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Beyond the Pale Lyrics
I am skin and bones, broken stones
See the scars that I show
I live outside the bounds, in the unknown
I can't ingratiate, to the hate, ‘cause their world suffocates
Carve my own path and form my destiny’s shape
This storm won’t wait
The rain is falling down upon me
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale
I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
I live outside the lines
Got no time for the willfully blind
I’ll build a world of mine
Sever the ties
I’ll break down every wall Fight and claw, take their punches, stand tall
My middle finger raised
So fuck ‘em all
And let them crawl
The rain is falling down upon me
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale
I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
The snakes come slithering out of their holes at night
Dirty water clouds my soul, the needle lies
Weather the storm, my heart is drowning
The rain is falling down upon me
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
Beyond the pale
See the scars that I show
I live outside the bounds, in the unknown
I can't ingratiate, to the hate, ‘cause their world suffocates
Carve my own path and form my destiny’s shape
This storm won’t wait
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale
I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
I live outside the lines
Got no time for the willfully blind
I’ll build a world of mine
Sever the ties
I’ll break down every wall Fight and claw, take their punches, stand tall
My middle finger raised
So fuck ‘em all
And let them crawl
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale
I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
Dirty water clouds my soul, the needle lies
The rain is falling down upon me
Beyond the pale
I found salvation Emancipation
Beyond the pale I found my heroes, the freaks and zeros
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Robb Flynn had explained its meaning as being a "straight-ahead Machine Head song, about embracing being outsiders and misfits. 'I found my heroes. The freaks and zeros!' That sums it up." This message fits with the song's title "Beyond the Pale," which is an old English phrase meaning outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour, hence the term "pale." Its derivation is from Latin palus, meaning 'a stake.' Anyone who lived beyond this fence was thought to be dangerous and uncivilized.