Metallica - Unforgiven 1 Meaning +Lyrics

this song is about society today. And yes, today is the same (if not worse) than 12 years ago when the album was released. Anyway, I think this song is about society in the manner that nobody 

is free to be themselves anymore. The only time we are truly individuals are when we rebel. The way the world works, as soon as we are born, we are influenced by t
hose around us to join the conformist, industry-ruled world we live in. Even though it was a comedy, Number 2 in Austin Powers said it best. "There is no world anymore. It's just corporations." And given the lyrics "What I've felt 
What I've known 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
Never free 
Never me 
So I dub thee unforgiven" 
I just find that these enforce my thoughts. 
"What I've felt" -- deals with his feelings and emotions
"What I've known" -- Everything that he (and we) know that we aren't allowed by culture to disperse
"Never shine through in what I"ve shown" --We are becoming one big lump of crap...a big mass with no individuality. This means that even though he's a person, it doesn't show, because he's a drone.
"Never free" --Ruled by everything around him
"Never me" --It's not acceptable in today's culture to be yourself. (I say screw this and everyone who enforces it, but that's the way it is)
"So I dub thee unforgiven" --He feels he's unforgiven because he can't find it in him to stand out so much that you'll recognize him in the basic group of lowlifes. 

Full Lyrics : 

• New blood joins this earth
  And quickly he's subdued
  Through constant pain disgrace
  The young boy learns their rules
  With time the child draws in
  This whipping boy done wrong
  Deprived of all his thoughts
  The young man struggles on and on he's known
  A vow unto his own
  That never from this day
  His will they'll take away
  
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never be
  Never see
  Won't see what might have been
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  They dedicate their lives
  To running all of his
  He tries to please them all
  This bitter man he is
  Throughout his life the same
  He's battled constantly
  This fight he cannot win
  A tired man they see no longer cares
  The old man then prepares
  To die regretfully
  That old man here is me
  
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never be
  Never see
  Won't see what might have been
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never be
  Never see
  Won't see what might have been
  What I've felt
  What I've known
  Never shined through in what I've shown
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  You labeled me
  I labeled you
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  You labeled me
  I labeled you
  So I dub thee unforgiven
  
  Never free
  Never me
  So I dub thee unforgiven