Lyrics for St. Anger as interpreted by ruben

St. Anger Lyrics
Saint Anger 'round my neck
Saint Anger 'round my neck
He never gets respect
Saint Anger 'round my neck

(You flush it out, You flush it out)
Saint Anger 'round my neck
(You flush it out, You flush it out)
He never gets respect
(You flush it out, You flush it out)
Saint Anger 'round my neck
(You flush it out, You flush it out)
He never gets respect

Fuck it all and no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free
Fuck it all and fuckin' no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
Medallion noose, I hang myself
Saint Anger 'round my neck

I feel my world shake
Like an earth quake
It's hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you

(repeat all)

I want my anger to be healthy
I want my anger just for me
I need my anger not to control
I want my anger to be me
I need to set my anger free
I need to set my anger free
I need to set my anger free
I need to set my anger free

Fuck it all and no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
Tie a noose or hang myself
Saint Anger 'round my neck

I feel my world shake
Like an earth quake
It's hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you
I'm madly in anger with you

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ruben
06-12-2003

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thanks to drop2 for the lyrics

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partypunk101
06-12-2003

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finally someone posted this song. it is really good, even if you dont like it at first, it grows on you. i cant wait to hear the rest of the album.

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KoRnfreak_15
06-13-2003

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The rest of the alub is worth buying. It's aweome!! You won't regret it! Trust me. I liked this song the minute I heard it. I was waiting for this song to be posted. The whole CD kicks ass

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Matlock
06-13-2003

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any idea what this is about, it seems pretty unclear to me. i doubt hes just talking about a medallion he has

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tallicasr05
06-13-2003

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party punk...its the 13th and u dont have the album

c-mon now...dude it is so awsome

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better_than_you
06-14-2003

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Yes, i agree. Metallica easily outdid my expectations on this one. Easily heavier than anything from the 90's. This song is great. It took time for it to grow on me, but now it is great every time i hear it. First, you have to make the obvious connection that St, Anger is a means of suicide, being a rope "round my neck". The rest of the song focuses on being stuck in the middle of feeling incredibly pissed off with someone/thing and just ending all the bullshit, all together, with this "medallion noose". "fuck it all and no regrets" revolves around my conclusion and shows that this person, regardless of how he got into this state of thought, is satisfied with his past decisions, and now must think about whats ahead. Why in the name of jesus would the band settle with the line "im madly in anger with you". maybe its just me, a diehard metallica fan, or does anyone else agreee with me that this line is just awkward and unusual? oh well. Excellent song either way

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whiteout2
06-14-2003

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better_than_you

The line "I'm madly in anger with you" is just a clever way of saying the complete opposite of "I'm madly in love with you."
Sounds aquard but its just a better way of saying the overly used cliche of "I hate you".
On a side note:
Overall, this cd is OK. Just okay. I think Lars must have produced this cd cuz his drums just drownd out everything. I hate that steal-sounding snare and it just covers everything up.
I agree the album is heavier than previous album efforts but if metallica is going to have 8 minute songs, they need a classic kirk kick ass solo. Most of the time one cant even tell the guitars apart. i guess i just have to face the fact that metallica will never be as good as they were in their glory days (kill em all, ride the lightning, master of puppets, and justice for all)
after those, its all down hill but saint anger is a breath of fresh air and a sign that their heaviness is coming back. it just needed better production and more solos for the long songs. with no solos, the whole cd just sounds like one song. nothing really seperates them. plus the lyrics are more shallow than other albums. but hey, theyre almost all 40 and i guess just really have to face the hard fact that they will never be the metallica that i fell in love with.

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BigKurtC
06-15-2003

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I agree with you about the age factor Whiteout2. They have changed with age, but thats not necessarily a bad thing. This album is more than just ok. Its not a masterpiece or anything, but its awesome, the most unique album they have done. They may not be like they were in the golden days, but they have incorperated the heavyness of old. In my opinion, this song, "St. Anger", was the weakest one on the whole album.

This song is about anger, and how it is viewed negetively when its realeased, when in fact, anger is a good thing to "set free" and get off of your chest when you vent it the right way.

Another thing, the lyrics in a few places are wrong.

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warehouse4136
06-15-2003

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Yes, Metallica rocks my socks!
I think this track is directed towards Jaymz alcohol addiction, in a sense. If you read the lyrics, St. Anger being the 'bottle', and the medallion noose with medallion being the thing that is cherished and glorified (alcohol, which is, in todays society, everyone just likes to get fucked up)...it's a glorified death due to alcohol addiction if he continues down this road.

