The violence of the escape would confirm the belief that he is crazy, and hence strengthen the institutions' efforts to assure him that he is insane.Ī great Metallica song about the welcoming call for the poor and disillusioned soul to go back home from his fallen state of mind. The speed of the song picks up, suggesting a frenzied attempt, but the attempt manifests itself in a violent way:
The efforts to escape end up turning against him. The later parts of the song demonstrate the strength of the human mind, dispite his metaphorical prison and he belief that he cannot survive outside, he still wants to escape.
#SANITARIUM BY METALLICA WINDOWS#
This relates to "No locked doors, no windows barred" and "They keep me locked up in this cage" in the way that he has built a dependence on the institution, he does not believe that he can cope with the outside world because he is being forced to believe that he is sick. This passage suggests to me that this person is cured, but people believe that he is sick, and are insisting to him that he is sick so he believes that he is sick too. "No locked doors, no windows barred" and "They keep me locked up in this cage" are contradictory statements, but make sense if they are put in the context of the later revelations in this statement - "Build my fear of what's out there However it is a misinformed opinion that mental illnesses cannot be cured, and because he was once sick, he cannot recover and people refuse to believe that he is cured - "Just labeled mentally deranged" a Sanitarium is a place of recooperation, the person who is the subject of this song is recovering from a disease or mental illness (judging from being in a sanitarium).
#SANITARIUM BY METALLICA MOVIE#
Knowing the plot of the movie makes the song much more enjoyable.This song is about a recipricol cycle. If you're a Metallica fan, you obviously know this song, but if you if you haven't seen One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, I suggest you watch it. What's interesting is the fact that temp of this section of the song matches to the atmosphere of the scene. Chief, who happened to be his best friend, figured that there's no point in letting his friend live the rest of life as a half-dead human being. This is done because Jacks was almost dead at that point as a result of a lobotomy operation performed on him by doctors at the Sanitarium. Last set of lines, the outro, refers to the fact that Chief, who's native American, kills Jack. This is the same tactic that kindergarten teachers use against kids because kinds ( and adults ) usually fear their parents. So all his childish behaviors will be reexported to his mom. "Build my fear of what's out there / And cannot breathe the open air" refers to the fact that Nurse Ratched lies to her patients by telling nonsense, like in the case of Billy where she tell him that she knows his mother. As the only sane person of Sanitarium, presumably, Jack is always determined to escape it, thus the line, "I see our freedom in my sight."Īs I was reading further into the lyrics, it occurred to me that some lines specifically refer to certain individuals of the movie. The line, "Just labeled mentally deranged" describe the fact that sanitarium houses mentally ill people. The lyrics of the song accurately reflects the dark atmosphere surrounding the persons portrayed in the movie.įirst verse gives a introduction to the setting of the sanitarium and what it's about. The movie is about the a man ( Jack ) who managed to avoid prison time by pretending to be crazy, thus going into sanitarium instead. The song is based on the movie, One Who Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson. Among the other fast-moving songs on Master of Puppets, this stands out for its melodic guitar solos and emotional lyrics. "Sanitarium" is a six and a half minute heavy metal power ballad by Metallica that features some of James Hetfield's best writing.
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