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The title made me think of one of my favourite songs, which feels more and more like a meme - when I realised how much differently and harder the lyrics hit - than when the 2 and a half decades younger version of myself listened to it…

Metallica - The Unforgiven

New blood joins this Earth

And quickly he’s subdued.

Through constant pained disgrace

The young boy learns their rules.

In 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

The 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’

Never free, never me

So I dub thee ‘Unforgiven’

You labelled me

I’ll label you!

So I dub thee ‘Unforgiven’.

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The Phantom Honker's avatar

"TOOL mosh pit" 😂

Brilliant.

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