Guns [official Music Video] - Green Day - 21

The band and the couple eventually stop hiding and let the world crumble around them. Key Visual Symbols

The video follows the album’s protagonists, Christian and Gloria, as they take refuge in a white room. They are surrounded by an onslaught of bullets that shred the walls, yet they remain untouched and strangely calm. A nondescript room under siege. The Conflict: External violence versus internal peace. Green Day - 21 Guns [Official Music Video]

The song asks, "Lay down your arms / Give up the fight." The video mirrors this by having the characters eventually stop ducking for cover. The band and the couple eventually stop hiding

As the walls are peppered with shots, the light creates a "starry" effect. This turns a scene of violence into something hauntingly beautiful. Christian and Gloria