clint would shot your head off before he killed himself I think. That's his MO anyway...would love to know what kind of gripe they have with the icon of Hollywood....