We are hopefully putting the human element in what is an unfortunate part of life. For us, people are people – you should all have your own opinion. There are so many celebrities that soapbox their opinions, and people believe it's more valid because they're popular. "The main is the human element of forgiveness and someone doing you wrong, you feeling resentment and you being able to see through that in the next situation that might be similar and not take your rage or resentment out on the next person and basically keep spreading the disease of that through life.The one thing that I wasn't keen on here was Metallica plugging into a modern war or a current event might be construed as some sort of political statement on our part.
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"That's the beauty, I think, of writing vague but powerful lyrics – that someone like a movie director can interpret it in his own way and obviously, someone creative is able to take the metaphors and apply them to whatever he needs in his own life," the frontman explained.
The video is said to be in a war background in comparison to the "One" video, but will not make any modern day references as in the war in Iraq and the Middle East (although the video depicts images of Middle East war in present day, they do not imply any political statement).įrontman James Hetfield spoke on the lyrics of the song and also the radical difference of the song lyrics and vision intended to the music video. The content of the video itself is of a different theme or setting than what the lyrics themselves were written about, a second interpretation. The band's drummer Lars Ulrich claimed that the lyrics were inspired by a father-son relationship. On August 4, 2008 ( ), in an MTV interview, the song lyrics were said to tackle the subject of forgiveness and resentment. Scenes of the band performing in the desert are interspersed within the video. The Marines help the man to push start the car, and the protagonist remains looking at the sky. The video then climaxes when the Marines nervously look at each other, fearing that she might be a suicide bomber, but eventually the Marine lowers his weapon and signals to the rest to do the same. They order her out of the car, but she approaches the protagonist, who keeps holding her at gunpoint. The group, suspecting it might be an ambush, circles around the car and keeps the man at gunpoint, only to find a woman in chador in the back seat. The video then forwards to another situation involving the remaining Marine in another group riding a HMMWV and getting stopped in the road by a Yugo and a civilian in front of it holding a jumper cable in the air. The other Marine provides first aid and calls for help, and while he's eventually medevaced by a helicopter, it is implied that he fainted. After they take cover and look for the attacker, one of them reveals that he suffered a wound. The video depicts two Marines riding a HMMWV in a desert and getting hit by an explosion. It was premiered on the band's official page at midnight on September 1, 2008. The ending of the song, like the previously mentioned ballads, is purely instrumental, featuring numerous solos and chord progressions.Ī music video for the song was filmed in the desert outside Los Angeles on July 31, 2008, directed by Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. The bridge speeds up gradually and eventually leads into fast-paced harmony between the guitars and a long guitar solo by Hammett, a build-up comparable to that of " One", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and " Fade to Black". The intro starts out with clean guitars that carry into the verses, while the choruses are backed with heavily distorted guitars. Rock Sound has also compared the song to the likes of Thin Lizzy. Like previous ballads and downbeat songs by Metallica, it is the fourth track of the album.
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