METALLICA
 HUMAN

 Don't you leave me for the time 
take me with you 
tell me does you sun still shine 
come squease the the world and drip it down my throat again 
 
Down my throat again 
you got to breathe man breathe 
commin up for 
breathe man breathe 
commin up for 
air 
 
touch me so i think im here 
skin my sences 
berly breathing minus human 
Come squease the world and drip it down my throat again 
 
Down my throat again 
you got to breathe man breathe 
commin up for 
breathe man breathe 
commin up for 
air 
 
you got to breathe man breathe 
commin up for 
breathe man breathe 
commin up for.. 
 


 

METALLICA
(ANESTHESIA) PULLING TEETH

 

 

METALLICA
...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

 Halls of justice painted green 
Money talking 
Power wolves beset your door 
Hear them stalking 
Soon you'll please their appetite 
They devour 
Hammer of justice crushes you 
Overpower 
 
The ultimate in vanity 
Exploiting their supremacy 
I can't believe the things you say 
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay 
Nothing can save you 
 
Justice is lost 
Justice is raped 
Justice is gone 
Pulling your strings 
Justice is done 
Seeking no truth 
Winning is all 
Find it so grim, so true, so real 
 
Apathy their stepping stone 
So unfeeling 
Hidden deep animosity 
So deceiving 
Through your eyes their light burns 
Hoping to find 
Inquisition sinking you 
With prying minds 
 
The ultimate in vanity 
Exploiting their supremacy 
I can't believe the things you say 
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay 
Nothing can save you 
Justice is lost 
Justice is raped 
Justice is gone 
Pulling your strings 
Justice is done 
Seeking no truth 
Winning is all 
Find it so grim, so true, so real 
 
Lady Justice has been raped 
Truth assassin 
Rolls of red tape seal your lips 
Now you're done in 
 
Their money tips her scales again 
Make your deal 
Just what is truth, I cannot tell 
Cannot feel 
 
The ultimate in vanity 
Exploiting their supremacy 
I can't believe the things you say 
I can't believe, I can't believe the price we pay 
Nothing can save us 
 
Justice is lost 
Justice is raped 
Justice is gone 
Pulling your strings 
Justice is done 
Seeking no truth 
Winning is all 
Find it so grim, so true, so real 
 
Seeking no truth 
Winning is all 
Find it so grim, so true, so real 
 


 

METALLICA
2X4

 I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you 
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you 
Put the screws to you, yeah, my way 
Yeah, come on and come on, come and make my day 
Make my day 
 
Got some hell to pay, I steal your thunder 
The joy of violent movement, pulls you under 
Bite the bullet, well hard 
Yeah, but I die harder, so go too far 
Too far 
 
Friction, fusion, retribution 
I can't hear you, talk to me 
I can't hear you, so talk to me 
I can't hear you, are you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, are you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, time to meet my lord 
I can't hear you, talk to two by four 
 
I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you 
I'm gonna be that one who breaks you 
Put the screws to you, my way 
Hey, come on and come on, come and make my day 
Make my day 
 
Friction, fusion, retribution 
I can't hear you, talk to me 
I can't hear you, come talk to me 
I can't hear you, are you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, are you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, time to meet my lord 
I can't hear you, talk to two by four 
 
Talk to two by four 
It don't take no more 
 
Friction, fusion, retribution 
I'm gonna make you talk to me 
I'm gonna trick you, so talk to me 
I can't hear you, are you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, you talking to me? 
I can't hear you, time to meet my lord 
I can't hear you, talk to two by four 
She don't take no more 
 


 

METALLICA
AIN'T MY BITCH

 Outta my way 
Outta my day 
Out of your mind and into mine 
 
Into no one 
Into not one 
Into your step but out of time 
 
Headstrong 
What's wrong? 
I've already heard this song before 
You arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye 
 
Dragging me down 
Why you around? 
So useless 
 
It ain't my fall 
It ain't my call 
It ain't my bitch 
It ain't my bitch 
 
Down on the sun 
Down and no fun 
Down and out, where the hell you been? 
 
Damn it all down 
Damn it unbound 
Damn it all down to hell again 
 
Stand tall 
Can't fall 
Never even bend at all before 
You arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye 
 
Dragging me down 
Why you around? 
So useless 
 
It ain't my fall 
It ain't my call 
It ain't my bitch 
 
Outta my way 
 
Outta my way 
Outta my day 
Out of your mind and into mine 
 
Into no one 
Into not one 
Into your step but out of time 
 
Headstrong 
What's wrong? 
I've already heard this song before 
You arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye 
And now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye 
 
Dragging me down 
While you around? 
So useless 
 
It ain't my fall 
It ain't my call 
It ain't my bitch 
 
No way but down 
Why you're around 
No fooling 
 
It ain't my smile 
It ain't my style 
It ain't my bitch 
Oh, it ain't mine 
 
Ain't mine 
Your kind 
You're stepping out of time 
 
Ain't mine 
Your kind 
You're stepping out of time 
 
Taking me down 
Why you around 
No fooling 
 
It ain't my fall 
It ain't my call 
It ain't my bitch 
You ain't mine 
 


 

METALLICA
ALL WITHIN MY HANDS

 All within my hands 
Squeeze it in, crush it down 
All with my hands 
Hold it dear, hold it suffocate 
 
All within my hands 
Love to death, smach you round & round and 
All within my hands 
Beware 
 
Love is control 
I ll die if I let go 
 
Hate me now 
Kill all within my hands 
Hate me now 
Crush all within my hands 
Squeeze all within my hands 
Choke all within my hands 
Hate me now 
Trap all within my hands 
Hurry up and hate me now 
Kill all within my hands 
 
All within my hands 
Take your fear, pump me up 
All within my hands 
Let you run, then I pull your leash 
 
All within my hands 
Under thumb, under to myself 
All within my hands 
Beware 
 
Love is control 
I ll die if I let go 
 
Hate me now 
Kill all within my hands 
Hate me now 
Crush all within my hands 
Squeeze all within my hands 
Choke all within my hands 
Hate me now 
Trap all within my hands 
Hurry up and hate me now 
Kill all within my hands again 
 
I ll die if I let go 
Control is love, love is control 
I ll fall if I let go 
Control is love, love is control 
 
I will only let you breathe 
My air that you receive 
Then we ll see if I let you love me 
 
Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill

 

METALLICA
AM I EVIL

 (Originally recorded by Diamond Head) 
 
My mother was a witch, she was burned alive. 
Thankless little bitch, for the tears I cried. 
Take her down now, don't want to see her face 
All blistered and burnt, can't hide my disgrace. 
Twenty seven, everyone was nice. 
Gotta see 'em make 'em pay the price. 
See their bodies out on the ice. 
Take my time. 
Am I evil? Yes I am. 
Am I evil? I am man, yes I am. 
As I watched my mother die, I lost my head. 
Revenge now I sought, to break with my bread. 
Taking no chances, you come with me. 
I'll split you to the bone, help set you free. 
Twenty seven, everyone was nice. 
Gotta see 'em make 'em pay the price. 
See their bodies out on the ice. 
Take my time. 
Am I evil? Yes I am. 
Am I evil? I am man, yes I am. 
On with the action now, I'll strip your pride. 
I'll spread your blood around, I'll see you ride. 
Your face is scarred with steel, wounds deep and neat. 
Like a double dozen before ya, smells so sweet. 
Am I evil? Yes I am. 
Am I evil? I am man. 
I'll make my residence, I'll watch your fire. 
You can come with me, sweet desire. 
My face is long forgot, my face not my own 
. Sweet and timely whore, take me home. 
Am I evil? Yes I am. 
Am I evil? I am man. 
My soul is longing for, await my heir. 
Sent to avenge my mother, sweep myself. 
My face is long forgot, my face not my own. 
Sweet and timely whore, take me home. 
Am I evil? Yes I am. 
Am I evil? I am man. 
Am I evil? Yes I fucking am. 
Am I evil? I am man, yeah 


 

METALLICA
ASTRONOMY

 The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst 
Out at you from their hiding place 
Like acid and oil on a madman's face 
His reasons tend to fly away 
 
Like lesser birds on the four winds, yeah 
Like silver scrapes in May 
Now the sands become a crust 
And most of you have gone away, then you're gone away 
 
Ah, come Susie dear, let's take a walk 
Just out there upon the beach 
I know you'll soon be married 
And you want to know where winds come from 
 
Well, it's never said at all 
On the map that Carrie reads 
Behind the clock back there you know 
At the four winds bar, mm yeah 
 
Yeah 
Hey 
Hey 
Hey 
Hey 
Four winds at the four winds bar 
Two doors locked and windows barred 
One door left to take you in 
The other one just mirrors it 
Hey 
Hey, yeah 
Hey, yeah 
Hey 
 
Ooh 
In hellish glare and inference 
The other one's a duplicate 
The queenly flux, eternal light 
Or the light that never warms 
Yes, the light that never, never warms 
Yes, the light that never, never warms 
Never warms, never warms 
 
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst 
Out at you from their hiding place 
Miss Carrie nurse and Susie dear 
Would find themselves at four winds bar 
 
It's the nexus of the crisis 
And the origin of storms 
Just the place to hopelessly 
Encounter time and then came me 
 
Yo! 
Hey 
Hey 
Hey 
Hey 
 
Call me Desdenova, eternal light 
These gravely digs of mine 
Will surely prove a sight 
And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent 
 
Astronomy a star 
Astronomy a star 
Astronomy (astronomy) a star, yeah 
Astronomy a star 
 
Astronomy 
 


 

METALLICA
ATTITUDE

 Suppose I say I'm never satisfied 
Suppose I say You cut some root to make the tree survive 
 
Just let me kill you for a while 
Just let me kill you for a smile 
Just let me kill you once 
I'm oh so bored to death 
 
I hunger 
I hunger 
I eat 
 
Born into attitude 
Asleep at the wheel 
Throw all your bullets in the fire 
And run like hell 
Why cure the fever? 
Whatever happened to sweat? 
 
