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RELOAD (1997)
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
It's a black cloud over head, that's me
And the poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
I'm the fifthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes it cry
There's a dirty needle in your child, ha-ha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead, still me
I'm the suit and tie that breaks the street and still wants more
I'm the 45 that's in your mouth
I'm a dirty, dirty whore
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but to old to see
Hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
Yeah, he wants to become father now, yeah again me
The marks inside your arms still leave me alone to me
I'm a nothing face that plants a bomb and strolls away
I'm the one who doesn't look quite right as children play
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but to old to see
Hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
It's me
Look up to me
What you've been and what you've feared
Look up to me
Look it's me, what you hear
See right through me
See the one who can't be free
See right through me
Look it's me when no one wants to see
Hmmm, now, see the black cloud up ahead, that's me
Hmmm, in this poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes, makes it cry
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus but to old to see
Hey, hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
Yeah
It's me
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
It's a black cloud over head, that's me
And the poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
I'm the fifthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes it cry
There's a dirty needle in your child, ha-ha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead, still me
I'm the suit and tie that breaks the street and still wants more
I'm the 45 that's in your mouth
I'm a dirty, dirty whore
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but to old to see
Hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
Yeah, he wants to become father now, yeah again me
The marks inside your arms still leave me alone to me
I'm a nothing face that plants a bomb and strolls away
I'm the one who doesn't look quite right as children play
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but to old to see
Hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
It's me
Look up to me
What you've been and what you've feared
Look up to me
Look it's me, what you hear
See right through me
See the one who can't be free
See right through me
Look it's me when no one wants to see
Hmmm, now, see the black cloud up ahead, that's me
Hmmm, in this poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes, makes it cry
Yeah, look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus but to old to see
Hey, hey, look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
Yeah
It's me
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
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Track duration: 06:06
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This clearly would have made an impact on the band. The fact that you guys refuse to acknowledge the obvious is pretty absurd. Just because you're a hardcore atheist doesn't mean your favorite band feels "exactly" the same way. Even if they did, that doesn't mean they can't write a bad ass song about it.
Peace
It's not because you are a devoted Christian that you interpret it that way?
I find many parts of your interpretion confusing, and parts of your interpretion might still be true. I was googling and found this, whcih makes more sense to me:
It is about a person who was rejected by his parents. And forced to become
a "Bad boy" to survive, the character is the presonification of all the evil
things in the world, and he is just saying to his mother "You brought me to
to this world, you don´t take care of me when I was young and now see
what I have become".
"There's a dirty needle in your child"
"Haha, stick me"
"Empty bottles still in hand, still dead"
"Still me"
"I'm the suit and tie that bleeds the street"
"And still wants more"
"I'm the .45 that's in your mouth"
"I'm a dirty, dirty whore"
"Yeah, look it's me"
"The one who can't be free"
"Much too young to focus, but to old to see"
"Hey, look it's me"
"When no one wants to see"
"See what you brought this world"
"Just what you want to see"
End of quote
Let me add what I think.
The dirty needle is that the child (the main character of the lyrics) is taking drugs, since it's connected to haha stick me this is very obvious and I dont get how that would be your explanation that this interpretion is wrong.
And about "black cloud ahead, that's me" is symbolic for how he has now become.
Peace =)
Another thing, you only mentioned 3 songs, (4 if you count this one. Whatever) out of the possibly 150 songs Metallica has ever recorded. So in reality, Metallica ISN'T really too religious.
"Hey, Ma
Hey, Mom! Look, it's me
(this is the only part that confounds me... I don’t understand it)"
Perfect example that you may possibly not know what you are talking about...
Prince Charming is Satan, and Satan is Prince Charming
It's a song about the Devil and all the ways he can get to you. And the forms he takes
(BTW the posted lyrics are wrong, here is a Corrected Version, at least this sounds right to me...)
