Donny

I love that song because I feel like I relate to it. It takes a man's life from birth to near death and shows how religion fucked it up. I was raised in church all my life, and my dad was actually a Pastor. I've seen how religion damages people. "The Unforgiven" is a POWERFUL song. It speaks VOLUMES of truth about religion.




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.

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 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 the unforgiven.

You labeled me...
I?ll label you!
So I dub the unforgiven!