Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.
Link: [OnYouTube]
The Unforgiven (I)
Metallica
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
Avow unto his own
The never from this day
His will they’ll take away
What I’ve felt
What I’ve known
Never shine 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
Unforgiven
Oh
Unforgiven
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
No never me
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
Unforgiven
Link: [On YouTube]
One
Metallica
I can’t remember anything
Can’t tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I’m waking up
I cannot see
That there’s not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God
Wake me
Back in the womb it’s much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can’t look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I’ll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God
Wake me
Now the world is gone I’m just one
Oh God
Help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God
Help me
Darkness
Imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmine
Has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with a life in Hell
Link: [Metallica]
Lyrics From: [Dark Lyrics]
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ReplyDeleteDropping by to read some more articles from here :) Hope your week has started well :) Keep stress free always :) xoxo
I liked "Unforgiven." As you say, it is the cry of a human heart. Once I understood that, I found I could listen to heavy metal, understand and even appreciate it. Yes, even Fuel doing "Jesus or a Gun."
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ReplyDeleteOh my, aren't you a hip grandpa, my dear Chuck. Umm, that is if it is still okay to say "hip," of course.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm gonna have to check out that Fuel song. Thanks for stopping by again!!!
Interestingly enough about Metallica, one of the songs I remember distinctly by them, from years ago (maybe 20 years ago?) as a quasi-Biblical song called "Creeping Death", about the angel of death striking down the firstborn of Egypt. Who better, I suppose, to put this event into song format, than Metallica?
ReplyDeleteI don't like many of their arrangements because of them being a little too "heavy metal" for my tastes, but their is much about their lyrics that needs to be heard. Creeping Death serves as a good example of that--in both regards. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Rob!!!
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