Suppose I say The vultures smile at me 
Suppose I say I've sent them down and they plan to pick you clean 
 
And satisfaction this way comes 
And satisfaction this way comes 
And satisfaction's here and gone, gone 
Gone again 
 
I hunger 
I hunger 
I eat 
 
Born into attitude 
Asleep at the wheel 
Throw all your bullets in the fire 
And stand there 
 
Born into attitude 
Twist mother tongue 
Throw all your bullets in the fire 
And run like hell 
Why cure the fever? 
Whatever happened to sweat? 
 
Just let me kill you for a while 
Just let me kill you for a smile 
Just let me kill you once for me 
I'm bored to death 
 
And satisfaction this way comes 
And satisfaction this way comes 
And satisfaction's here and 
gone, gone 
Gone again 
 
I hunger 
I hunger 
I eat 
 
Born into attitude 
Asleep at the wheel 
Throw all your bullets in the fire 
And stand there 
 
Born into attitude 
Twist mother tongue 
Throwing all your bullets in the fire 
And run like hell 
Why cure the fever? 
Whatever happened to sweat? 
 


 

METALLICA
BAD SEED

 Come clean, fess up 
Tell all, spill gut 
Off the veil, stand revealed 
Show the cards, bring it on, break the seal 
 
Ladies and gentlemen, 
step right up 
And see the man who told 
the truth 
 
Swing the noose again 
Pierce the apple skin 
You bit more than you need 
Now you're choking on 
the bad seed 
On the bad seed 
Choking 
 
Let on, load off 
Confess, cast off 
At the mercy, the cat is out 
Drop the disguise, spit it up, 
spit it out 
 
And now, what you've all 
been waiting for 
I give you He Who Suffers 
the Truth 
 
Swing the noose again 
Pierce the apple skin 
You bit more than you need 
Now you're choking on the 
bad seed 
Choking on the bad seed 
 
Off the veil, stand revealed 
Bring it on, break the seal 
At the mercy, cat is out 
Spit it up, spit it out 
Spit it up, spit it out 
Spit it out now 
 
At the mercy 
 
Swing the noose again 
Pierce the apple skin 
You bit more than you need 
Choking on the seed 
 
Swing the noose again 
Pierce the apple skin 
You bit more than you need 
You're choking on the bad seed 
 
Off the veil, stand revealed 
Bring it on, break the seal 
At the mercy, cat is out 
Spit it up, spit it out 
Spit it up, spit it out 
Spit it out now 
 
Choking on the bad seed 
 


 

METALLICA
BATTERY

 Lashing out the action, returning the reaction 
Weak are ripped and torn away 
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower 
Battery is here to stay 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
 
Crushing all deceivers, mashing non believers 
Never ending potency 
Hungry violence seeker feeding off the weaker 
Breeding on insanity 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
Battery 
 
Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing 
Powerhouse of energy 
Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry 
We create the battery 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
 


 

METALLICA
BATTERY

 Lashing out the action, returning the reaction 
Weak are ripped and torn away 
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower 
Battery is here to stay 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
 
Crushing all deceivers, mashing non believers 
Never ending potency 
Hungry violence seeker feeding off the weaker 
Breeding on insanity 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
Battery 
 
Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing 
Powerhouse of energy 
Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry 
We create the battery 
 
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me 
Cannot stop the battery 
Pounding out aggression turns into obsession 
Cannot kill the battery 
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me 
 
Battery 
 


 

METALLICA
BETTER THAN YOU

 I look at you, then you, me 
Hungry and thirsty are we 
Holding the lion's share, holding the key 
Holding me back 'cause I'm striving to be 
 
Better than you 
Better than you 
 
Lock horns, I push and I strive 
Somehow I feel more alive 
Bury the need for it, bury the seed 
Bury me deep when there's no will to be 
 
Better than you 
Better than you 
 
Can't stop this train from rolling 
Nothing brings me down 
No, can't stop this train from rolling on and on, on 
Forever on and on 
 
Can't stop this train from rolling 
You can't take it down 
No, never stop this locomotion, on and on and on 
No, you can't bring me down 'cause I'm 
 
Better than you 
Better than you 
 


 

METALLICA
BLACKENED

 Blackened is the end 
Winter it will send 
Throwing all you see 
Into obscurity 
 
Death of Mother Earth 
Never a rebirth 
Evolution's end 
Never will it mend 
 
Never 
 
Fire 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Blackened is the end 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Color our world blackened 
 
Blistering of earth 
Terminate its worth 
Deadly nicotine 
Kills what might've been 
 
Callous, frigid chill 
Nothing left to kill 
Never seen before 
Breathing nevermore 
 
Never 
 
Fire 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Blackened is the end 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Color our world blackened 
 
Blackened 
Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise 
Agitation, violation, mutilation, planet dies 
Darkest color 
Blistered earth 
True death of life 
 
Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race 
Expectation, liberation, population laid to waste 
See our mother 
Put to death 
See our mother die 
 
Smoldering decay 
Take her breath away 
Millions of our years 
In minutes disappears 
 
Darkening in vain 
Decadence remains 
All is said and done 
Never is the sun 
 
Never 
 
Fire 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Blackened is the end 
To begin whipping dance of the dead 
Fire 
Is the outcome of hypocrisy 
Darkest potency 
In the exit of humanity 
Color our world blackened 
 
Blackened 
 


 

METALLICA
BLEEDING ME

 I'm digging my way 
I'm digging my way to something 
I'm digging my way to something better 
 
I'm pushing to stay 
I'm pushing to stay with something 
I'm pushing to stay with something better 
 
I'm sowing the seeds 
I'm sowing the seeds I've taken 
I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted 
 
This thorn in my side 
This thorn in my side is from the tree 
This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted 
 
It tears me and I bleed 
And I bleed 
 
Caught under wheels' roll 
I take the leech, I'm bleeding me 
Can't stop to save my soul 
I take the leash that's leading me 
I'm bleeding me 
I can't take it 
Caught under wheels' roll 
The bleeding of me 
Of me 
The bleeding of me 
 
I am the beast that feeds the feast 
I am the blood, I am release 
 
Come make me pure 
Bleed me a cure 
I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under 
 
Caught under wheels' roll 
I take that leech, I'm bleeding me 
Can't stop to save my soul 
I take the leash that's leading me 
I'm bleeding me 
I can't take it 
I can't take it 
I can't take it 
The bleeding of me 
 
I'm digging my way 
I'm digging my way to something 
I'm digging my way to something better 
 
I'm pushing to stay 
I'm pushing to stay with something 
I'm pushing to stay with something better 
With something better 
 


 

METALLICA
BLEEDING ME

 I'm digging my way 
I'm digging my way to something 
I'm digging my way to something better 
 
I'm pushing to stay 
I'm pushing to stay with something 
I'm pushing to stay with something better 
 
I'm sowing the seeds 
I'm sowing the seeds I've taken 
I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted 
 
This thorn in my side 
This thorn in my side is from the tree 
This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted 
 
It tears me and I bleed 
And I bleed 
 
Caught under wheels' roll 
I take the leech, I'm bleeding me 
Can't stop to save my soul 
I take the leash that's leading me 
I'm bleeding me 
I can't take it 
Caught under wheels' roll 
The bleeding of me 
Of me 
The bleeding of me 
 
I am the beast that feeds the feast 
I am the blood, I am release 
 
Come make me pure 
Bleed me a cure 
I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under 
 
Caught under wheels' roll 
I take that leech, I'm bleeding me 
Can't stop to save my soul 
I take the leash that's leading me 
I'm bleeding me 
I can't take it 
I can't take it 
I can't take it 
The bleeding of me 
 
I'm digging my way 
I'm digging my way to something 
I'm digging my way to something better 
 
I'm pushing to stay 
I'm pushing to stay with something 
I'm pushing to stay with something better 
With something better 
 


 

METALLICA
BLITZKRIEG

 (Originally recorded by Blitzkrieg) 
 
Let us have peace, let us have life, 
Let us escape the cruel night. 
Let us have time, let the sun shine, 
Let us beware the deadly sign. 
The day is coming, armageddon's near, 
Inferno's coming, can we survive the blitzkrieg. 
The blitzkrieg, the blitzkrieg. 
Save us from fate, save us from hate, 
Save ourselves before it's too late. 
Come to our need, hear our plea, 
Save ourselves before the earth bleeds. 
The day is dawning, the time is near, 
Aliens calling, can we survive the blitzkrieg 
 


 

METALLICA
BREADFAN

 (Originally recorded by Budgie) 
 
