Eye of The Beholder -- Metallica

Do you see what I see  Truth is an offense You silence for your confidence
Do you hear what I hear? Doors are slamming shut Limit your imagination,
keep you where they must  Do you feel what I feel  Bittering distress
Who decides what you express  Do you take what I take Endurance is the word 
Moving back instead of forward  seems to me absurd  Doesn't matter what you see 
Or to do with what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say

Independence limited  Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception
Do you fear what I fear? Living properly Truths to you are lies to me
Do you choose what I choose? More alternatives Energy derives from both the plus 
and negative  Do you need what I need  Boundaries overthrown
Look inside, to each his own

Do you trust what I trust Me, myself and I  Penetrate the smoke screen, I see
through the selfish lie  Doesn't matter what you see  Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way  If it's done just how I say
Independence limited  Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception

Do you know what I know Your money and your wealth You silence just to hear
yourself  Do you want what I want? Desire not a thing  I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring  Doesn't matter what you see  Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way  If it's done just how I say
Independence limited  Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom no longer frees you
Doesn't matter what you see  Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way  If it's done just how I say 

Lyrically, the song concerns imposed limitations on freedom of speech and freedom of expression in general. "Eye of the Beholder" is notable for its chorus section containing 12/8 time played, not as an ordinary compound quadruple time, but as a syncopated rhythm. The rest of the song is a more conventional 4/4 rhythm at a slower tempo than seen on Metallica's previous three albums.   


                    

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