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Poor Twisted Me song meanings
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    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.
    Satans Angel 666on April 08, 2003   Link
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    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.
    Sentinel76on September 08, 2018   Link
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    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.
    bassman2kon September 06, 2002   Link
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    damn, i like this song
    wildyon February 17, 2005   Link
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    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
    venu_rm1286on November 10, 2005   Link
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    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?
    fade-to-tornon June 01, 2006   Link
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    It's about Self-Pitying individuals, such as emo kids. "Oh woe is me Such a burden to be Oh poor twisted me"
    TheMetalMassacreon January 07, 2007   Link
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    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.
    johnnyespionageon January 29, 2007   Link
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    I spelled Metallica wrong.
    johnnyespionageon January 29, 2007   Link
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    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.
    wutyanoboutdaton April 09, 2008   Link

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