Breadfan, open up your mind, open up your purse, 
Open up your bones, never, never gonna lose it. 
Breadfan, take it all away, never give an inch, 
Gotta make a mint, gotta make me a million. 
Breadfan, you got it wrong, some long time friend's 
Gonna lose it in the end, who's a fool. 
Seagull, give it all away, stay a bird, stay a man, 
Stay a ghost, stay what you wanna be. 
Loser, give it all away, never stay with the winner, 
With the man with all the filthy money. 
Come on, keep it on the side, with a ride on a record, 
On the top if you're gonna be a bad boy. 
Breadfan, you got it wrong, some long time friend's 
Gonna lose it in the end, who's a fool. 
Seagull, give it all away, stay a bird, stay a man, 
Stay a ghost, stay what you wanna be. 
Breadfan, open up your mind, open up your purse, 
Open up your bones, never, never gonna lose it. 
Breadfan, take it all away, never give an inch, 
Gotta make a mint, gotta make me a million. 
Breadfan, you got it wrong, some long time friend's 
Gonna lose it in the end, who's a fool. 
Seagull, give it all away, stay a bird, stay a man, 
Stay a ghost, stay what you wanna be 
 


 

METALLICA
CARPE DIEM BABY

 Hit dirt 
Shake tree 
Split sky 
Part sea 
 
Strip smile 
Lose cool 
Bleed the day 
And break the rule 
 
Live, win 
Dare, fail 
Eat the dirt 
And bite the nail 
 
Then make me miss you 
Then make me miss you 
 
So wash your face away with dirt 
It don't feel good until it hurts 
So take this world and shake it 
Come squeeze and suck the day 
Come carpe diem, baby 
 
Draw lead 
Piss wine 
Sink teeth 
All mine 
 
Stoke fire 
Break neck 
Suffer through this 
Cheat on death 
 
Hug the curve 
Lose the time 
Tear the map 
And shoot the sign 
 
Then make me miss you 
Then make me miss you 
 
So wash your face away with dirt 
It don't feel good until it hurts 
So take this world and shake it 
Come squeeze and suck the day 
Come carpe diem, baby 
 
Live, win 
Dare, fail 
Eat dirt 
Bite the nail 
 
Strip smile 
Lose cool 
Bleed the day 
And break the rule 
 
Hug the curve 
Lose the time 
Tear the map 
And shoot the sign 
 
Then make me miss you 
Then make me miss you 
 
So wash your face away with dirt 
It don't feel good until it hurts 
So take this world and shake it 
Come squeeze and suck the day 
 
Come make me miss you 
Come carpe diem, baby 
Come carpe diem, baby 
 


 

METALLICA
CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY

 Look inside and you will see 
The words are cutting deep inside my brain 
Thunder burnin' quickly burning 
Knife of words is driving me insane, insane yeah 
 
Raven black is on my track 
He shows me how to neutralize the knife 
Show to me in surgery 
The art of fighting words to conquer life, conquer life yeah 
 
Now the wicked lance of fear 
Is driven from my heady moutain brain 
Crash course in brain surgery 
Has stopped the bloody knife of words again yeah, yeah, yeah 
 


 

METALLICA
CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY

 Look inside and you will see 
The words are cutting deep inside my brain 
Thunder burnin' quickly burning 
Knife of words is driving me insane, insane yeah 
 
Raven black is on my track 
He shows me how to neutralize the knife 
Show to me in surgery 
The art of fighting words to conquer life, conquer life yeah 
 
Now the wicked lance of fear 
Is driven from my heady moutain brain 
Crash course in brain surgery 
Has stopped the bloody knife of words again yeah, yeah, yeah 
 


 

METALLICA
CREEPING DEATH

 Slaves 
Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh 
Heed 
To his every word, live in fear 
Faith 
Of the unknown one, the deliverer 
Wait 
Something must be done, four hundred years 
 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
I'm sent here by the chosen one 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
To kill the first born pharaoh son 
I'm creeping death 
 
Now 
Let my people go, land of Goshen 
Go 
I will be with thee, bush of fire 
Blood 
Running red and strong down the Nile 
Plague 
Darkness three days long, hail to fire 
 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
I'm sent here by the chosen one 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
To kill the first born pharaoh son 
I'm creeping death 
 
Die by my hand 
I creep across the land 
Killing first born man 
 
Die by my hand 
I creep across the land 
Killing first born man 
 
I 
Rule the midnight air, the destroyer 
Born 
I shall soon be there, deadly mass 
I 
Creep the steps and floor, final darkness 
Blood 
Lamb's blood, painted doors, I shall pass 
 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
I'm sent here by the chosen one 
So let it be written, so let it be done 
To kill the first born pharaoh son 
I'm creeping death 
 


 

METALLICA
CURE

 The man takes another bullet 
He keeps them all within 
He must seek no matter how it hurts 
So don't fool again 
 
He thinks the answer's cold 
and in his hand 
He takes his medicine 
The man takes another bullet 
He's been fooled again 
 
Uncross your arms 
Take and throw them to the cure, say, 
 I do believe 
 
Uncross your arms now 
Take them to it, say 
 I do believe 
 I do believe 
 
The lies tempt her and she follows 
Again she lets him in 
She must believe to fill the hollow 
She's been fooled again 
 
Uncross your arms 
Take and throw them to 
the cure, say, 
 I do believe 
 
Uncross your arms now 
Take them to it, say, 
 I do believe 
 Yeah, I do believe 
 
Betting on the cure 
It must get better than this 
Betting on the cure 
Everyone's got to have the sickness 
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure 
Precious cure 
 
Betting on the cure 
'Cause it must get better than this 
Betting on the cure 
Everyone's got to have the sickness 
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure 
Precious cure 
 
 I do believe 
 
Betting on the cure 
It must get better than this 
Need to feel secure 
It's got to get better than this 
It must get better than this 
Betting on the cure 
Everyone's got to have the sickness 
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure 
 
 I do believe 
 


 

METALLICA
DAMAGE CASE

 (Originally recorded by Motorhead) 
 
Hey babe, don't act so scared 
All I want is some special care 
On the run from some institution 
All I want is some constellation 
 
And I can tell by his face 
I'm a total disgrace 
Put me inside this place 
Move over for a damage case 
 
Hey babe, wait a minute, stop 
Don't run away, don't call a cop 
I ain't looking to victimize you 
All I want to do is tantalize you 
 
I can tell by your face 
I'm all over this place 
And I can tell by your face 
Got no time for a damage case 
 
No time, baby! 
 
Hey babe, don't turn away 
I'm here tomorrow, gone today 
I don't know what you think your game is 
I don't care of what your name is 
 
And I can tell by his face 
You're all over the place 
I can tell by his face 
Move over for a damage case 
 
Get the fuck over man! 
 
All right! 
 


 

METALLICA
DAMAGE, INC.

 Dealing out the agony within 
Charging hard and no one's gonna give in 
Living on your knees, conformity 
Or dying on your feet for honesty 
Inbred, our bodies work as one 
Bloody, but never cry submission 
Following our instinct, not a trend 
Go against the grain until the end 
 
Blood will follow blood 
Dying time is here 
Damage, Incorporated 
 
Slamming through, don't fuck with razorback 
Stepping out? You'll feel our hell on your back 
Blood follows blood and we make sure 
Life ain't for you and we're 
the cure 
Honesty is my only excuse 
Try to rob us of it, but it's no use 
Steamroller action crushing all 
Victim is your name and you shall fall 
 
Blood will follow blood 
Dying time is here 
Damage, Incorporated 
 
We chew and spit you out 
We laugh, you scream and shout 
All flee, with fear you run 
You'll know just where we come from 
Damage, Incorporated 
 
Damage jackals ripping right through you 
Sight and smell of this, it gets me going 
Know just how to get just what we want 
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt 
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets 
Never happy endings on these dark sets 
All's fair for Damage, Inc. you see 
Step a little closer, if you please 
 
Blood will follow blood 
Dying time is here 
Damage, Incorporated 
 


 

METALLICA
DEVIL'S DANCE

 I feel you too 
Feel those things you do 
In your eyes I see a fire that burns 
To free the you 
That's wanting through 
Deep inside you know the seeds I plant will grow 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right, let's dance 
 
Snake, I am the snake 
Tempting, that bite to take 
Let me make your mind 
Leave yourself behind 
Be not afraid 
I've got what you need 
Hunger I will feed 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
Come dance 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
 
I feel you too 
Feel those things you do 
In your eyes I see a fire that burns 
To free the you 
That's running through 
Deep inside you know 
Seeds I plant will grow 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Let's dance 
 
It's nice to see you here 
 


 

METALLICA
DEVIL'S DANCE

 I feel you too 
Feel those things you do 
In your eyes I see a fire that burns 
To free the you 
That's wanting through 
Deep inside you know the seeds I plant will grow 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right, let's dance 
 
Snake, I am the snake 
Tempting, that bite to take 
Let me make your mind 
Leave yourself behind 
Be not afraid 
I've got what you need 
Hunger I will feed 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
Come dance 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
 
I feel you too 
Feel those things you do 
In your eyes I see a fire that burns 
To free the you 
That's running through 
Deep inside you know 
Seeds I plant will grow 
 
One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
C'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Let's dance 
 
It's nice to see you here 
 


 

METALLICA
DIE DIE MY DARLING

 (Originally recorded by The Misfits) 
 
Ah 
Yeah 
 
Die, die, die my darling 
Don't utter a single word 
Die, die, die my darling 
Just shut your pretty eyes 
I'll be seeing you again 
Yeah, I'll be seeing you, in hell 
 
So don't cry to me oh baby 
Your future's in an oblong box 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
You should have seen it a coming on 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
I don't know it was in your power 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
Dead end girl for a dead end guy 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
And now your life drains on the floor 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
 
Die, die, die my darling 
Don't utter a single word 
Die, die, die my darling 
Just shut your pretty mouth 
I'll be seeing you again, yeah yeah 
I'll be seeing you, in hell 
 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
Your future's in an oblong box 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
You should have seen it a coming on 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
I don't know it was in your power 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
Dead end girl for a dead end guy 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
And now your life drains on the floor 
Don't cry to me oh baby 
 
