Dear Father
What is this hell you have put me through?
Believer
Deceiver
Day in, day out, lived my life through you
Pushed onto me what's wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call life
Dear Father
Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove
Curator
Dictator
Always censoring my every move
Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly
Dear Father
Time has frozen still, what's left to be?
Hear nothing
Say nothing
Cannot face the fact I think for me
No guarantee, it's life as is
But damn you for not giving me my chance
Dear Father
You've clipped my wings before I learned to fly
Unspoiled
Unspoken
I've outgrown that fucking lullaby
Same thing I've always heard from you
Do as I say, not as I do
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim please rescue me
Dear Father
Hidden in your world you've made for me
I'm seething
I'm bleeding
Ripping wounds in me that never heal
Undying spite I feel for you
Living out this hell you always knew
Teenage rebellion.
A little more than that. The parents in question seem to have been pretty damn overprotective; the narrator states outright that once he got into the world he found out that it was much, much worse than his parents were trying to make him believe.
A little more than that. The parents in question seem to have been pretty damn overprotective; the narrator states outright that once he got into the world he found out that it was much, much worse than his parents were trying to make him believe.
james wrote this song for the kids. He needed the band to really relate to their younger crowd so he made dyers eve. This song also has the most unappreciated solo ever. Kirk plays with such grace and speed at the same time. I have heard every Metallica song there is and this is one of their greatest masterpieces.
Definantly this and Fade to Black hands down...and IMO Fade to black's solo equals this one is power...this is much much faster but fade to black's slowly comes in, gets goin for like 1 minute and 1/2 and then does a fade to black exit by slowly getting quiet, it is executed very gracefully by the best guitarist ever, kirk hammett
Definantly this and Fade to Black hands down...and IMO Fade to black's solo equals this one is power...this is much much faster but fade to black's slowly comes in, gets goin for like 1 minute and 1/2 and then does a fade to black exit by slowly getting quiet, it is executed very gracefully by the best guitarist ever, kirk hammett
I'm not sure you could say that; the second-to-last verse, at least, seems to be saying that "Well, yeah, but your parents /were/ trying to help."
I'm not sure you could say that; the second-to-last verse, at least, seems to be saying that "Well, yeah, but your parents /were/ trying to help."
its about someone's fucked up childhood.(mostly jaymz's but with a few added touches.) he grew up in a very strict, and religious family. His parents tried to hide him from the world and it's so-called "danger", so when he finally grew up and moved out of the house to live alone, he didnt know what the hell was going on, because of his over-protective parents.
"Im in hell without you. Cannot cope without you two" : he has no clue what to do, and he needs his parents' aid, because thats all he's grown up to know. "Shocked at the world that i see.." :as i said, they've been hiding him from the real world, so when he's out on his own, its quite a surprise to him.
anyways, that my opinion. if you disagree, dont hesitate to send me a message.
I don't buy the idea that James wrote this to 'relate to his younger fanbase' or whatever is was someone said - I think he wrote what he was feeling, plain and simple.
Remember he wasn't that old when this was written - 25, 26 tops. I know that might seem a bit ancient to some of you but that's still young enough to remember those feelings. It's possible it took him a few years to rationalise how these things had affected him.
Anyway I don't think there's any dispute over the meaning of this song - it's pretty cut'n'dried - but I was mainly interested in where the title came from. To just use 'Dyer' to mean 'someone who dies/ about to die' is a bit clumsy and James is usually a better lyricist than that (witness the rest of this song!).
It struck me as something that might have come from the realms of poetry or literature and was then referenced in this song. Can't find any non-Metallica-related references to it though so I could be barking up the wrong tree...
One of their best, anyway, and one I got a kick out of rediscovering!
A dyer is also someone who dyes. It might be a reference to the way the parents in this song try to change the way the kid perceives everything?
A dyer is also someone who dyes. It might be a reference to the way the parents in this song try to change the way the kid perceives everything?
@the1truedave I don't know if this would pertain to the song or the subject-matter of the song, but I thought of the phrase "Dyed in the wool". Maybe his parents were adamant about everything, thus making him think they are dyed in the wool so to speak. Not to mention that phrase would have been a lot more common in his time than nowadays.
@the1truedave I don't know if this would pertain to the song or the subject-matter of the song, but I thought of the phrase "Dyed in the wool". Maybe his parents were adamant about everything, thus making him think they are dyed in the wool so to speak. Not to mention that phrase would have been a lot more common in his time than nowadays.
It is about person's anger for his parents and the way they behaved him when he was young...this isnt confirmed that it is james past they speak of but it can be true...i relate quite well like the rest of u..parents suck and they abuse wut power they have
delta 9 -
fuck you , you stupid faggot
thank you very much for your comment robsturr. though my childhood wasn't that hard I always felt exactly the same when hearing this song. I think that any childhood has some stains and we live in a world where "children are seen but are not heard" and censorship is traded from the bigger to the smaller (as the whole album expresses). "Dyers Eve" is the absolutely fitting and expressive finish to this topic, touching every waking up soul out there. I cannot say anything about the exact technical qualities of lars ullrich or any other one of metallica, but i never heard a band that can push out a song with that much pressure as they do especially in dyers eve. But i never was sure about the consequences arising from this song, and now i know, thank you again, rob. Since the fealing is two fold: first there is depression, anger, fear, rage about what happened in the childhood, reviewing how it could have been. But this is only the first step up the stairs being able to review this bad history, finally understanding that this shit really happened and that you are not alone with it ! There is no question anymore, "living out this hell you always knew", we don't wan't to trade it to our children again and again, you know, so we really need to be reborn, we need salvation from this. So there is no escape from this truth, so wake up, soul, from this nightmare.
The song also sort of tries to imply that the parents aren't doing it because they think their kids are stupid, but because they want to protect them. Which is another problem, especially these days.
The song also sort of tries to imply that the parents aren't doing it because they think their kids are stupid, but because they want to protect them. Which is another problem, especially these days.
He was raised Christian Scientist, not Baptist for the record.
eclipseownzu, very well put.
How the hell can ppl sit around and critisize Lars Ulrich? First of all, people who don't even drum shouldn't say a word, and second, he's AMAZING! I'll leave the meaning up to other ppl, but you seem to have that all covered, but I just wanna say that this song is so amazing to play, or, in most cases, attempt to lol. I don't know anybody who can seem to get the guitar down. Still fun though on drums. I haven't gone through all the posts, so slap me if somebody allready said this, but isn't this the song that Metallica only recorded once and never played live? No wonder it's so hard. Metallica kick ass!