# The Unforgiven

By [Stavath](https://paragraph.com/@stavath) · 2023-10-19

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New blood joins this EarthAnd quickly he's subduedThrough constant pained disgraceThe young boy learns their rules

With time the child draws inThis whipping boy done wrongDeprived of all his thoughtsThe young man struggles on and on, he's known

Ooh, a vow unto his ownThat never from this dayHis will they'll take away

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever be, never seeWon't see what might have been

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever free, never meSo I dub thee unforgiven

They dedicate their livesTo running all of hisHe tries to please them allThis bitter man he is

Throughout his life the sameHe's battled constantlyThis fight he cannot winA tired man they see no longer cares

The old man then preparesTo die regretfullyThat old man here is me

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever be, never seeWon't see what might have been

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever free, never meSo I dub thee unforgiven

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever be, never seeWon't see what might have been

What I've felt, what I've knownNever shined through in what I've shownNever free, never meSo I dub thee unforgivenOh-ooh-oh

Never free, never meSo I dub thee unforgivenYou labeled me, I'll label youSo I dub thee unforgiven

Never free, never meSo I dub thee unforgivenYou labeled me, I'll label youSo I dub thee unforgiven

Never free, never meSo I dub thee unforgiven

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