Die, die, die my darling 
Don't utter a single word 
Die, die, die my darling 
Shut your pretty mouth 
I'll be seeing you again 
I'll be seeing you, in hell 
Die die die 
Die die die 
Die die die 
 
Die 
 


 

METALLICA
DIRTY WINDOW

 I see my reflection in the window 
It looks different, so different than what you see 
Projecting judgment on the world 
This house is clean baby 
This house is clean 
 
Am I who I think I am? 
Am I who I think I am? 
Am I who I think I am? 
Look out my window and see it s gone wrong 
Court is in session and I slam my gavel down 
 
I m Judge and I m jury and I m executioner too 
 
Projector 
Protector 
Rejector 
Infector 
Projector 
Rejector 
Infector 
Infector 
Dejector 
Rejector 
 
I see my reflection in the window 
This window clean inside, dirty on the out 
I m looking different than me 
This house is clean baby 
This house is clean 
 
Am I who I think I am? 
Am I who I think I am? 
Am I who I think I am? 
I look out my window and see it s gone wrong 
My court is in session and now I slam my gavel down 
 
Projector 
Protector 
Rejector 
Infector 
Projector 
Rejector 
Infector 
Infector 
Defector 
Rejector 
Defector 
 
I drink from the cup of denial 
I m judging the world form my throne 
I drink from the cup of denial 
I m judging the world form my throne

 

METALLICA
DISPOSABLE HEROES

 Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end 
No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend 
Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all 
Victim of what said should be, a servant till I fall 
 
Soldier boy, made of clay 
Now an empty shell 
Twenty one, only son 
But he served us well 
Bred to kill, not to care 
Do just as we say 
Finished here. Greetings, Death, 
He's yours to take away 
 
Back to the front 
You will do what I say, when I say 
Back to the front 
You will die when I say, you must die 
Back to the front 
You coward, you servant, you blind man 
 
Barking of machine gun fire does nothing to me now 
Sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow 
More a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends 
Bodies fill the fields I see 
The slaughter never ends 
 
Soldier boy, made of clay 
Now an empty shell 
Twenty one, only son 
But he served us well 
Bred to kill, not to care 
Do just as we say 
Finished here. Greetings, Death, 
He's yours to take away 
 
Back to the front 
You will do what I say, when I say 
Back to the front 
You will die when I say, you must die 
Back to the front 
You coward, you servant, you blind man 
 
Why am I dying? 
Kill, have no fear 
Lie, live off lying 
Hell, hell is here 
 
I was born for dying 
 
Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say 
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day 
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done 
Left to die with only friend 
Alone I clench my gun 
 
Soldier boy, made of clay 
Now an empty shell 
Twenty one, only son 
But he served us well 
Bred to kill, not to care 
Just do as we say 
Finished here. Greetings, Death, 
He's yours to take away 
 
Back to the front 
You will do what I say, when I say 
Back to the front 
You will die when I say, you must die 
Back to the front 
You coward, you servant, you blind man 
 
Back to the front 
 


 

METALLICA
DON'T TREAD ON ME

 Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail 
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail 
Never begins it, never, but once engaged 
Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage 
 
Don't tread on me 
 
So be it 
Threaten no more 
To secure peace is to prepare for war 
So be it 
Settle the score 
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore 
 
Don't tread on me 
 
Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite 
Quick is the blue tongue, forked as the lighting strike 
Shining with brightness, always on surveillance 
The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance 
 
Don't tread on me 
 
So be it 
Threaten no more 
To secure peace is to prepare for war 
So be it 
Settle the score 
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore 
 
Don't tread on me 
 
So be it 
Threaten no more 
To secure peace is to prepare for war 
 
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail 
Once you provoke her, rattling 
of her tail 
 
So be it 
Threaten no more 
To secure peace is to prepare for war 
So be it 
Settle the score 
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore 
 
Don't tread on me 
 


 

METALLICA
DYERS EVE

 Dear Mother 
Dear Father 
What is this hell you have put me through? 
Believer 
Deceiver 
Day in, day out, live my life through you 
Pushed onto me what's wrong or right 
Hidden from this thing that they call life 
 
Dear Mother 
Dear Father 
Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove 
Curator 
Dictator 
Always censoring my every move 
Children are seen but are not heard 
Tear out everything inspired 
 
Innocence 
Torn from me without your shelter 
Barred reality 
I'm living blindly 
 
Dear Mother 
Dear Father 
Time has frozen still what's left to be 
Hear nothing 
Say nothing 
Cannot face the fact I think for me 
No guarantee, it's life as is 
But damn you for not giving me my chance 
 
Dear Mother 
Dear Father 
You've clipped my wings before 
I learned to fly 
Unspoiled 
Unspoken 
I've outgrown that fucking lullaby 
Same thing I've always heard from you, 
 Do as I say, not as I do 
 
Innocence 
Torn from me without your shelter 
Barred reality 
I'm living blindly 
 
I'm in hell without you 
Cannot cope without you two 
Shocked at the world that I see 
Innocent victim, please rescue me 
 
Dear Mother 
Dear Father 
Hidden in your world you've made for me 
I'm seething 
I'm bleeding 
Ripping wounds in me that never heal 
Undying spite I feel for you 
Living out this hell you always knew 
 


 

METALLICA
ENTER SANDMAN

 Say your prayers, little one 
Don't forget, my son, 
To include everyone 
 
Tuck you in, warm within 
Keep you free from sin 
Till the sandman he comes 
 
Sleep with one eye open 
Gripping your pillow tight 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 
Something's wrong, shut the light 
Heavy thoughts tonight 
And they aren't of Snow White 
 
Dreams of war, dreams of liars 
Dreams of dragon's fire 
And of things that will bite 
 
Sleep with one eye open 
Gripping your pillow tight 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 
Now I lay me down to sleep 
Pray the Lord my soul to keep 
If I die before I wake 
Pray the Lord my soul to take 
 
Hush little baby, don't say a word 
And never mind that noise you heard 
It's just the beasts under your bed 
In your closet, in your head 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Grain of sand 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 


 

METALLICA
ENTER SANDMAN

 Say your prayers, little one 
Don't forget, my son, 
To include everyone 
 
Tuck you in, warm within 
Keep you free from sin 
Till the sandman he comes 
 
Sleep with one eye open 
Gripping your pillow tight 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 
Something's wrong, shut the light 
Heavy thoughts tonight 
And they aren't of Snow White 
 
Dreams of war, dreams of liars 
Dreams of dragon's fire 
And of things that will bite 
 
Sleep with one eye open 
Gripping your pillow tight 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 
Now I lay me down to sleep 
Pray the Lord my soul to keep 
If I die before I wake 
Pray the Lord my soul to take 
 
Hush little baby, don't say a word 
And never mind that noise you heard 
It's just the beasts under your bed 
In your closet, in your head 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Grain of sand 
 
Exit: light 
Enter: night 
Take my hand 
We're off to never never land 
 


 

METALLICA
ESCAPE

 Feel no pain, but my life ain't easy 
I know I'm my best friend 
No one cares, but I'm so much stronger 
I'll fight until the end 
 
To escape from the true false world 
Undamaged destiny 
Can't get caught in the endless circle 
Ring of stupidity 
 
Out for my own, out to be free 
One with my mind, they just can't see 
No need to hear things that they say 
Life's for my own, to live my own way 
 
Rape my mind and destroy my feelings 
Don't tell me what to do 
I don't care now 'cause I'm on my side 
And I can see through you 
 
Feed my brain with your so called standards 
Who says that I ain't right? 
Break away from your common fashion 
See through your blurry sight 
 
Out for my own, out to be free 
One with my mind, they just can't see 
No one to hear things that they say 
Life's for my own, to live my own way 
 
See them try to bring the hammer down 
No damn chains can hold me to the ground 
 
Life's for my own, to live my own way 
Life's for my own, to live my own way 
 


 

METALLICA
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 Do you see what I see? 
Truth is an offence 
Your silence for your confidence 
 
Do you hear what I hear? 
Doors are slamming shut 
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must 
 
Do you feel what I feel? 
Bittering distress 
Who decides what you express? 
 
