Thorn Within

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"Thorn Within"

Cover of Load
Song by Metallica
from the album Load
Released	June 4, 1996
Recorded	May 1995 - February 1996 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	5:52
Label	Elektra Records
Producer(s)	Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Load track listing
"Ain't My Bitch" "2 X 4" "The House Jack Built" "Until It Sleeps" "King Nothing" "Hero of the Day" "Bleeding Me" "Cure" "Poor Twisted Me" "Wasting My Hate" "Mama Said" "Thorn Within" "Ronnie" "The Outlaw Torn"

Thorn Within is a song by Metallica on their 1996 album Load, and, actually Jason Newsted's favorite. According to Newsted, the song is about someone who is guilty and no one is willing to forgive for what he is blamed for and his father just feels as though they were a thorn. An alternate interpretation possibility could be that it is about a daughter who has to confess to her father that she is pregnant, the child being the thorn within.

The song has never been played live, in whole or in part. The demo version was simply titled 'Thorn'.