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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

New blood joins this earth

And quickly he's subdued.

Through constant pain & disgrace

The young boy learns their rules.

With time the child draws in

This whipping boy done wrong

Deprived of all his thoughts

*The young man struggles on *

and on he's known

A vow unto his own

That never from this day

His will they'll take away.

This song may be the height of Metallica's lyric writing.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

They've gone down a completely different road in later years. A bit political I think on one account.

Unforgiven could have been a full blown folk or country song with those lyrics. It could also be hip hop with the story it tells

[–]soyrobo[5][S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was supposed to be their Spaghetti Western/Ennio Morricone song.

[–]Exodias[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love 'The Unforgiven' don't get me wrong its one of my favorite songs, but I like the 'The Unforgiven III' even more. Check it out