Been here before (x6)

Been here before, couldn't say I liked it
Do I start writing all this down?
Just let me plug you into my world
Can't you help me be uncrazy?

Name this for me, heat the cold air
Take the chill off of my life
And if I could I'd turn my eyes
To look inside to see what's comin'

It comes alive...
It comes alive...
It comes alive
And I die a little more
It comes alive...
It comes alive...
It comes alive
Each moment here I die a little more

Then the unnamed feeling
It comes alive
Then the unnamed feeling
Takes me away

Been here before (x6)

I'm frantic in your soothing arms
I can not sleep in this down filled world
I've found safety in this loneliness
But I can not stand it anymore

Cross my heart, hope not to die
Swallow evil, ride the sky
Lose myself in a crowded room
You fool, you fool, it'll be here soon

It comes alive...
It comes alive...
It comes alive
And I die a little more
It comes alive...
It comes alive...
It comes alive
Each moment here I die a little more

Ooh, I die, I die, I die a little more

Then the unnamed feeling
It comes alive
Then the unnamed feeling
Treats me this way
And I wait for this train
Toes over the line
And then the unnamed feeling
Takes me away
...Takes me

Then the unnamed feeling
It comes alive
Then the unnamed feeling
Takes me away
...Takes me away!

Then the unnamed feeling
It comes alive
Then the unnamed feeling
Treats me this way
And I wait for this train
Toes over the line
And then the unnamed feeling
Takes me away
...Takes me away!

Then the unnamed feeling
It comes alive
Then the unnamed feeling
Takes me away

Get the fuck out of here
I just want to get the fuck away from me
I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate
I hate it all, Why? Why? Why me?

I cannot sleep with a head like this
I want to cry, I want to scream
I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate
I want to hate it all away



Lyrics submitted by ruben

Track duration: 07:08

"The Unnamed Feeling" as written by Robert Jens/hetfield Rock

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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  • +1
    General Comment:The music video says it all... it's that feeling you get right before you explode, or like when you feel like nothing is in your control...
    Flag societysucksxxandsodouon April 24, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:i know im probably the hundreth person to say this but at first i really hated the whole album but it has grown on me alot. this has got to be my favorite song ever. the lyrics are depressing but they soothe me in a way.
    Flag boredashellon January 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song pwn3d the WHOLE St. Anger album! I play this song as a cover for my band and we all love it, great melody.
    Flag WilWoodon December 23, 2010   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I like how this song doesn't really depict anything other than that feeling you get when something so unbelievable happens you can barely even cope. It's not about one scenario. It's good stuff.

    For me this happens whenever I can't escape anything and I can't fight back or anything. Not being able to do anything eats me up and makes me die inside. It's so often nowadays, too. I get this feeling a lot. It's beyond even anger and hate. It's beyond that.
    Flag EnterOrionon May 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:To me its about him being in rehab
    whether or not he has gone more than once is not the point in the first lines,

    I would say

    "Been here before couldn't say I liked it"
    is talking about the feelings of guilt and pain that are part the inital part of healing

    "Do I start writing all this down?"
    this part is what screams in rehab to me, journal, diary...

    "Just let me plug you into my world
    Can't you help me be uncrazy?"
    witness what is going on inside his head and asking those around him for help

    "Name this for me, heat the cold air
    Take the chill off of my life"
    not sure, maybe something about how his realtionships surrounding him are vanishing and he feels cold

    "And if I could I'd turn my eyes
    To look inside to see what's comin"
    he just wants to be able to control what is happening inside, whats causing his addiction

    "It comes alive ***addcition comes to life***
    And I die a little more
    It comes alive
    Each momnent here I die a little more"
    every times he drinks he feels himself lose a little more touch with reality

    "Then the unnamed feeling ***no addict wants to talk about their addiction easier to not
    It comes alive say that he is infact addicted***
    Then the unnamed feeling
    Takes me away"
    again he is losing touch with reality

    "I'm frantic in your soothing arms"
    help as you may but inside he struggles for something more

    "I can not sleep in this down filled world"
    pretending that everything around him is not going to work
    "I've found safety in this loneliness"
    found solitude in drink
    "But I cannot stand it anymore"
    literally cant take it

    "Cross my heart and hope not to die"
    hope to make it back, not to overdose
    "Swallow evil, ride the sky"
    have a shot, feel alive
    "Lose myself in a crowded room"
    everything around him fads away
    "You fool, you fool, it will be here soon"
    talking within part of him knows its coming but regrets it

    "Get the fuck out of here"
    cant stand the addiction
    "I just wanna get the fuck away from me"
    cant stand himself for giving in
    "I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate"
    anger, numb but causes pain
    "It hate it all, why? Why? Why me?"





    Flag umthevemon February 05, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I think this song is about battles with depression, and the symptoms that go along with it like social and generalized anxiety, not being able to enjoy things, alienation, etc.

    Depression affects so many people in so many different ways, and it's almost impossible for people with depression to express to someone who has never experienced it first hand what depression is really like. It's almost like there are no names that are appropriate to describe it, so it remains unnamed.

    When the feeling (depression) comes alive, it takes away who you are, and turns you into something you hate... you want to change, but cannot... you want go "get the F*CK" away from what you have become.
    Flag TheStrokerAceon January 21, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I think this song is about battles with depression, and the symptoms that go along with it like social and generalized anxiety, not being able to enjoy things, alienation, etc.

    Depression affects so many people in so many different ways, and it's almost impossible for people with depression to express to someone who has never experienced it first hand what depression is really like. It's almost like there are no names that are appropriate to describe it, so it remains unnamed.

    When the feeling (depression) comes alive, it takes away who you are, and turns you into something you hate... you want to change, but cannot... you want go "get the F*CK" away from what you have become.
    Flag TheStrokerAceon January 21, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Better than you, i agree with you entirely. That is exactly how i feel about the song, i used to come home from a stressfull day of dealing with her and just listein to this song over & over & over & over. James is correct, it comes alive & i die a little more. I really agree with everything that he says. I think this song, maybe the unnamed feeling, is not stress, but more anger. at least for me.
    Flag OutlawTorn550on November 18, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I totally agree with @better_than_you exept for that it stays only for few days :) Nobody named that strange feeling.
    Flag piotreck00on November 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:Definetly the best out of St.Anger, their is a lot of other good ones like SKOM, you know what I wondered is how come "Some Kind Of Monster" couldn't of been the title for this album, it sounds better in my opinion..still St.Anger is a great album name
    Flag AbeVegaJron July 26, 2009   Link

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