The weirdest (yet stupidly predictable) aspect of Chinese Democracy is the way 60 percent of the lyrics seem to directly comment on the process of making the album itself. The rest of the vocal material tends to suggest some kind of abstract regret over an undefined romantic relationship punctuated by betrayal, but that might just be the way all hard rock songs seem when the singer plays a lot of piano and only uses pronouns. The craziest track is called “Sorry,” which resembles spooky Pink Floyd and is (possibly?) directed toward former GNR drummer Steven Adler, although I suppose it might be
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