Lay beside me and tell me what they've done
And speak the words I wanna hear to make my demons run
The door is locked now but it's open if you're true
If you can understand the me then I can understand the you

Lay beside me, under wicked sky
Through black of day, dark of night, we share this, paralyzed
The door cracks open but there's no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still but there's no sun shining through
No there's no sun shining through, no there's no sun shining

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?

Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Come lay beside me, this won't hurt I swear
She loves me not, she loves me still, but she'll never love again
She lay beside me but she'll be there when I'm gone
Black hearts scarring darker still, yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone, dead sure she'll be there?

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?

Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Lay beside me, tell me what I've done
The door is closed so are your eyes
But now I see the sun, now I see the sun
Yes now I see it

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?

Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
So sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits
The one who waits for you

Oh, what I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you? (So I dub thee unforgiven)

Oh, what I've felt
Oh, what I've known
I'll take this key and I'll bury it in you
Because you're unforgiven too

Never free, never me
'Cause you're unforgiven too, oh oh


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The Unforgiven II Lyrics as written by Kirk Hammett James Hetfield

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    To me this song sounded like it was about rape at first “lay beside me, this won’t hurt I swear…I take this key and I bury it in you”.

    Either that or its about two people who have been “raped” in the sense of going through troublesome lives or being used and abused during their childhood and having their character and soul destroyed. I think it’s a dark love song. Two people are brought together through their connection to pain and trouble and are clearly traumatised “if you can understand the me, then I can understand the you…we share this paralyse”. And their “black hearts scarring darkness still” explains how they’re permanently scarred.

    Maybe what they’ve been through makes them hurt each other because pain is all they know and they see themselves, rather than their abusers, as the unforgiven… “Lay beside me, tell me what I’ve done”. They continue to live as abused people.

    The line “now I see the sun” could mean that they’ve finally found a release in each other, however sick, twisted and diseased the relationship might be.

    I don’t know. I think the song can be interpreted in many ways. I also agree that it has some biblical references to heaven etc. It’s a very deep and dark song.

    voodochildon April 14, 2007   Link

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