The Unforgiven se lanzó en 1991 como parte del álbum Metallica, también conocido como El Álbum Negro. La letra habla sobre la lucha por la individualidad, la presión para conformarse y la subsiguiente pérdida de la identidad propia. La canción se caracteriza por su melodía melancólica y el cambio dinámico entre los versos tranquilos y los estribillos poderosos.
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Introducción:
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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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Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiven.
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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.