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Ronnie (Hetfield/Ulrich)
After the school shootings in Columbine, Colorado, USA, in April '99, some people begun
to notice the similary between the tragedy incident and the lyrics on Metallica's song
"Ronnie".
Album:
Load
The demo:
The song's demo was named "Dusty".
"Ronnie frown":
The lyrics to "Ronnie" are actually based on a school shooting in 1995 in the state
Washington. The shooter was Ron Brown (or: "Ronnie frown" in the lyrics).
Ronnie
It is about a quite kid who one day went to school for shooting
"Story starts, quiet town"
- It was always very calm in that small town
"Small town boy, big time frown"
- Describes Ronnie
"Never talks, never plays"
- He always lived very withdraw
"Different path, lost his way"
- He's always been different to the other kids
"Then streets of red, red I'm afraid"
- Blood spilled on the streets
"It's no confetti, no parade"
"Nothing happens in this boring place"
- Normally nothing happens in that town
"But oh my god, how that all did change"
- Nothing will be the same anymore
"Now they all pray"
"Blood stains wash away"
"He said 'lost my way'"
- He can't manage his life (=way) anymore
"This bloody day"
- The day of the school shooting
"Lost my way"
- Consequence: He's running amok
"I heard him"
"He said 'lost my way'"
- He'll run amok; It sounds like an aid-call
"This bloody day"
"Lost my way"
- The day of the school shooting
"All things wash away"
- Anything else is becoming unimportant
"But blood stained the sun red today"
- All eyes are concentrated on that tragedy incident
"I always said, somethin' wrong"
- He always saw in a negative perspective
"With little strange Ronnie Long"
"Never laughed, never smiled"
- Describes Ronnie
"Talked alone, miles and miles"
"Gallow calls, son I say"
"Keep your smile, and laugh all day"
- An advice of his parents
"Think once again, in this boring place"
"For little boys, how the soon change"
"Now they all pray"
"Blood stains wash away"
- With the time it may be forgotten
"He said "lost my way""
"(...)"
"Yeah, well all the green things die"
"When Ronnie go to this place"
- When he went school
"He said, 'Don't you dare ask why"
"I'm cursed to wear this name ?'"
- Why do you think I'm called 'Ronnie frown'?
"Now we all know why children called him Ronnie Frown"
"When he pulled that gun from his pocket"
"They'd all fall down, down, down"
"He said "lost my way""
"(...)"
"All things wash away"
- Anything else is becoming unimportant
"When they'd all fall down"
"But blood stained the sun red today"
"All things wash away"
"(...)"
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