Unforgiven II

I'm unforgiven too.


Lay beside me, tell me what they've done
Speak the words I want to hear, to make my demons run
The door is locked now, but it's open if you're true
If you can understand the me, then I can understand the you.

Lay beside me, under wicked sky
Through black of day, dark of night, we share this pair of lives
The door cracks open, but there's no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still, but there's no sun shining through
No, there's no sun shining through
No, there's no sun shining

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?

What I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Come lay beside me, this won't hurt I swear
She loves me not, she loves me still, but she'll never love again
She lay beside me, but she'll be there when I'm gone
Black heart scarring darker still, yes she'll be there when I'm gone
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Dead sure she'll be there!

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?

What I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

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* "The song is about a man who cannot trust, who screws up all his relationships. He loves the girl, but he feels so damaged, so unable to be "good" for anyone. He wants her love, but he feels sure he will hurt her horribly if he continues. When he starts to love someone, he feels so engulfed by the emotion, he can't tolerate how vulnerable and swallowed it makes him feel, so he self sabotages. This girl has been different, he loves her entirely and knows she loves him entirely, and he knows she sees what he does and who he is...and he knows his leaving is going to scar her terribly because she's fought so hard to be different and love him. He also knows that in her confusion and pain, she will give up on him....like everyone else has (closing her eyes to him at last). Hence, he is the one doing the leaving...but she is unforgiven too, and since she will never love again...he has continued the cycle. Making her unforgiven...just like he is. He burries his last chance in her, he gives up on feeling anyone can love him. He doesn't want to be the bastard he has become...never free, never me....but he's so badly damaged he has no choice. Now the girl is badly damaged, too."

* "It's about two people that had a relationship in the past and it ended sour with both of them getting deeply hurt because they had both been deeply hurt in the past by others and would not open their hearts to each other for fear of being hurt again. However, they both love each other but shut each other out (behind the door) to avoid getting their hearts broken again. "cause you're unforgiven too" means neither person was able to forgive the other for breaking their heart the first time. So they don't trust each other anymore because they are too scared to get their hearts broken again because they don't know if their love will be returned, or if they will be just shut out again (behind the door). At the end of the song the speaker says he sees the sun shining through which is the love for her in his heart, he has forgiven her, but he will not open the door for her because he is too scared to get hurt so he "buries the key in her" because she is the one he loves, so if she really does love him in return she can come back to him and open his door."

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