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The Unforgiven by Metallica

![Reload Album Cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71mi%2BtfdfBL._SL1425_.jpg) 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 Lyrics from Lyric Find.

Reflections

The song is about how we as people in a collective society seek to rid ourselves and others of what they are meant to do. We punish our children and teach them to be normal and the same as everyone else. We teach them to be what they are not meant to be. Here, the protagonist has led the same life ever since birth. He may have had a few characteristic traits of his own which have now been stripped away by constant punishment. Even when he grows up, there are others that are in control of his life and he tries to seek their approval instead of doing what we want to. As he grows old, he realises that he has many regrets about how he could not excel at what he was meant to do and instead stuck to doing what others wanted him to do. And for that, he blames the world and dubs them unforgivable. Check out the @steemitcentral lyrics challenge in [this link](https://steemit.com/challenge/@steemitcentral/steemitcentral-lyrics-challenge-announcement) and use the hashtag #sclyrics to enter.