Do you take what I take? 
Endurance is the word 
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd 
 
Doesn't matter what you see 
Or into it what you read 
You can do it your own way 
If it's done just how I say 
 
Independence limited 
Freedom of choice 
Choice is made for you, my friend 
Freedom of speech 
Speech is words that they will bend 
Freedom with their exception 
 
Do you fear what I fear? 
Living properly 
Truths to you are lies to me 
 
Do you choose what I choose? 
More alternatives 
Energy derives from both the plus and negative 
 
Do you need what I need? 
Boundaries overthrown 
Look inside, to each his own 
 
Do you trust what I trust? 
Me, myself, and I 
Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie 
 
Doesn't matter what you see 
Or into it what you read 
You can do it your own way 
If it's done just how I say 
 
Independence limited 
Freedom of choice 
Choice is made for you, my friend 
Freedom of speech 
Speech is words that they will bend 
Freedom with their exception 
 
Do you know what I know? 
Your money and your wealth 
Your silence just to hear yourself 
 
Do you want what I want? 
Desire not a thing 
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring 
 
Doesn't matter what you see 
Or into it what you read 
You can do it your own way 
If it's done just how I say 
 
Independence limited 
Freedom of choice 
Choice is made for you, my friend 
Freedom of speech 
Speech is words that they will bend 
Freedom no longer for you 
 
Doesn't matter what you see 
Or into it what you read 
You can do it your own way 
If it's done just how I say 
 


 

METALLICA
FADE TO BLACK

 Life, it seems, will fade away 
Drifting further every day 
Getting lost within myself 
Nothing matters, no one else 
 
I have lost the will to live 
Simply nothing more to give 
There is nothing more for me 
Need the end to set me free 
 
Things not what they used to be 
Missing one inside of me 
Deathly lost, this can't be real 
Cannot stand this hell I feel 
 
Emptiness is filling me 
To the point of agony 
Growing darkness taking dawn 
I was me, but now he's gone 
 
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late 
Now I can't think, think why I should even try 
 
Yesterday seems as though it never existed 
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye 
 


 

METALLICA
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE

 Do unto others as they've done to you 
But what the hell is this world coming to? 
Blow the universe into nothingness 
Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest 
 
Fight fire with fire 
Ending is near 
Fight fire with fire 
Bursting with fear 
 
We all shall die 
Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast 
Armageddon's here, like said in the past 
 
Fight fire with fire 
Ending is near 
Fight fire with fire 
Bursting with fear 
 
Soon to fill our lungs, the hot winds of death 
The gods are laughing, so take your last breath 
 
Fight fire with fire 
Ending is near 
Fight fire with fire 
Bursting with fear 
 
Fight fire with fire 
 
Fight 
 


 

METALLICA
FIXXXER

 Dolls of voodoo all stuck with pins 
One for each of us and our sins 
So you lay us in a line 
Push your pins, they make us humble 
Only you can tell in time 
If we fall or merely stumble 
 
But tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or fix this hole in a mother's son? 
Can you heal the broken worlds within? 
Can you strip away so we may start again? 
 
Tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or cut this rope and let us run? 
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free 
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me 
 
Mirror, mirror, upon thy wall 
Break the spell or become the doll 
See you sharpening the pins 
So the holes will remind us 
We're just the toys in the hands of another 
And in time the needles turn from shine to rust 
 
But tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or fix this hole in a mother's son? 
Can you heal the broken worlds within? 
Can you strip away so we may start again? 
 
Tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or cut this rope and let us run? 
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free 
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me 
 
Blood for face, sweat for dirt 
Three Xs for the stone 
To break this curse a ritual's due 
I believe I'm not alone 
Shell of shotgun, pint of gin 
Numb us up to shield the pins 
Renew our faith, which way we can 
To fall in love with life again 
To fall in love with life again 
To fall in love with life again 
To fall in love 
To fall in love 
To fall in love with life again 
 
So tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or fix this hole in a mother's son? 
Can you heal the broken worlds within? 
Can you strip away so we may start again? 
 
Tell me, can you heal what Father's done? 
Or cut this rope and let us run? 
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free 
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me 
 
No more pins in me 
No more, no more pins in me 
 


 

METALLICA
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

 Make his fight on the hill in the early day 
Constant chill deep inside 
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless gray 
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say? 
For a hill, men would kill. Why? They do not know 
Suffered wounds test their pride 
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow 
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know 
 
For whom the bell tolls 
Time marches on 
For whom the bell tolls 
 
Take a look to the sky just before you die 
It's the last time he will 
Blackened roar, massive roar, fills the crumbling sky 
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry 
Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery 
He hears the silence so loud 
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be 
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see 
 
For whom the bell tolls 
Time marches on 
For whom the bell tolls 
 


 

METALLICA
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

 Make his fight on the hill in the early day 
Constant chill deep inside 
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless gray 
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say? 
For a hill, men would kill. Why? They do not know 
Suffered wounds test their pride 
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow 
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know 
 
For whom the bell tolls 
Time marches on 
For whom the bell tolls 
 
Take a look to the sky just before you die 
It's the last time he will 
Blackened roar, massive roar, fills the crumbling sky 
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry 
Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery 
He hears the silence so loud 
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be 
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see 
 
For whom the bell tolls 
Time marches on 
For whom the bell tolls 
 


 

METALLICA
FRANTIC

 If I could have my wasted days back 
I'd use them to get back on track 
Tried to warn 
Karma's burning 
Look ahead but keep on turning 
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go? 
Can I find it inside to do what I should have known? 
Can I have my wasted days back? 
I'd use them to get back on track 
 
You live it or lie it (James) 
You live it or lie it (James) 
You live it or lie it (Rob) 
You live it or lie it (Rob) 
 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
This search goes on 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
On and on 
 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
 
I want out of always being afraid 
In this stream of fear that I've made 
Treading water full of worry 
Frantic tic tic tic toc of hurry 
 
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go? 
Can I find it inside to do what I should have known? 
Can I have out of always being afraid? 
In this stream of fear that I've made 
 
You live it or lie it (James) 
You live it or lie it (James) 
You live it or lie it (Rob) 
You live it or lie it (Rob) 
 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
On and on 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
On and on 
 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
 
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go? 
Can I find it inside to do what I should have known? 
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go? 
Can I find it inside to do what I should have known? 
 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
(Life is pain) 
Rising tide pushes to the other side 
(Life is pain) 
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle 
(Life is pain) 
Rising tide pushes to the other side 
(It's all the same) 
 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
On and on 
Keep searching 
Keep on searching 
This search goes on 
On and on 
 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic toc 
 


 

METALLICA
FREE SPEECH FOR THE DUMB

 (Originally recorded by Discharge) 
 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free fucking speech 
 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free speech, free speech for the dumb 
Free fucking speech 
 


 

METALLICA
FUEL

 Gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
Turn on, I see red 
Adrenaline crash and crack my head 
Nitro junkie, paint me dead 
And I see red 
 
One hundred plus through black and white 
War horse, warhead 
Fuck 'em, man, white knuckle tight 
Through black and white 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
So gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
Turn on beyond the bone 
Swallow future, spit out home 
Burn your face upon the chrome 
 
Take the corner, join the crash, 
Headlights, head on, headlines 
Another junkie lives too fast 
Lives way too fast 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
So gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
White knuckle tight 
 
Gimme fuel 
Gimme fire 
My desire 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
Gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
On I burn 
 


 

METALLICA
FUEL

 Gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
Turn on, I see red 
Adrenaline crash and crack my head 
Nitro junkie, paint me dead 
And I see red 
 
One hundred plus through black and white 
War horse, warhead 
Fuck 'em, man, white knuckle tight 
Through black and white 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
So gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
Turn on beyond the bone 
Swallow future, spit out home 
Burn your face upon the chrome 
 
Take the corner, join the crash, 
Headlights, head on, headlines 
Another junkie lives too fast 
Lives way too fast 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
So gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
White knuckle tight 
 
Gimme fuel 
Gimme fire 
My desire 
 
On I burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose and clean 
And on I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with gasoline 
 
Gimme fuel, gimme fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
 
On I burn 
 


 

METALLICA
FUEL FOR FIRE

 Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire! 
Turn on the dynamo, into the wild I go, 
No other place I know, I know. 
Turn on I see red, 
Warhorse, Warhead, 
Throttle up for speed ahead, yeah ahead. 
 
CHORUS: 
Ooooh, on I burn, 
Fuel these pumping engines, 
Burning hard, loose and clean, 
And on I burn, turning my direction, 
Quench my thirst with gasoline. 
 
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire, 
Can't fight the need for speed, 
I'm loose, I'm clean, I'm burning lean and mean, and mean. 
Ignite the open trail, 
Excite, exhale, comin' on, hot from hell, yeah hot from hell. 
 
CHORUS 
 
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire, 
Oooh, yeah heh. 
 
SOLO1 
On I burn! 
SOLO2 
 
On, and on, and on.. 
Give me fuel, 
On, and on, and on.. 
Give me fire, 
On, and on, and on.. 
My desire, 
On, and on, and on.. 
 
CHORUS 
 
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire! 
FUEL! 
 


 

METALLICA
HARVESTER OF SORROW

 My life suffocates 
Planting seeds of hate 
I've loved, turned to hate 
Trapped far beyond my fate 
 
I give, you take 
This life that I forsake 
Been cheated of my youth 
You turned this lie to truth 
 
Anger, misery 
You'll suffer unto me 
 
Harvester of sorrow 
Language of the mad 
Harvester of sorrow 
 
Pure black, looking clear 
My work is done soon here 
Try getting back to me 
Get back which used to be 
 
Drink up 
Shoot in 
Let the beatings begin 
Distributor of pain 
Your loss becomes my gain 
 
Anger 
Misery 
You'll suffer unto me 
 
Harvester of sorrow 
Language of the mad 
Harvester of sorrow 
 
All have said their prayers 
Invade their nightmares 
To see into my eyes 
You'll find where murder lies 
 
Infanticide 
 
Harvester of sorrow 
Language of the mad 
Harvester of sorrow 
Language of the mad 
Harvester of sorrow 
 


 

METALLICA
HELPLESS

 I gotta see you moving fast 
See you come my way 
See the dreams, I hope they last 
Never fade away. 
 
Gotta see the lights above 
Make it loud tonight 
Gotta set it all a fire 
Set it all a light 
 
See the flashing lights 
Hear the thunder roar 
I am gonna set you all a light 
Gotta make it man 
I ain't got a choice 
Gotta fill this hall tonight 
 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
 
I don't what I'm gonna do 
Maybe not tonight 
Gotta set you all a fire 
Gotta treat you right. 
 
I can see the flashing lights 
Lit before your love, ohh 
Gotta hear the thunder roar 
Coming from above. 
 
