Goulding's voice rasps and commands proceedings as she longs to feel the same for a boy who has feelings for her.' Digital Spy music reporter Robert Copsey, giving 'Guns and Horses' four out of five stars, referred to the track as 'nother example of the glorious folktronic pop sound she and producer Starmith established on 'Under The Sheets' and 'Starry Eyed'-and reassuring proof that her romantic suffering wasn't for nothing.' Mark Beaumont of the NME, while reviewing Lights, wrote that the song 'skitters along on bleeps and fizzes, xylophone tinkles and acoustic strumblings.' David Renshaw from Drowned in Sound cited the song as the album's stand-out track, stating that it 'starts with nothing but a finger picked guitar and basic drum beat. The song was used in the sixth episode of the second season of the American television series Drop Dead Diva, 'Begin Again', originally aired 18 July 2010. My producer Starsmith made me laugh at the end, I can't repeat what he called me though. It's a song about frustration essentially. I wanted the guy to feel more than he did for me but through no fault of his own he couldn't. I wrote 'Guns And Horses' about a romance that began online hence the lyric 'you found me, at a screen you sit at permanently'. Regarding the meaning behind 'Guns and Horses', Goulding told Sky Songs:

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