Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's known

from Metallica – The Unforgiven Lyrics on Rap Genius

Since society does not condone original thinking and a fair chance for a child to be purely unique, the child’s abstract thoughts get taken away from him and he is left deprived. This deprivation takes a toll on the child; it ages him internally. He is not physically a “young man” now, yet he is internally a young man due to the damaging effects of thought deprivation, “constant pained disgrace”, being subdued, and more (the aging process shows to continue as more hardships are faced by the individual).

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