«The Unforgiven» es una canción de la banda de metal estadounidense Metallica. La canción fue lanzada como el primer sencillo de su álbum homónimo de 1991. La letra de la canción trata sobre la lucha de un hombre por liberarse de los sentimientos de culpa y remordimiento que lo persiguen por sus acciones pasadas. La canción también se refiere a la idea de que el perdón puede ser imposible para algunas personas, incluso si se arrepienten de sus errores. La canción ha sido un éxito comercial y ha recibido numerosos elogios de la crítica, y se ha convertido en una de las canciones más conocidas y aclamadas de Metallica.
New blood joins this Earth
And quickly he’s subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules
With time, the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on, he’s known
Ooh, a vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will they’ll take away, yeah
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never be, never see
Won’t see what might have been
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven
They dedicate their lives
To running all of his
He tries to please them all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He’s battled constantly
This fight he cannot win
A tired man they see no longer cares
The old man then prepares
To die regretfully
That old man here is me, yeah
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never be, never see
Won’t see what might have been
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never be, never see
Won’t see what might have been
What I’ve felt, what I’ve known
Never shined through in what I’ve shown
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven, oh, oh
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven
You labeled me, I’ll label you
So I dub thee Unforgiven
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven
You labeled me, I’ll label you
So I dub thee Unforgiven
Never free, never me
So I dub thee Unforgiven
