Letra de
The Unforgiven

A música The Unforgiven foi lançada em 1991 como parte do álbum Metallica, também conhecido como The Black Album. A letra fala sobre a luta pela individualidade, a pressão para conformar-se e a subsequente perda da identidade própria. A música é marcada pela sua melodia sombria e a mudança de dinâmica entre os versos calmos e os refrões poderosos.

New blood joins this earth and quickly he's sub-dued.
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 knows, oo, a vow unto his own that never from this day
his will they'll take a - way.

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 the unforgiven.

They dedicate their lives to running all of his
He tries to please them all, this bitter man he is
Throughout the 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 the 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. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeen ohoh.


Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.