I'm a little annoyed, but perhaps I'm just misunderstanding something...
Is there some real reason or meaning behind the blatent crappy grammar in the constantly repeated line
"What don't kill ya make ya more strong"?
I realize it's a modification of "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger", but it comes off sounding
idiotic. The message behind the song, great... yes, vague so it can "apply" to everyong, but it's not
the message of the song itself in question. I'm seeing no reason behind the line using such poor grammar.
Obviously I'm missing it, if there is one. It seems to me they either got lazy on the lyrics, or they're
trying to "relate" to their audience, which demonstrates a condescention towards them/us. Hopefully I'm wrong.
I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Metallica, but I am a rather big one... and am feeling a "bleh" towards an album
that is constantly being referred to as their "redemption". The songs are longer, yes... awesome. Finding
my favorite song to be the instrumental because the lyrics are just failing in my opinion. Totally
forgettable, except for this cruddy line that I can't get out of my head because I'm just lost as to why this
got through whatever filters it would've had to go through before getting released....
Hopefully I'm just missing the meaning behind this choice of words...
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;)
I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking?
Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;)
I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking?
Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...
I'm a little annoyed, but perhaps I'm just misunderstanding something...
Is there some real reason or meaning behind the blatent crappy grammar in the constantly repeated line "What don't kill ya make ya more strong"?
I realize it's a modification of "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger", but it comes off sounding idiotic. The message behind the song, great... yes, vague so it can "apply" to everyong, but it's not the message of the song itself in question. I'm seeing no reason behind the line using such poor grammar.
Obviously I'm missing it, if there is one. It seems to me they either got lazy on the lyrics, or they're trying to "relate" to their audience, which demonstrates a condescention towards them/us. Hopefully I'm wrong.
I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Metallica, but I am a rather big one... and am feeling a "bleh" towards an album that is constantly being referred to as their "redemption". The songs are longer, yes... awesome. Finding my favorite song to be the instrumental because the lyrics are just failing in my opinion. Totally forgettable, except for this cruddy line that I can't get out of my head because I'm just lost as to why this got through whatever filters it would've had to go through before getting released....
Hopefully I'm just missing the meaning behind this choice of words...
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;) I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking? Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;) I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking? Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...