Poor Twisted Me

This 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.

A 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.

Yeah, 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.

damn, i like this song

interesting 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

is 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?

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

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

One 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.

I spelled Metallica wrong.

I 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.