New blood joins this earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained 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-eay
Chorus:
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
They dedicate their lives
To RUNNING all of his
He tries to please THEM all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He's battled constantly
This fight he cannot win
A tired man they see no longer cares
The old man then prepares
To die regretfully
That old man here is me
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
(instrumental)
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
whoa, whoa
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
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Review about The Unforgiven What I know | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/22/09
What I know is what it is;
I'm sure that after reading the review many have felt different responses, What I felt was that as long as people can discuss something than that something lives and that mixing of poetry, philosophy and ideal of what it can be, makes a wondering of all. Therefore it is.
Metallica forever | Reviewer: Travis Bush | 9/30/09
You guys are all wrong, the song is about a boy, and society is trying to tell him to live his life a certain way, and he vows, that never from this day his will they'll take away... which means he will live hi life the way he wants and not listen to the rulles that they tell him to obey, but as you get into the unforgiven 2, this boy has become a bitter old man, and hes gone his whole like, and is beginning to give in to society, because his whole life has been a fight, from the words of James himself... search what Unforgiven II is about..
WOW I'm flabberghast like this is a real word... fuck man you all listening to rap music or what.... this song is based on the whipping boys through history... man ... guys read up your H-School history you guys must be illeterate OR SIMPLY DROPOUTs. anyway prefer big time real songs that made music what music is today... man you guys really suck big time lol. go back to Africa YOYO man!
Never! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/4/09
There is an adult pondering upon the past, never me, never free. Intertextuality. The Raven by Edgar Allan poe. Label me, so I dub thee unforgiven - (Disgrace,) I repeat what you say, you are unforgiven, I repeat it, Unforgiven refers to me, never free.
Many of you were close.. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/1/09
The true meaning of this song is the following, as said by James. Doug was close.
Well James grew up in a VERY religous family, and like doug said, they sheltered him from life. They were very strict and made his life hard. Eventually his sister got cancer, but his parents didnt beleive in modern medicine, and didnt bring her in for radiation. his parents are THE UNFORGIVEN for letting his sister die.
"You lable me, I'l lable you.. so I dub thee unforgiven"
They lable him as one of those mega religous kids and after all the hardship this has caused him, he decides nto to forgive them, and lables them THE UNFORGIVEN.
The Unforgiven II and III | Reviewer: The Rogue | 5/11/09
I disagree with Orion, if you listen to The Unforgiven II and III, you hear him say " How can I blame you when it's me I can't forgive?" so I think it's that he's changed himself and can't forgive himself for it.
Orion | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/6/09
I hear.... the story of a man who became something he is not. He regret's his life, and that is the point of regret, is that you cannot forgive yourself for the things you should or should not have done.
individual | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/6/09
born,put down and down learns the rules of society keeps himself in no expression.They punished him and he vows they will never change him through all he has lived through he has never shown what he could be no one will ever see he will never show who he could be.In his eyes they are unforgiven.They try harder to break him he tries to let them be happy with the lie they have created and he is pissed because he still has not broke free from the chains of people trying to control his life. He fights and fights for freedom but freedom he never gets he see's it and no longer cares he dies the same as he started.
About the meaning of Forgiveness | Reviewer: Janne Räsänen | 4/30/09
Forgive me, forgive me not, forgive me, forgive me not. Why can't I forgive me?
Forgiveness is asked from someone. When you ask yourself for forgiveness, who is there to give it?
This song is the sound of one hand clapping.
Really, if you relate everything what they say in this song in the terms of buddhism, you can express everything told in it.
I understand why many feel that they can relate to this song. This is the reason why many people see the "meaning" of this song in different light.
The meaning, as I see it, is simple. The song has lots of questions that have arisen in the mind of men in all eras of humans. They all boil down to simple question of "why".
In my (buddhist) view, the answer.. well, let me phrase it like this:
I don't know the answer.. I don't even know what the question is!
Stop all the fan in-fighting. Do you think anyone writes a song like this for it to be taken 100% literally? Of course not! It's for you to interpret, like poetry; so that everyone may gain meaning from it. Unless you are the actualy lyricist, stop speculating on what it's about, and just enjoy it! :)
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