See the flashing lights 
Hear the thunder roar 
I'm gonna set you all alight 
Gotta make it man 
I ain't got no choice 
Gotta fill this hall tonight 
 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
 
I can see the stars 
I can see what's going on 
 
Every night alone 
I sing my song just for fun. 
 
Only time will tell 
If I'll make it myself someday 
This stage is mine 
Music is my destiny. 
 
Cannot squeeze the life from me! 
 
I can see the lights 
But I can see what's going on 
Every night alone 
I sing my song just for fun. 
 
Business in collapse 
Some men don't like it so 
Helpless maybe babe, 
But you can leave or join the show. 
 
Cannot squeeze the life from me! 
 


 

METALLICA
HELPLESS

 I gotta see you moving fast 
See you come my way 
See the dreams, I hope they last 
Never fade away. 
 
Gotta see the lights above 
Make it loud tonight 
Gotta set it all a fire 
Set it all a light 
 
See the flashing lights 
Hear the thunder roar 
I am gonna set you all a light 
Gotta make it man 
I ain't got a choice 
Gotta fill this hall tonight 
 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
 
I don't what I'm gonna do 
Maybe not tonight 
Gotta set you all a fire 
Gotta treat you right. 
 
I can see the flashing lights 
Lit before your love, ohh 
Gotta hear the thunder roar 
Coming from above. 
 
See the flashing lights 
Hear the thunder roar 
I'm gonna set you all alight 
Gotta make it man 
I ain't got no choice 
Gotta fill this hall tonight 
 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
Helpless 
 
I can see the stars 
I can see what's going on 
 
Every night alone 
I sing my song just for fun. 
 
Only time will tell 
If I'll make it myself someday 
This stage is mine 
Music is my destiny. 
 
Cannot squeeze the life from me! 
 
I can see the lights 
But I can see what's going on 
Every night alone 
I sing my song just for fun. 
 
Business in collapse 
Some men don't like it so 
Helpless maybe babe, 
But you can leave or join the show. 
 
Cannot squeeze the life from me! 
 


 

METALLICA
HERO OF THE DAY

 Mama, they try and break me 
 
The window burns to light the way back home 
A light that warms no matter where they've gone 
They're off to find the hero of the day 
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way? 
 
Still the window burns 
Time so slowly turns 
And someone there is sighing 
Keepers of the flames 
Do you feel your name? 
Did you hear your babies crying? 
 
Mama, they try and break me 
Still they try and break me 
 
Excuse me while I tend to how 
I feel 
These things return to me that still seem real 
Now, deservingly, this easy chair 
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair 
 
Don't want your aid 
But the fist I make 
For years can't hold or feel 
No, I'm not all me 
So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel 
 
But now the dreams and waking screams 
That ever last the night 
So build the wall, behind it crawl 
And hide until it's light 
So can you hear your babies crying now? 
 
Still the window burns 
Time so slowly turns 
And someone there is sighing 
Keepers of the flames 
Did you feel your names? 
Did you hear your babies crying? 
 
But now the dreams and waking screams 
That ever last the night 
So build a wall, behind it crawl 
And hide until it's light 
So can't you hear your babies crying now? 
 
Mama, they try and break me 
Mama, they try and break me 
Mama they try 
Mama they try 
 


 

METALLICA
HERO OF THE DAY

 Mama, they try and break me 
 
The window burns to light the way back home 
A light that warms no matter where they've gone 
They're off to find the hero of the day 
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way? 
 
Still the window burns 
Time so slowly turns 
And someone there is sighing 
Keepers of the flames 
Do you feel your name? 
Did you hear your babies crying? 
 
Mama, they try and break me 
Still they try and break me 
 
Excuse me while I tend to how 
I feel 
These things return to me that still seem real 
Now, deservingly, this easy chair 
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair 
 
Don't want your aid 
But the fist I make 
For years can't hold or feel 
No, I'm not all me 
So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel 
 
But now the dreams and waking screams 
That ever last the night 
So build the wall, behind it crawl 
And hide until it's light 
So can you hear your babies crying now? 
 
Still the window burns 
Time so slowly turns 
And someone there is sighing 
Keepers of the flames 
Did you feel your names? 
Did you hear your babies crying? 
 
But now the dreams and waking screams 
That ever last the night 
So build a wall, behind it crawl 
And hide until it's light 
So can't you hear your babies crying now? 
 
Mama, they try and break me 
Mama, they try and break me 
Mama they try 
Mama they try 
 


 

METALLICA
HIT THE LIGHTS

 No life till leather 
We're gonna kick some ass tonight 
We got the metal madness 
When our fans start screaming it's right, well alright 
When we start to rock we never 
Want to stop again 
 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
 
We know our fans are insane 
We're gonna blow this place away 
With volume higher 
Than anything today, the only way 
When we start to rock we never 
Want to stop again 
 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
 
With all our screaming 
We're gonna rip right through your brain 
We got the lethal power 
It's causing you sweet pain, oh sweet pain 
When we start to rock we never 
Want to stop again 
 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
Hit the lights 
 


 

METALLICA
HOLIER THAN THOU

 No more 
The crap rolls out your mouth again 
Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin 
Little whispers circle around your head 
Why don't you worry about yourself instead? 
 
Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from? 
Gossip burning on the tip of your tongue 
You lie so much you believe yourself 
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself 
 
Holier than thou 
You are 
Holier than thou 
You are 
 
You know not 
 
Before you judge me, take a look at you 
Can't you find something better to do? 
Point the finger, slow to understand 
Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand 
 
It's not who you are, it's who you know 
Others' lives are the basis of your own 
Burn your bridges and build them back with wealth 
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself 
 
Holier than thou 
You are 
Holier than thou 
You are 
 
You know not 
 
Who the hell are you? 
 


 

METALLICA
I DISAPPEAR

 Hey Hey Hey 
Here I go now 
Here I go into new days 
Hey Hey Hey 
Here I go now 
Here I go into new days 
I m pain, I m hope, I m suffer 
Yeah Hey Hey Hey Yeah Yeah 
Here I go into new days 
 
Hey Hey Hey 
Ain t no mercy 
Ain t no mercy there for me 
Hey Hey Hey 
Ain t no mercy 
Ain t no mercy there for me 
I m pain, I m hope, I m suffer 
Yeah, Yeah, Hey, Hey no mercy 
Ain t no mercy there for me 
 
Do you bury me when I m gone 
Do you teach me while I m here 
Just as soon as I belong 
Then it s time I disappear 
HA!!! 
 
Hey Hey Hey 
And I went 
And I went on down that road 
Hey Hey Hey 
And I went on 
And I went on down that road 
I m pain, I m hope, I m suffer 
Hey Hey Hey Yeah And I went on 
And I went on down that road 
 
Do you bury me when I m gone 
Do you teach me while I m here 
Just as soon as I belong 
Then it s time I disappear 
 
Do you bury me when I m gone 
Do you teach me while I m here 
Just as soon as I belong 
Then it s time I disappear 
DIS A PPEAR HUH!!! 
 
SOLO 
 
Screaming in the background: 
I m gone I m gone 
I m gone 
Oh yeah I m gone 
I m gone 
I m gone baby 
I m gone I m gone 
 
Do you bury me when I m gone 
Do you teach me while I m here 
Just as soon as I belong 
Then it s time I disappear 
 
Do you bury me when I m gone 
Do you teach me while I m here 
Just as soon as I belong 
Then it s time I disappear 
EEWWWAAA 
Disappear 
 


 

METALLICA
INVISIBLE KID

 Invisible kid 
Never see what he did 
Got stuck where he did 
Fallen through the grid 
Invisible kid 
Got a place of his own 
Wher ehe ll never be known 
Inward he s grown 
 
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 
 
I hide inside 
I jurt inside 
I hide inside, but I ll show you 
 
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 
 
Open your heart 
I m beating right here 
Open your mind 
I m being right here, right now 
Open your heart 
I m beating right here 
Open your mind 
I m being right here, right now 
 
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

 

METALLICA
IT'S ELECTRIC

 (Originally recorded by Diamond Head) 
 
I'm gonna be a rock'n'roll star 
Gotta groove from night to day 
Gotta blow my money jar 
Gonna blow my blues away 
 
I'm gonna make a stand 
Gonna make a million 
Gonna make it with you 
I'm gonna be right my friend 
I'm gonna push it through, ooh, oh, yeah 
 
It's electric 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, oo ooh, yeah 
 
I stop on red, but I leave on amber and you face my way 
I'm gonna make it my friend 
Gonna make it today 
Gonna get this dust from my hills down the highway I go 
Gonna get the stars from my route 
Make it in a rock'n'roll show, oo ooh, yeah, yeah 
 
It's electric 
It's electric, yo 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, wo oh 
 
I stop on red, but I leave on amber and you face my way 
I'm gonna make it my friend 
Gonna make it today 
Gonna get the dust from my hills down the highway I go 
Gonna get the stars from my route 
Make it in a rock'n'roll show, ooh 
 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yeah 
It's electric, yo, ooh, yeah 
 


 

METALLICA
JUMP IN THE FIRE

 Down in the depths of my fiery home 
The summons bell will chime 
Tempting you and all the earth 
To join our sinful kind 
There's a job to be done and I'm the one 
You people make me do it 
Now it's time for your fate and I won't hesitate 
To pull you down into this pit 
 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
 
With hell in my eyes and with death in my veins 
The end is closing in 
Feeding on the minds of man 
And from their souls within 
My disciples all shout to search you out 
And they always shall obey 
Follow me now, my child, not the meek or the mild 
But do just as I say 
 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
 
