The Unforgiven was released in 1991 as part of the Metallica album, also known as The Black Album. The lyrics discuss the struggle for individuality, the pressure to conform, and the subsequent loss of self-identity. The song is marked by its melancholy melody and the dynamic shift between the calm verses and powerful choruses.
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New blood joins this earth and quickly he's sub-dued.
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Through constant pain disgrace, the young boy learns their rules.
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With time the child draws in this whipping boy done wrong.
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Deprived of all his thoughts, the young man struggles on and on.
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He knows, oo, a vow unto his own that never from this day
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his will they'll take a - way.
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What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
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What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiven.
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They dedicate their lives to running all of his
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He tries to please them all, this bitter man he is
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Throughout the life the same, he's battled constantly
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This fight he cannot win. A tired man they see no longer cares.
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The old man then prepares to die regretfully
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That old man here is me.
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What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
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What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiven.
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What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
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What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeen ohoh.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
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You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
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You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.