Reviews for One Lyrics

it's funny here, this song gets exposed to the shithouse and u get shitloads of people looking at the page. i go to the page for justice, i see no reviews at all. just shows what a bit of exposure on a stupid video game does with commercial listeners.
and btw dude that posted below me, if u think this song has the greatest solo ever, u need to listen to more music, pretty sad statement. no doubt it's a decent solo, but kirk hammet is an embarrassment, anybody who know nethin about guitar and doesn't suck the dick of metallica will tell u the same.

i didn't see the movie, all i got from da music video and the lyrics is that a landmine exploded (maybe) near a soldier and his wounds would normaly be lethal but he lived because of the medical stuff tied to him, he lost his sight, speech hearing, arms, legs, so he cannot communicate in any way except for moving his head, he cant live this way so he hit the wall wid his head making a morse code of "SOS" first then " Kill me kill me"... finally i would like to anounce " KIRK HAMMET HAS CREATED THE BEST FUCKIN SOLO EVER" in this song ... thats all.

this song doesn't give me an anti-war impression at all... if anything it makes me want to fight
well, so does all metal, but still
i undestand that it might be an anti-war protest, or atleast a protest against keeping people artificially alive, hence - "tied to the machines that make me be"....and "fed through the tube that sticks in me"
the impression that i got was this song was talking about someone who should've died from his wounds but was kept alive by artificial respritory machines and/or machines that kept his heart pumping. He can't even eat and he's in a semi-concious state. He's contemplating in his head what the hell he's supposed to do, hes reflecting upon the horrors that got him here and the horror of being kept alive artificially, without his consent.

Thats pretty much right except that he was shellshocked by a grenade on the last day of the war.

He wanted to be killed or for him to be put on a freakshow to show the dangers of war.

Metallica wanted to buy a few scenes for the video (jonny got his gun) but ended up buying all the films rights.

this probably will be in all the posts here to, but just a post from me,didnt read all posts btw, cause there is so much BS between it... ill probably write some BS up to, opinions differ..
The song is about a veteran that woke up from hes coma, nobody expected he would. They used him for curgical practise, they amputated all hes limbs etc, the only way he could communicate, wos hitting the wall with hes head. after some time hitting the wall, someone noticed he wos hitting in morsecode. The code he send wos... : Kill me, Kill me. Thats pretty much the mainline, its actually true happened story and they made a movie about it: "Johnny Got His Gun" havent see it, not planning to. i care to little to listen to other opinions, these are the facts i read and heared, could be BS, could be truth.

frst I felt it as HIS feelings as well,but read the comments,and now I feel I can relate it to lots of things,but I know in 80s,there were wars as well,in VIETNAM and others,so,no doubt u can feel its writen for a war veteran,The mission of rock-metal music is:to express human feelings that're gettin' lost in this fuckin' world which is made by politicians,or heck,any body else whoo is re-destroyin' it.no doubt if he feels something,he doesn't feel it just for himeself,he does it for a world who listen to it,and among them are war veterans,and war-children dude

While there are different ways to interpret the poem holisitically, it IS based on Dalton Trumbo's novel "Johnny Got His Gun," a novel set in World War I in which a young soldier literally loses his sight, speech, hearing, arms and legs.

The video reinforces that, of course, by showing clips of the film of the same name throughout. James Hetfield is on record that the song was inspired by "Johnny Got His Gun." That doesn't mean you can't take something else from it, but don't dismiss the author's intention either.

Metallica almost abet rock? my mom told me to listen to HEAY METAL? but I don't have any heavy metal cds there no cds in Arviat Nunavut. I mean like Heavy Metall. my po box is 407 XOC-OEO phone number (867)-857-2064. House number 498.

this message is for "mullet boi" i cant believe you would say such a stupid fucking thing. that this song doesnt mean different things for different people. clearly you donno what the fuck your talking about and that kid is not the only one with a cock down his throat. a band writes a song and the way they write it means something for them and is up to us to take meaning from it. whatever we see in the lyrics of the thats what we take from it. everyone has different opinions about different things. and i respect your opinion on this song but that doesnt mean you should bash other people for what they feel this song is about regardless of what it sounds like to you.

Ok, first of all at the end of the "darkness riff" the lyrics are
Landmines has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell.

secondly the song is about something called "locked-in syndrome", the songs character, obviously a war veteran, has lost any form of communication (hearing, speaking, seeing, arms and legs) hence why he wishes for death upon himself

metallica is fucking awesome.

Hello

I really think the song is completely about a war veteran injured who survived but is in terrible shape (be it mental or physical). Hence the "Johnny Got His Gun" material in the video. Maybe I simplify it, but I really cant see any other point in the song or the video. Its a great anti-war song and as that one of the greatest. A classic nothing else.

What is this emo stuff people keep talking about? To me the songs nothing about problems the youth and people overall face nowadays in (relatively rich) western countries. To me this song itself reminds me somehow of Stanley Kubricks "Fields of Glory", one of the most anti-war movies ever made. Both works remind me of how futile war actually is.

Just my thoughts. Take them how you like them.

Peace.

mullet boi is so right. It practicaly-no. literally, yells that the song is about after the war. "Just like a wartime novelty" "Landmines has taken my sight" Seriously. Try and actually pay attention to the lyrics every once and a while.

looking back on all the reviews its incredible how ignorant people are nowadays. several people thought it was about an emo kid, and one person actually had the cock so far down his throat that he thought it was about a videogame. i feel like im the only one on this forsaken planet that actually knows what the song is about. There are a couple of honestly good reviews from people that clearly know what the song means, and no, this song does not mean different things to different people, no matter how tight your emo jeans are. sorry if this is the second time the review is submitted the site must be having problems or something

the reason ppl didnt care back when the song was written is because there were no emo fucks sitting in front of a computer screen degading the meaning of the song, cause they clearly have no balls because if they did they would not be able to wear skin-tight jeans. fuckin emos

Sheesh, guys, you know shit. People back in the 80's used to experience music in their own way and they knew that it's THEIR way and nobody else could understand it... Shit, people I don't give a FUCK what others feel about it, everybody feels it their own way and if we start writing essays about every good song, a life wouldn't be enough. SO fucking live with the song's spirit and know that it has a special meaning for you, but that's that!! Sure, you're free to post whatever you think about it, but others shouildn't really care too much about it, nor discuss it cause that's shit dude, really, if you have the song your own way, live with it, if you want others to know, cool, but don't expect them feeling the same or whatever... :p It's just a great song from a great band... There are millions, go out there and start posting what you feel about each song and see what happens ;) Thing that made me BE FUCKING ARSED ABOUT THIS was that everyone argued about one guy's opinion... Fuck, it's his mind, his heart or whatever it is, don't fucking get too excited about it... If you don't like it, why should you care... If you just say "pff, emo" then don't post at all like "who the fuck gives shit about your fucking opinion..??!!?!".. yeah, taht's shit, dude, seriously ;) If you don't 'like' or 'agree' with all this shit I just wrote then just fuck me and don't care cause it's not worth it xD Sheesh, you guys amaze me, a fucking discussion about who felt what about the fucking song... It's a S-O-N-G, not a novel, even if it was written for the book, who cares?? As I said, when it was released, people didn't gave it such a fuck back then :p I guess the song's just lost it's energy, I don't know man...