There's a black cloud overhead
That's me
(Some people blame bad weather on him)
And the poison ivy chokes the tree
Again it's me
(Kills Gods creation)
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street
You walk on by
(He can take human form, or maybe one of his finished projects)
I'm the little boy
That pushes hard and makes it cry
(Loves to see pain and torture)
There's a dirty needle in your child ha-ha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead
Still me
(Drugs are one way he can get to you)
I'm the suit and tie
That bleeds the street and still wants more
(Corruption in our government)
I'm the forty-five that's in your mouth,
(Suicide is a lot of peoples answer to their problems, and who puts that thought there?)
I'm a dirty, dirty whore
(Temptation or sexual impurity)
Yeah, look, it's me
The one who can't be free
(He is bound to his future written in the Bible)
Much too young to focus
But too old to see
(This I don't quite get this one... I think that being he was young when he waged war against God, and he is still old to us so he don’t see why he was to bow to us)
Hey, look, it's me
What no one wants to see
(Nobody wants to face him)
See what you brought this world
(We give him power)
Just what you want to see
(He can take any form you want, as long as he can get you)
Hey, Ma
Hey, Mom! Look, it's me
(this is the only part that confounds me... I don’t understand it)
And he wants to be called "Father" now
(Some women allow abusive men back in their lives when all they do is hurt them)
Me again, me
The marks inside your arms spell me
Spell only me
(Again drugs, and for dummies or Naive people, Morphine leaves yellow lines under your skin in your arms when you shoot up called “Track Marks”)
I'm the nothing face
That plants the bomb and strolls away
(Killing innocent people)
I'm the one who doesn't look quite
Right as children play
(Child Molester)
Look up to me,
(He wants you to worship him not God)
What to be and what to fear
(He chooses what you’ll fear and trust)
Look up to me
(He wants you to worship him not God)
Look, it's me. Like what you hear?
(Temping isn’t it?)
See right through me
(You know it’s too good to be true)
See the one who can't be free
See right through me
Look, it's me, what no one wants to see
There here it repeats the first part again with a few minor differences.
I did a five page report on this song and this is the only interpretation that seems to fit.
It can’t be about being rejected by his parents.
"There is a dirty needle IN YOUR CHILD"?
To me that’s Satan saying I am in control of your kid now.
(Well ha-HA Stick me would make sense, about a kid but still that could be either end, the person saying it, or Satan is in Drug Form saying Inject me)
He is mad at his parents, and takes it out on everyone else?
"Hmmm, now, see the black cloud up ahead, that's me
Hmmm, in this poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me"
"I'm the 45 in your mouth"
How is that an angry child taking it out on everyone else?
That doesn’t sound like human abilities...
The bad things that happen are from Satan and his influence.
I don’t see how this is about James or the band in General.
Mama Said is defiantly about his mother.
No argument here.
But these things just don’t seem like anything a human can do…
God is real, and so is Satan. You'll see eventually. I can tell you until you go deaf and so can everyone else but in the end it’s all about your faith.
Jesus Saves. He died for you, Don't Let his death be in Vain.
And if you don’t think this song is about religion cause "that’s not Metallica" here are a few titles:
"Holier than Thou" (Some people have that attitude)
"The God that Failed" (Not so much about following "the wrong God" or worshiping him wrongly, but "Let each man work on his own salvation" so really to me its about common sense and the lack thereof, (Jehovah's Witnesses and Christian Scientists don’t believe in surgery and organ transplants) I think God allowed our technology to grow so we don’t have to suffer and we can kind of help ourselves)
"Leper Messiah" (Televangelists, and Corrupt Churches and corrupt forms of religion)
All have a message about religion and how we got to change something. But none of them Bash religion or tell you to abandon your faith.
Plus there are probably more that I can’t think of right now.
Well there is my report, lol, and reasons why I think that way; I think I made it pretty clear.
And I looked around the boards and DAMN there are A LOT of atheists on this thing! lol
Later I hope I helped or at least put a new spin on it for ya