The lyrics are based on the 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, which is about World War I. A specific passage that inspired the song is: "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 believe it because one in a million still leaves one. If I'd read about a guy like me in the paper I wouldn't believe it, cos it's a million to one. But a million to ONE always leaves one. I'd never expect it to happen to me because the odds of it happening are a million to one. But a million to one always leaves one. One."
The song is about a soldier who lost all his limbs, his sight and his hearing when stepping on a landmine and all he can feel is pain. He simply wants to die. The video material is from a movie called "Johnny got his gun" and to my understanding, Metallica bought the rights to this movie just to be able to show the music video without having to pay royalties.
Kid grows up and goes to World War 1, loses all limbs, face and senses, is so, alive, but trapped in his brain, unable to communicate anything (can only move his neck unconsciously/uncontrollably). A mercyful nurse discovers, that there´s a spot at the center of his chest, where he feels when someone touches him, and so, a way for communication opens. She is able to start communicating with him (through Morse-code)... At the end of a conversation with her, and a doctor, his words are: "kill me...!!!", but Christian morale forbids them that, so they simply lock him up in a dark, windowless room in the hospital´s cellar (for cost-reasons), till he eventually somewhen dies, decades later, totally forgotten (of course, they always pump some nutrient sugar/vitamin-solution in his body, or else he´d starve).
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This is my absolute favorite Metallica song. It's epic. They have great catalog of absolute bangers.
Imagine. You step on a land mine.
You lose your vision,
your hearing,your voice,your arms and your legs.
But, you can feel pain. Trapped.......
The lyrics are based on the 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, which is about World War I. A specific passage that inspired the song is:
"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 believe it because one in a million still leaves one. If I'd read about a guy like me in the paper I wouldn't believe it, cos it's a million to one. But a million to ONE always leaves one. I'd never expect it to happen to me because the odds of it happening are a million to one. But a million to one always leaves one. One."
The song is about a soldier who lost all his limbs, his sight and his hearing when stepping on a landmine and all he can feel is pain. He simply wants to die.
The video material is from a movie called "Johnny got his gun" and to my understanding, Metallica bought the rights to this movie just to be able to show the music video without having to pay royalties.
Kid grows up and goes to World War 1, loses all limbs, face and senses, is so, alive, but trapped in his brain, unable to communicate anything (can only move his neck unconsciously/uncontrollably). A mercyful nurse discovers, that there´s a spot at the center of his chest, where he feels when someone touches him, and so, a way for communication opens. She is able to start communicating with him (through Morse-code)... At the end of a conversation with her, and a doctor, his words are: "kill me...!!!", but Christian morale forbids them that, so they simply lock him up in a dark, windowless room in the hospital´s cellar (for cost-reasons), till he eventually somewhen dies, decades later, totally forgotten (of course, they always pump some nutrient sugar/vitamin-solution in his body, or else he´d starve).
Can you please do some more f1 reactions