St. Anger 'round my neck
He never gets respect
This verse is about how St. Anger is overpowering his actions and he needs to drown his sorrows in said bottle because he needs the respect he lacks.

Fuck it all and no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
Tie a noose or hang myself
Saint Anger 'round my neck
This is sayin that hes just diggin himself into a hole deeper, and deeper because he cant conquer the demons.

I need to set my anger free
Get rid of the addiction

I'm madly in anger with you
He's still in love with the alcohol but at the same time he hates it, wants the need to be gone

This song is identifying with the contradiction St. (meaning of holy or higher power) and Anger (meaning hate and dislike). St. Anger has the power to corrupt everyone's lives if the person becomes vulnerable enough not to stay in control. Metallica have done a good job portraying this imagery and the ability to make one use their third eye to see outside the face value of the lyrics. That is all.

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EvilLawyer
06-15-2003

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whiteout2, Kirk said that he focused more on vocals than solos on this album. I mean, the guy doesn't need to prove he can solo. Hell, I wish he would have taken more lessons from Satriani, before both of them became famous. BUt I do agree that this album needs a solo or two. I doubt that this album will be the standard for their next few releases. I think they just had rediscover who Metallica was, and kick some ass while doing it.

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fuckyouall
06-15-2003

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I like the album, but I don't like the production. All you can hear on most songs are the vocals and drums.

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KoRnfreak_15
06-17-2003

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Better_Than_You

I agree with you. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who interpreted this song that way. Thats what I thought it was about too, but everyone has neat ideas of what
this song means.

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soad127
06-18-2003

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this song is constantly stuck in my head...its awsome!

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raventime22
06-18-2003

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The drums are shit and the guys can write better lyrics.

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raventime22
06-18-2003

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The drums are shit and the guys can write better lyrics.

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raventime22
06-18-2003

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The drums are shit and the guys can write better lyrics.

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ariel_j
06-19-2003

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the lyrics are ok but as whiteout2 says you mostly hear Lar's drums in the cd and of course James singing. This is fucking awesome but the older cds are better

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ariel_j
06-19-2003

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METALLICA IS TURD(the good kind of turd, good for your health)

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cheesemaster125
06-20-2003

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I don't really like Metallica all that much, but this song KICKS ASS. It is awesome it is stuck in my head.

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ariel_j
06-21-2003

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yeah but im sorry to say in a few weeks the you all will be sick of the song because of all the fuckin times they play it. i hope i dont get sick of it but it will eventually happen.

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LilRyan732
06-21-2003

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This is not how the song starts out. It's like, Death, Descruction! and, You love, I hate! Wrong lyrics people.

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MrKASADY
06-24-2003

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The song is perfectly fitting for rocking out to, but it has absolutely no substance. The lyrics are atrocious. "I'm madly in anger with you", HEH.

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war_frog
06-24-2003

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I Don't like the song very much. It is not heavier than their old albums (AJFA, RTL, MOP, and KEA); the guitars are just more distorted and the bass seems more cranked to me. It comes off as a cross between metallica, slipknot, and system of a down to me.. it's nu-metallica. I know that they are older, so they cannot pull off the pure ferocity that was their first albums, but they could have done WAY better than this. This album seems like re-reload to me.

That aside, I would say that the song is about james' alcohol addiction, or at leats directed at it, saying how pissed off he is that he fell into that shit.

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joeytheboy
06-26-2003

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personnaly i think this song is the worst song on the album, which i do agree is a top notch metal CD, its just this song...the drum beat is so fucked in the chorus that it annoys me when i hear it.
i think the meaning is pretty clear really, his anger and rage is choking him as he tries to restrain himself but wants to KILLLLLLLL! i think hetfield is having ago at all the metallica haters out there and how he's just so pissed off with them all after all these years of (often justified) abuse. the other tracks on the album have quite similar themes for the most part. i think the albums great though, its just this track, in fact its just the drums in the chorus of this track ARRRGHi agree that the drums are quite dominant in alot of songs on the album- Ulrich you twat!

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dorepoll
06-27-2003

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I think the album would be awesomeshit to hear live. lars wouldnt drown the whole sound out and it would lose the Garagy feel it has.

Huge Step up from Reload though, as that just seemed not quite melodic (Load) and not nearly metal (rest of catalouge).

NOw onto the song:
Well according to Kirk its the exact opposite to a saint he sees in a painting on a daily basis?
It seems that someone is annoying him so, and that it is suffocating him (ST Anger round my neck).
The line "He never gets respect" seems to be that this person is never liked by anyone....let alone James who is madly in anger with him

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