Now that I'm free from the silly JW rules, I am free to go back and enjoy the music that I use to love.
I'm currently listening to Metallica's 'The Unforgiven'
I loved it when it come out but was not allowed to own/listen to it. I would sometimes allow myself to listen to it when it was on the radio... then felt very guilty afterwards... wow the control they had over me, how sad.
Anyway, I know it might be a bit heavy for some but man o man how the lyrics jump out at me now!!! It's like the song is written for ex-JWs (well in my eyes anyway).
I've wasted 30 years in this cult and this song hits me hard, I, like most of you, am still fighting, be it JW family, JW friends or just trying to fit into this world that we have not been a part of.
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'The Unforgiven' Lyrics
New blood joins this earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained 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-eay
Chorus:
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
. . .
whoa, whoa
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
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
3Mozzies