The song appears to be about a ‘Kid’ who is a social outcast, and his peers barely notice him. Not many people talk to him, and he’s grown used to being unpopular.
He seems to both like and hate this, as he is ‘Suspicious’ of people touching him, talking to him, he ‘doesn’t want the attention’ peop...
[Verse 1]
Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown
Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown
[Verse 2]
Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain
Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
Don't want no crutch
But it's all too much
Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain
Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
Don't want no crutch
But it's all too much, yeah
[Refrain]
I hide inside
I hurt inside
I hide inside, but I'll show you
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm OK, just go away
Into distance let me fade
I'm OK, just go away
I'm OK, but please don't stray too far
[Chorus]
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
[Verse 3]
Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown
Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown
[Refrain]
I hide inside
I hurt inside
I hide inside, but I'll show you
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm OK, just go away
Into distance let me fade
I'm OK (I'm OK), just go away
I'm OK (I'm OK), but please don't stray too far
[Chorus]
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
[Bridge]
Ooh, what a good boy you are
Out of the way and you're kept to yourself
Ooh, can't you see that he's not here
He doesn't want the attention you give
Ooh, unplugging from it all
Invisible kid floats alone in his room
Ooh, what a quiet boy you are
He looks so calm floating 'round and around in himself
[Verse 4]
Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain
Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
He don't want no crutch
But it's all too much
Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain
Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
Don't want no crutch
But it's all too much, yeah
[Refrain]
I hide inside
I hurt inside
I hide inside, but I'll show you
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm OK, just go away
Into distance let me fade
I'm OK (I'm OK), just go away
I'm OK (I'm OK), but please don't stray too far
[Chorus]
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Right now
Invisible Kid was written by James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett & Lars Ulrich & Bob Rock.
Metallica released Invisible Kid on Thu Jun 05 2003.
No idea, to be fair.