Lyrics for One as interpreted by fennsk

One Lyrics
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me

Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up I cannot see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me

Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me
Now the world is gone, I'm just one
Oh God, help me hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Land mine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell

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bush-it
09-25-2004

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I think that when the song starts off, the guy that got "blown up" is somewut fine and as the song goes on he is started to die off a lil at a time. At the end when they r jamming out is right before he croaks out, then when the song is over just like that, so is he.

METALLICA IS THE FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sh0paround
09-27-2004

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I heard that Kirk taps out help me in his solo...anyone else get that?

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rokker_fairy
10-06-2004

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this song is sooo amazing, its almost pure, i know how stupid that sounds but its really amazing and beautiful

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infanticide
10-21-2004

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like marqmaltic, i also gave the lyrics to this song to my english teacher in high school. he was a bastard, i hated him. i also gave him the lyrics to the god that failed. that son of a bitch thought i wrote it, and i let him think that for about five minutes. he was tripping, thinking i was smart or something. then i told him a band called metallica wrote it. i almost got into deep shit over that.

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fear_itself
10-27-2004

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this song paints a vivid pitcure in my mind about the spoils of war. I can close my eyes and listen and its almost like im the person in the song. frightning

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metal_advocate
11-05-2004

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this song is my absolute favorite out of them all. over nothing else matters, fade to black, sandman, master and to live is to die, this is the one. literally. the solo is sick, and the guitar riff just before the drums change the tempo is a work of art.

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Augthail
11-09-2004

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I've never seen/read "Johnnie Got His Gun", so I'll have to take your (those of you who have seen/read it) word for it as far as that meaning goes. But this song reminds me of World War I. With the new shit like artillery and gas, nearly all of the veterans who returned alive were completely insane. I think the "landmine" could be interpreted as whatever it was that made them lose their mind.
Landmine Has Taken My Sight
Taken My Speech
Taken My Hearing
Taken My Arms
Taken My Legs
Taken My Soul
Left Me with Life in Hell

I think that the physical wounds left by this mine could also be interpreted as the mental wounds that these soldiers suffered as a result of shell shock.

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Mystic
11-13-2004

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one of their best songs they've made

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pieroyin
11-16-2004

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can u stop banging your head with this song?.metallica at its best the subect matter really scary just imagine it and u will understand tjis song even better.sometimes we feel that way, motion and speechless

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criticg
11-21-2004

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The only way u could ever understand the true mood of this song is to have battled in war and seen the grusome sights.... ofcoarse im glad i dont relate with it but its still an amazing song... lyricly and on guitar for sure!!!

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Ondjage
11-24-2004

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It is no doubt that this song is about a war....but can anyone explain to me what the song title "one" is about?

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ledbaron
11-24-2004

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Ondjage, I believe "One" refers to the main character in the book, more or less forgotten and ignored by the rest of the world. He's in his own world now, no sight, no hearing, no speech...nothing. He is the only one. Also if anyone remembers from the book, at the end he actually figured out a way to try to communicate with the staff at the hospital by banging his head on his pillow in morse code. Do you think that this song could possibly be a semi tribute to the original headbanger?

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luv2behated
12-01-2004

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THIS IS THE BEST FRIGGIN METALLICA SONG IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mr.Graves
12-21-2004

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metallica's second best song, but read the book, Johnny got his gun, to get a better understanding of the horrors of war and therefore, a better grip on this amazing song :)

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maharishi
12-23-2004

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"Johnny Got His Gun" is possibly the most depressing movie of all time.

I recently bought a Japanese DVD of it on eBay.

This song perfectly captures the horror of the subject matter.
And it kicks ass of course.

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Silent Voices
12-30-2004

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I love this song. Its depressing, which is fun. This is Metallica's best song in my opinion.

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puppet_master_72
01-05-2005

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this song is very touching

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quiffporn
01-24-2005

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The movie is crap.

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kerby
01-27-2005

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it links to the war,if you've seen the music video it really gets to you.anyways great song and some good ass lyrics.

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1/2 step down
01-30-2005

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The preformance music video is really good. The song IS one of the best Metallica songs. It deserves more attention than MoP.

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SwiftImmortal_1
01-31-2005

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I think that "And Justice For All" is their best album. Even though every album up to Garage, Inc. kicked serious ass, this one is my favorite.

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burn-in-my-light
02-12-2005

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Well everybody has the meaning right - it's about a soledeir left with no arms or legs and no senses besides touch. I beleive the song is called "One" because of the following extract from the book "Johnny got His Gun".

How could a man lose as much of himself as I have and still live? When a man buys a lottery ticket you never expect him to win because it's a million to ONE shot. But if he does win, you'll beleive it because ONE in a million still leaves ONE. If I'd read about a guy like me in the paper I wouldn't beleive it, cos it's a million to ONE. But a million to ONE always leaves ONE. I'd never expect it to happen tome because the odds of it happening are a million to ONE. But a million to ONE always leaves ONE. ONE.

I think that should clear it up for ya.

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KRBSRACING31K
02-14-2005

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Ok i am just writing this to all the little whores who said Metallica "Sold Out" you guys just need to shut the fuck up they will never sell out they are far from sell outs

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quiffporn
02-14-2005

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They haven't sold out, but they still managed to lose all musical credibility.

While they have never changed, in order to pull in a wider audience, they do seem to have become very lazy, content to sit on their mountains of money, putting little, if any, thought into anything they have released, since their self-titled album.

While they are still great, live, they now serve only as a nostalgia act and a reminder of how great they once were and will never be again...

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KRBSRACING31K
02-14-2005

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And wat the fuck are you smoking they will alwayz be good and they have not lost anything and they dont sit on moutains of money yes they may have alot but they dont sit on there money and not care about there music anymore you really need to wake the fuck up

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