10 Classic Rock Songs That Mean Absolutely Nothing

Throughout most of Metallica's career, James Hetfield wasn't really known to be the most versatile of lyricists or anything. He was brilliant when capturing images of death and war, but he was never going to go toe to toe with the heavy weights or anything. And as if the production was a big enough drop in quality on St. Anger, almost all of the lyrics on here barely make any sense.

Granted, it's hard to really blame Hetfield in this situation, given the fact that was just coming out of rehab and working on himself for the majority of the recording process. The main thing though is that James isn't even the lyricist this time around, since most of the guys in the band approached the lyrics as a group effort as part of their collective therapy.

So you go from the first version of Metallica sounding like James telling a story to songs that practically sound like they are being pumped out by a random word generator. Though you do have some standouts like the Unnamed Feeling with some actual weight behind it, most of the lyrics on here just feel like you're seeing the band in their worst possible state, trying desperately to find something that would make sense. They may have come out the other side as a stronger band, but you've definitely hit a slump when you go from the lyrics of One to "protector, rejector, infector, projector."