Metallica - The Unforgiven - a song made into a legend

Metallica - The Unforgiven

This piece of music should be known by every human being living on the planet earth, if you ask me even some of our astronauts living on the moon should know it tone by tone. The Unforgiven is not a simple song that has meaning like lots of other songs, it is different as it has a legacy and 2 continuations which are respectively named "The Unforgiven II" and "The Unforgiven III". The song was a part of the one and only black album and was released as a single in 1991 and has since been played in almost every metallica live performance until this day. One interesting fact about this song is that the horn intro of the song was initially taken from the 1960's western named The Unforgiven and it was reversed in order to hide the source of the song. The live version of this song is slightly different as it includes an additional solo that is not featured in the original record. And last ,but definitely not least is the music video for the song which is indeed a breathtaking addition to the song itself and one would definitely want to see the video along with the song if he's hearing it for the first time.

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 

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 

You labeled me 

I'll label you 

So I dub thee unforgiven