The eight-minute video, which plays out in reverse across an evening, depicts a shooter opening fire on terrified people inside a nightclub, intercut with scenes of Madonna typing the song’s lyrics of protest on a typewriter.

Axar.az reports PEOPLE.

The club where the shooting takes place bears a striking resemblance to Pulse, with the video depicting the dead clubbers in genderfluid outfits, covered in blood and glitter.

Reflecting on the lack of action on gun control in the US, Madonna sings: “When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh. They pretend to help, it makes me laugh.

“I think I understand why people get a gun/I think I understand why we all give up.

“Every day they have a kind of victory/Blood of innocence, spread everywhere.

“They say that we need love/But we need more than this.”

As the graphic footage shows people’s gory deaths, the singer adds: “This is your wake-up call.”