Jump by your will or be taken by force 
I'll get you either way 
Trying to keep the hellfire lit 
I'm stalking you as prey 
Living your life as me, I am you, you see 
There is part of me in everyone 
So reach down, grab my hand, walk with me through the land 
Come home where you belong 
 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
So come on 
Jump in the fire 
 


 

METALLICA
KENNY GOES TO HELL

 

 

METALLICA
KILL / RIDE MEDLEY

 Ride the Lightning Guilty as charged But damn it, ain t right There is someone else controlling me Death in the air Strapped in the electric chair This can t be happening to me Who made you God to say I ll take your life from you! Flash before my eyes Now it s time to die Burning in my brain I can feel the flames No Remorse No mercy for what we are doing No thought to even what we have done We don t need to feel the sorrow No remorse for the helpless one War without end No remorse No repent We don t care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath No remorse No repent We don t care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath Hit the Lights No life till leather We are gonna kick some ass tonight We got the metal madness When our fans start screaming It s right well all right When we start to rock We never want to stop again Hit the lights Hit the lights Hit the lights You know our fans are insane We are gonna blow this place away With volume higher Than anything today the only way When we start to rock We never want to stop again Hit the lights Hit the lights Hit the lights The Four Horsemen Time Has taken its toll on you The lines that crack you face Famine Your body it has torn through Withered in every place Pestilence For what you have had to endure And what you have put others through Death deliverance for you for sure There is nothing you can do Phantom Lord Sound is ripping through your ears The deafening waiting for his whips The taste of leather on you lips Your bodies waiting for his whips The taste of leather on you lips Hear the cry of War Louder than before With this sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the Phantom Lord Victims falling under chains Your hear them crying death pains The fists of terrors breaking through Now there s nothing you can do Hear the cry of War Louder than before With this sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the Phantom Lord Fight Fire with Fire Soon to fill our lungs the hot winds of death The gods are laughing, so take your last breath Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear Fight fire with fire (repeat) 

METALLICA
KILLING TIME

 (Originally recorded by Sweet Savage) 
 
Sound of gunfire comes through the night, 
Killing and hatred, it's a terrible sight. 
Reports come in of the heavy attack, 
Message is seen, we're moving back. 
Preparations are made for the journey back, 
It's a survival, supplies are packed. 
No more nights in this eternal hell, 
Destination is simple, we move out. 
Killing time You left from the line 
. Killing time Your turn to kill. 
Killing time What do you say? 
Killing time Aaha, killing time. 
And he knew what he needed to keep us alive, 
No time for cowardice, kill and survive. 
Like a killer kid with a switchblade knife, 
Nasty word, he'll take your life. 
The silence is over, they attack again, 
Killing and hatred drive me insane. 
Reports come in of a heavy attack, 
Message is seen, we're moving back. 
Killing time You left from the line 
. Killing time Your turn to kill. 
Killing time What do you say? 
Killing time Aaha, killing time. 
Sound of gunfire comes through the night, 
Killing and hatred, it's a terrible sight. 
Reports come in of a heavy attack, 
Message is seen, we're moving back. 
And he knew what he needed to keep us alive, 
No time for cowardice, kill and survive. 
Like a killer kid with a switchblade knife, 
Nasty word, he'll take your life. 
Killing time You left from the line. 
Killing time Your turn to kill. 
Killing time What do you say? 
Killing time Aaha, killing time 
 


 

METALLICA
KING NOTHING

 Wish I may, wish I might 
Have this I wish tonight 
Are you satisfied? 
Dig for gold, dig for fame 
You dig to make your name 
Are you pacified? 
 
All the wants you waste 
All the things you've chased 
 
Then it all crashes down 
And you break your crown 
And you point your finger 
But there's no one around 
Just want one thing 
Just to play the king 
But the castle's crumbled 
And you're left with just a name 
 
Where's your crown, 
King Nothing? 
Where's your crown? 
 
Hot and cold, bought and sold 
A heart as hard as gold 
Are you satisfied? 
Wish I might, wish I may 
You wish your life away 
Are you pacified? 
 
All the wants you waste 
All the things you've chased 
 
Then it all crashes down 
And you break your crown 
And you point your finger 
But there's no one around 
Just want one thing 
Just to play the king 
But the castle's crumbled 
And you're left with just a name 
Where's your crown, King Nothing? 
Where's your crown? 
 
I wish I may, I wish I might 
Have this wish I wish tonight 
I want that star, I want it now 
I want it all and I don't care how 
 
Careful what you wish 
Careful what you say 
Careful what you wish, you may regret it 
Careful what you wish, you just might get it 
 
Then it all crashes down 
And you break your crown 
And you point your finger 
But there's no one around 
Just want one thing 
Just to play the king 
But the castle's crumbled 
And you're left with just a name 
 
Where's your crown, King Nothing? 
 
Nothing 
 
You're just nothing 
Where's your crown, King Nothing? 
You're just nothing 
Absolutely nothing 
 
Off to never never land 
 


 

METALLICA
LAST CARESS / GREEN HELL

 ( Last Caress ) I've got somethin' to say I killed your baby today and it Doesn't matter much to me As long as it's dead I've got somethin' to say I raped your mother today and it Doesn't matter much to me As long as she spread Chorus: These lovely dead I'm waiting for your breath 'Cause sweet Death wants Last Caress. Repeat verse 1 Repeat chorus 2 times One Last Caress today, Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh (repeat) ( Green Hell ) Here in this place lies the key to your death Touch it, see it Here in this place is the means to your end Touch it, feel it Green hell You did your best as someone could I bet you never knew you would Did you run away from it? I bet you thought you were really good We're gonna burn in hell Green Hell Green Hell Like every hell but kind of green Green Hell Green Hell Try let me get back up there Green Hell Green Hell Feel it burning in your cereal Green Hell Green Hell Throw our fuckin' friends inside Green Hell Green Hell Gotta fuckin' pay and you must stay Green Hell Green Hell Cannot forget about the best Green Hell Green Hell Hell is reigning in your blood Green Hell Green Hell Gotta burn it all Green hell You did your best as someone could I bet you never knew you would And did you run away from me I bet you think they were really good Here in this place lies the key to your death Touch it, see it Here in this place sister won't let it in Touch it, feel it Green hell You did your best as someone could I bet you'd never knew you would Did you run away from it? I bet you thought you were really good You've come to this as someone told I bet you'd never knew you would Gonna bring Green hell 

METALLICA
LEPER MESSIAH

 Spineless from the start 
Sucked into the part 
Circus comes to town 
You play the lead clown 
 
Please, please 
Spreading his disease, living by his story 
Knees, knees 
Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory 
You will 
 
Time for lust, time for lie 
Time to kiss your life goodbye 
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet 
Make a contribution and you'll get the better seat 
 
Bow to Leper Messiah 
 
Marvel at his tricks 
Need your Sunday fix 
Blind devotion came 
Rotting your brain 
 
Chain, chain 
Join the endless chain, taken by his glamour 
Fame, fame 
Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power 
We see 
 
Time for lust, time for lie 
Time to kiss your life goodbye 
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet 
Make a contribution and you'll get the better seat 
 
Bow to Leper Messiah 
 
Witchery, weakening 
Sees the sheep are gathering 
Set the trap, hypnotize 
Now you follow 
 
Time for lust, time for lie 
Time to kiss your life goodbye 
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet 
Make a contribution and you'll get the better seat 
 
Lie 
 


 

METALLICA
LOVERMAN

 (Originally recorded by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) 
 
There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?) 
There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?) 
And he's bucking and braying and pawing at the floor (How much longer?) 
And he's howling with pain, crawling up the walls (How much longer?) 
There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?) 
And he's weak with evil and broken by the world (How much longer?) 
And he's shouting your name and asking for more (How much longer?) 
There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?) 
 
Loverman! Since the world began 
Forever, amen, till the end of time, yeah 
Take off that dress, oh 
I'm coming down, yeah 
I'm your loverman, yeah 
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am 
 
L is for LOVE, baby 
O is for ONLY you that I do 
V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything that you are 
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do 
R is for RAPE me 
M is for MURDER me 
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers 
N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours 
 
Loverman! Till the bitter end 
While the empires burn down 
Forever and ever and ever, ever, amen 
I'm your loverman 
So help me, baby 
So help me, baby 
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am 
I'm your loverman 
 
There's a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?) 
There's a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?) 
With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door (How much longer?) 
With his straining sex in his jumping paw (How much longer?) 
Ooh, there's a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?) 
And he's old and he's stupid and he's hungry and he's sore 
And he's blind and he's lame and he's dirty and he's poor 
Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more (How much longer?) 
There's a devil crawling along your floor 
 
Loverman! Haha! And here I stand 
Forever, amen 
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am, hey 
Forgive me, baby 
My hands are tied 
And I got no choice, no, no, no, no 
I got no choice, no choice at all 
 
I'll say it again 
L is for LOVE, baby 
O is for OH yes I do 
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you 
E is for EVEN if you want me to 
R is for RENDER unto me, baby 
M is for that which is MINE 
A is for ANY old how darling 
N is for ANY old time 
 
Loverman! Yeah, yeah, yeah! I got a masterplan, yeah 
To take off your dress, yeah 
And be your man, be your man, yeah 
Seize the throne, haha 
Seize the mantle 
Seize the crown, yeah 
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am, that I am 
I'm your loverman 
 
There's a devil laying by your side (How much longer?) 
There's a devil laying by your side (How much longer?) 
You might think he's asleep, but take a look at his eyes (How much longer?) 
And he wants you, baby, to be his bride (How much longer?) 
And there's a devil laying by your side (How much longer?) 
 
