Poor Twisted Me

General CommentThis song is about a man who is in srrow and complains about himself, but likes the attention the people are giving him dut to his pain.

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General CommentA very underrated Metallica song. Probably second best on that album (after "Until It Sleeps").

I agree with everything about (except "milking the rape," that's a bit too much) and think it provides a nice counterpoint to Hetfield's perpetual theme of guilt and (un)forgiveness. This one is a clearly sarcastic take on the same subject.

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General CommentYeah, pleased to be the first metallica fan to write in my opinion. This is a great song. I didn't like it at first - i thought it was kinda blatant. Then I realized the meaning and it kinda applies to a lot of people. It is about a person that feels sorrow for himself and he feeds on the sorrow of others. Basically, this individual is digging themself into a deeper whole to eat the sorrow.

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General Commentdamn, i like this song

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General Commentinteresting opinions. i think this song describes people who deliberately do things to put themselves in a shit position and then use the situation to pity themselves and gain sympathy from others. my cousin has done that, but he gained no sympathy from me, he only lost my respect for him.
btw, the lyrics aren't right. here are the lyrics from metallica.com

Oh, poor twisted me
Oh, poor twisted me
I feast on sympathy
I chew on suffer
I chew on agony

Swallow whole the pain
Oh, it's too good to be
That all this misery
Is just for, oh, poor twisted me
Poor twisted me

Poor mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Lungs fill with sorrow
Lungs fill with misery

Inhaling the deep, dark blue
Oh, woe is me
Such a burden to be
The poor mistreated me

To finally reach the shore, survive the storm
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again

Baby, again and again and again

You finally reached the shore, survived the storm
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again

Good to feel my friend
Oh, woe is me
Such a burden to be
Oh, poor twisted me
Yo, poor twisted me

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General Commentis this bit;

'You finally reached the shore, survived the storm
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again'

refering back to the drowning without a sea bit?

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General CommentIt's about Self-Pitying individuals, such as emo kids.

"Oh woe is me
Such a burden to be
Oh poor twisted me"

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General CommentOne of my favorite Metalica songs. I think it's about when a person lives a life of depression, they can't feel any other emotions, happiness, love, ect. So when they finally get through the depression, they feel nothing, and it's feels better to feel depressed than feel nothing at all.

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General CommentI spelled Metallica wrong.

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General CommentI think this song is about people that have been raped or through some sort of trama and just milk it for all its worth and use it as their excuse for everything and why they act the way they do.

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