Broken, Beat & Scarred Lyrics
You fall.
You're down, then you rise again.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
You rise.
You fall.
You're down, then you rise again.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
Through black nights
Through pitch black insights
Show Your Scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth running
Show Your Scars.
Breaking your life, Broken, Beat, & Scarred.
But we die hard.
The death,
The fight to the final breath.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
The dawn,
The death,
The fight to the final breath.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
Dawn, death, fight, final breath.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
Dawn, death, fight, final breath.
What don't kill ya make ya more strong.
They scrape me.
They cut and rape me.
Show Your Scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth running
Show Your Scars.
Breaking your life, Broken, Beat, & Scarred.
But we die hard.
Show Your Scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth running
Show Your Scars.
Bleeding your soul in a hard luck story.
Show Your Scars.
Spilling your blood in the hot sun's glory.
Show Your Scars.
Breaking your life, Broken, Beat, & Scarred
We die hard.
We die hard.
death magnetic ROCKS !
I don't think you need to be a grammar teacher to write songs. James is no naive or uneducated songwriter, he displays quite an extended range of language choices in his songs, I'm sure he wrote that kind of line because it fit the song's melodic structure, that's all. And yeah I think it's about themselves: they're basically saying: yeah, keep hating us and telling us we've sold out and thrown our own legacy and story in the garbage, but we're still standing and strong.
@Marquez I think what you said is exactly why I dislike this song! James has shown us time and again what a fantastic lyricist he is. Then he lets a key phrase like 'more strong' slip through... :\
@Marquez I think what you said is exactly why I dislike this song! James has shown us time and again what a fantastic lyricist he is. Then he lets a key phrase like 'more strong' slip through... :\
That's a paraphrase of a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche. It's basically "That which does not kill me makes me stronger." Then again, Nietzsche ended up going insane (literally).
Probably because of neurosyphilis. You can't really expect that to make you stronger LOL
Probably because of neurosyphilis. You can't really expect that to make you stronger LOL
I'm a little annoyed, but perhaps I'm just misunderstanding something...
Is there some real reason or meaning behind the blatent crappy grammar in the constantly repeated line "What don't kill ya make ya more strong"?
I realize it's a modification of "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger", but it comes off sounding idiotic. The message behind the song, great... yes, vague so it can "apply" to everyong, but it's not the message of the song itself in question. I'm seeing no reason behind the line using such poor grammar.
Obviously I'm missing it, if there is one. It seems to me they either got lazy on the lyrics, or they're trying to "relate" to their audience, which demonstrates a condescention towards them/us. Hopefully I'm wrong.
I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Metallica, but I am a rather big one... and am feeling a "bleh" towards an album that is constantly being referred to as their "redemption". The songs are longer, yes... awesome. Finding my favorite song to be the instrumental because the lyrics are just failing in my opinion. Totally forgettable, except for this cruddy line that I can't get out of my head because I'm just lost as to why this got through whatever filters it would've had to go through before getting released....
Hopefully I'm just missing the meaning behind this choice of words...
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
@LeadBased I think James' vocals let this album down the most, definitely the weak point of the album.
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
Not sure with the lyrics and poor grammar ... might have been an attempt to identify with the youth of today (the Metallica boys aren't getting any younger, and could be dads to many of their fans) or perhaps the intention was simply to fit the music better??
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;) I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking? Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...
@LeadBased I agree with you! ;) I just felt that 'more strong' was just lazy writing... What was James thinking? Other than that line, I love the song, but it just annoys me how poorly written it is. I keep thinking how easy it would have been to really make it work...
I don't know if he did it elsewhere but when Hetfield was introducing this song on the Sheffield gig of World Magnetic he said:
'This song is dedicated to Metallica, its about them, its about ourselves individually, its about you also, if you have struggled out there, if you have had a tough time in life, at any point, and you made it through, with the help of friends, with the help of family, and maybe the help of music, this song is for you....cos WHAT DON'T KILL YA, MAKE YA MORE STRONG song starts*'
Immense concert from the best band ever!
- Them being the Metallica family consisting of the fans and the band themself.
This song is based around Friedrich Nietzsche's aphorism "What does not kill me, makes me stronger" from his 1888 book "Twilight Of The Idols"
It basicly means never giving up till you die....only death can stop you from reaching ur goals, everything else just makes you stronger and every adversity, hurdle, failure etc just makes you more determined to reach ur goal.
this song pretty much speaks for itself. don't let things get you down. ps first comment! hyalgh! metallica rocks
yeah,you're right... it's about them, lol
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its straight forward! luv metallica luv death magnetic!