Decoding Metallica Series: Sad But True

This song sounds like he's talking about the devil controlling his life, but it also sounds like it's a discourse between the body and the soul and how the body can take complete control over the soul and control the persons life.

Hey, I’m your life
I’m the one who takes you there
Hey, I’m your life
I’m the one who cares
They, They betray,
I’m your only true friend now
They, They’ll betray,
I’m forever there

I’m your dream, make you real (The mystics and the Matrix identify this world as a dream and the flesh is the dream that is speaking here.)
I’m your eyes when you must steal (The flesh is the thing that compels people to steal and commit other crimes.)
I’m your pain when you can’t feel (The spirit is asleep and is crippled in every way like the song One is about, the pain that people feel is the pain that the flesh feel.)
Sad but true

I’m your dream, mind astray (The body and the world is the dream, and the mind is astray from the spiritual consciousness.)
I’m your eyes while you’re away (This is talking about the physical eyes and the spirit is away from consciousness.)
I’m your pain while you repay
You know it’s sad but true, sad but true

You, You’re my mask (This seems to be the spirit or the true self talking now. The bodies face is the mask over the true self.)
You’re my cover, my shelter (The body is the cover for the spirit in the physical world.)
You, You’re my mask
You’re the one who’s blamed
Do, Do my work
Do my dirty work, scapegoat
Do, Do my deeds
For you’re the one who’s shamed (These lines are saying that the body gets blamed for the bad deeds of the individual. A lot of the time the flesh is responsible for making people do bad things and hurting others because people can't control themselves.)

I’m your dream, make you real
I’m your eyes when you must steal
I’m your pain when you can’t feel
Sad but true

I’m your dream, mind astray
I’m your eyes while you’re away
I’m your pain while you repay
You know it’s sad but true,sad but true

I'm your dream,
I'm your eyes,
I'm your pain

I'm your dream
I'm your eyes
I'm your pain

You know it's sad but true


Hate, I’m your hate
I’m your hate when you want love (This is the flesh talking, the flesh is what causes people to hate because of the polarized consciousness, which causes tension and separation. The spirit doesn't hate because it is unified.)
Pay, Pay the price
Pay for nothing’s fair

Hey, I’m your life
I’m the one who took you there
Hey, I’m your life
And I no longer care (This is the spirit talking back.)

I’m your dream, make you real
I’m your eyes when you must steal
I’m your pain when you can’t feel
Sad but true

I’m your truth, telling lies
I’m your reasoned alibis
I’m inside open your eyes
I’m you

Sad but true