Metallica's "Unforgiven"

[Tarma11]

Metallicas Unforgiven song has nothing about killing someone, it’s about going through life and living with the mistakes that he has made, and he feels that that were so bad that they are unforgivable. Hence the name of the song, Unforgiven.

The sequel song Unforgiven 2 is a more detailed version of its predecessor except in the sequel its about finding others that feel the same as he does, and confiding in them.

All Metallicas music as of other music by other bands leaves it up to the listener to come to their own conclusions as to what there songs mean.

About killing someone??? You should go to the sources. Hetfield is very clear about the meaning of his songs. Unforgiven I, II and III, they talk about sin and its consequences, seeking forgiveness. Growing repressed (I), not daring to approach the light(II) and when he does, not being able to forgive himself for being wrong (III). It is his life, as he has said.

 

[Gift_from_God]

With the first Unforgiven, I think it’s about a man being scapegoated and people (maybe parents, peer pressure, or society) trying to run his life and dictate how he will live instead of him making his own decisions