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.
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.