Dirty Window

Actually, I think you guys are a little bit off. James seems to be singing a song about someone misjudging the world around them. Someone who believes they are the sane one and everyone else is crazy.

Projector - finding your own faults in others Protector - taking it upon yourself to parent the rest of the world Rejector - refusing to accept the truth of the world around you and inside Infector - being the one with the disease in a clean world Defector - refusing the way of the world around you

Drinking from the cup of denial - denying the truth, that you are the dirty one Judging the world from a throne - holding yourself above everyone else as better

The speaker even knows it but won't let himself see - "Am I who I think I am?"

Thats the whole idea of seeing his reflection differently than everyone else. That he is making himself perfect when everyone else can see he isn't.

This person is trying to assure themself of the lie they are telling. "this house is clean baby, this house is clean"

And trying to assert their position in charge. "I'm judge and I'm jury..." "My court is in session and I slam my gavel down" "I'm judging the world from my throne"

...that's one opinion, anyway...

thanks to drop2 for the lyrics

I think this is a song about how the world has gone bad. Jaymz talks about looking outside and seeing dirt everywhere and the only clean places we can have anymore is our own homes, which we don't have to let the rest of the world inside.

To go even further, I think Jaymz has cleaned up in his place [this house is clean] meaning his head, his life, all the bad things like the addiction and stuff, and that he's going for the world now. He's becoming the Judge, The Jury and the Excecutioner of the world. I think it can be seen by "Court is in session and I slam my gavel down" that he wants to push his will through to make not only his house clean, but also the world outside of his life (=house)

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! i imediately pointed out this one on the cd as one of my favorites...it's great

as i'm looking at these lyrics i notice that it only says the line "I'm judge and i'm jury and i'm executioner too " only once, but in the song he definately says it multiple times. then i look closer then realize that THESE LYRICS ARE MISSING ALOT. i mean it gets u the words if u didnt know them, but it's missing all the repeated parts at the end.

and in addition it is "I drink from the cup of DENIAL" , not DENTAL....but at least the lyrics are here, most lyrics sites dont have the new cd.

It's really simple, I think a lot of people are trying to look WAY too deep into these songs by Metallica!!

James cleaned up his act. Now he sees the world-and those certain things he used to do-from a different perspective.

I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but this song could have REALLY used a solo, more than any other song on the CD. I know exactly where to put it to: right after the first interlude break and right before the last time he says "I'm judge and I'm jury and I'm executioner too" Maaaaaaaan that would have been sweet.....

there is a solo, when played James thought the middle section sounded empty. i used to have a windows media file with the solo on it. It's a competant solo, but it's not exactly blackened.

to me he seems to have caught himself judging the world. now he steps back to see that he is far from being perfect, and begins to turn his attention to his own faults. he knows his own faults, and points an ugly finger at himself. great song with a great riff. i like this song, and i love the album.