Loverman! Loverman! Loverman! 
I'll be your loverman! 
Till the end of the time! 
Till the empires burn down! 
Forever, amen 
I'll be your loverman 
I'll be your loverman 
I'm your loverman 
I'm your loverman 
Yeah, I'm your loverman 
I'm your loverman 
Loverman 
I'm your loverman 
I'm your loverman 
I'm your loverman 
Yeah, I'm your loverman 
Yes, I'm your loverman 
Loverman 
Loverman 
Loverman 
Forever, amen 
Loverman 
(How much longer?) 
 


 

METALLICA
LOW MAN'S LYRIC

 My eyes seek reality 
My fingers seek my veins 
There's a dog at your back step 
He must come in from the rain 
 
I fall 'cause I've let go 
The net below has rot away 
So my eyes seek reality 
And my fingers seek my veins 
 
The trash fire is warm 
But nowhere safe from the storm 
And I can't bear to see 
What I've let me be 
So wicked and worn 
 
So as I write to you 
Of what is done and to do 
Maybe you'll understand 
And you won't cry for this man 
'Cause low man is due 
 
Please forgive me 
 
My eyes seek reality 
My fingers feel for faith 
Touch clean with a dirty hand 
I touch the clean to the waste 
 
The trash fire is warm 
But nowhere safe from the storm 
And I can't bear to see 
What I've let me be 
So wicked and worn 
 
So as I write to you 
Of what is done and to do 
Maybe you'll understand 
And won't cry for this man 
'Cause low man is due 
Please forgive me 
 
So low, the sky is all I see 
All I want from you is forgive me 
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain 
Though he just wants right back out again 
 
And I cry to the alleyway 
Confess all to the rain 
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror 
The one I've broken to match my face 
 
The trash fire is warm 
But nowhere safe from the storm 
And I can't bear to see 
What I've let me be 
So wicked and worn 
 
So as I write to you 
Of what is done and to do 
Maybe you'll understand 
And won't cry for this man 
'Cause low man is due 
 
Please forgive me 
 
So low, the sky is all I see 
All I want from you is forgive me 
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain 
Though he just wants right back out again 
 
My eyes seek reality 
My fingers seek my veins 
 


 

METALLICA
MAMA SAID

 Mama, she has taught me well 
Told me when I was young 
Son, your life's an open book 
Don't close it 'fore it's done 
The brightest flame burns 
quickest 
That's what I heard her say 
A son's heart's owed to mother 
But I must find my way 
 
Let my heart go 
Let your son grow 
Mama, let my heart go 
Or, let this heart be still 
 
 Rebel, my new last name 
Wild blood in my veins 
Apron strings around my neck 
The mark that still remains 
I left home at an early age 
Of what I heard was wrong 
I never asked forgiveness 
But what is said is done 
 
Let my heart go 
Let your son grow 
Mama, let my heart go 
Or let this heart be still 
 
Never I ask of you 
But never I gave 
But you gave me your emptiness 
I now take to my grave 
Never I ask of you 
But never I gave 
But you gave me your emptiness 
I now take to my grave 
So let this heart be still 
 
Mama, now I'm coming home 
I'm not all you wished of me 
A mother's love for her son 
Unspoken, help me be 
I took your love for granted 
And all the things you said to me 
I need your arms to welcome me 
But a cold stone's all I see 
 
Let my heart go 
Let your son grow 
Mama, let my heart go 
Or let this heart be still 
 
Let my heart go 
Mama, let my heart go 
You never let my heart go 
So let this heart be still 
 
Never I ask of you 
But never I gave 
But you gave me your emptiness 
I now take to my grave 
Never I ask of you 
But never I gave 
But you gave me your emptiness 
I now take to my grave 
So let this heart be still 
 


 

METALLICA
MASTER OF PUPPETS

 End of passion play, crumbling away 
I'm your source of self destruction 
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear 
Leading on your death's construction 
 
Taste me, you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 
Needlework the way, never you betray 
Life of death becoming clearer 
Pain monopoly, ritual misery 
Chop your breakfast on a mirror 
 
Taste me you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 
Master, master 
Where's the dreams that I've been after? 
Master, master 
You promised only lies 
Laughter, laughter 
All I hear and see is laughter 
Laughter, laughter 
Laughing at my cries 
Fix me 
 
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat 
Just a rhyme without a reason 
Never ending maze, drift on numbered days 
Now your life is out of season 
 
I will occupy 
I will help you die 
I will run through you 
Now I rule you, too 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 


 

METALLICA
MASTER OF PUPPETS

 End of passion play, crumbling away 
I'm your source of self destruction 
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear 
Leading on your death's construction 
 
Taste me, you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 
Needlework the way, never you betray 
Life of death becoming clearer 
Pain monopoly, ritual misery 
Chop your breakfast on a mirror 
 
Taste me you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 
Master, master 
Where's the dreams that I've been after? 
Master, master 
You promised only lies 
Laughter, laughter 
All I hear and see is laughter 
Laughter, laughter 
Laughing at my cries 
Fix me 
 
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat 
Just a rhyme without a reason 
Never ending maze, drift on numbered days 
Now your life is out of season 
 
I will occupy 
I will help you die 
I will run through you 
Now I rule you, too 
 
Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 
 
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
 


 

METALLICA
MERCYFUL FATE

 (Medley of five Mercyful Fate songs: 
Satan's Fall, Curse of the Pharaohs, A Corpse Without Soul, Into The Coven and Evil.) 
 
They're walking by the night 
The moon has frozen blue 
Long black coats a shelter for the rain 
Their load must get through 
 
Now bats are leaving their trees 
They're joining the call 
Seven satanic hell preachers 
Heading for the hall 
 
Bringing the blood of a newborn child, yeah 
Got to succeed, if not it's Satan's fall 
 
Away out in Egypt in the valley of kings 
Where the mummified pharaohs 
Pretend dead in their sleep, yeah 
 
Don't touch, never ever steal 
Unless you're in for the kill 
Or you'll be hit by the curse of the pharaohs 
Yes, you'll be hit and the curse is on you, yeah 
 
Oh, the curse of the pharaohs can be so deadly 
Or just destroying your future 
Making it all shady, yeah 
 
Don't touch, never ever steal 
Unless you're in for the kill (for the kill) 
Or you'll be hit by the curse of the pharaohs 
Yes, you'll be hit and the curse is on you 
 
Listen (listen, listen), yeah 
I'm a corpse, I'm a corpse 
I'm a corpse without soul 
Satan (Satan, Satan), yeah 
He's taken, he's taken 
He's taken his toll, he took it on me 
 
I (I, I), yeah 
I'm trapped, I'm trapped 
I'm trapped in his spell 
Tonight (tonight, tonight), yeah 
I'm going, I'm going 
I'm going to Hell, inside his spell 
 
Howl like a wolf 
And a witch will open the door 
Follow me and meet our high priestess, yeah ee yeah 
 
Come, come into my coven, yeah ee yeah 
And become Lucifer's child 
 
Undress 'til you're naked 
And put on this white coat 
Take this white cross and go to the center of the ring, yeah ee yeah 
 
Come, come into my coven, yeah ee yeah 
And become Lucifer's child 
 
I was born in the cemetery 
Under the sign of the moon 
Raised from my grave by the dead 
And I was made a mercenary 
In the legions of Hell 
Now I'm king of pain, I'm insane, yeah 
 
You know my only pleasure is to hear you cry 
I'd love to hear you cry 
And I'd love to see you die 
And I'll be the first to watch your funeral 
And I'll be the last to leave 
I'd love to hear you cry 
 
And when you're down beyond the ground 
I'll dig up your body again 
And make love to shame 
Oh, lady cry, and say goodbye (goodbye) 
Oh, lady cry, and say goodbye 
 
Yeah, you gotta say goodbye 
Yeah, 'cause I will eat your mind 
 


 

METALLICA
METAL MILITIA

 Thunder and lightning, the gods take revenge 
Senseless destruction 
Victims of fury are cowardly now 
Running for safety 
Stabbing the harlot to pay for her sins 
Leaving the virgin 
Suicide running as if it were free 
Ripping and tearing 
 
Oh, through the mist and the madness 
We're trying to get the message to you 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
 
Chained and shadowed to be left behind 
Nine and one thousand 
Metal militia, for your sacrifice 
Ironclad soldiers 
Join or be conquered, the law of the land 
What will befall you? 
The metalization of your inner soul 
Twisting and turning 
 
Oh, through the mist and the madness 
We're trying to get the message to you 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
 
We are as one, yes, we all are the same 
Fighting for one cause 
Leather and metal are our uniforms 
Protecting what we are 
Joining together to take on the world 
With our heavy metal 
Spreading the message to everyone here 
Come let yourself go 
 
Oh, through the mist and the madness 
We're trying to get the message to you 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
Metal militia 
 


 

METALLICA
MOTORBREATH

 Living and dying, laughing and crying 
Once you have seen it you'll never be the same 
Life in the fast lane is just how it seems 
It's hot and it's heavy and dirty and mean 
 
Motorbreath 
It's how I live my life 
I can't take it any other way 
Motorbreath 
The sign of living fast 
It is going to take your breath away 
 
Don't stop for nothing, it's full speed or nothing 
I'm taking down, you know, whatever's in my way 
Getting your kicks as you're shooting the line 
Sending the shivers up and down my spine 
 
Motorbreath 
It's how I live my life 
I can't take it any other way 
Motorbreath 
The sign of living fast 
It is going to take your breath away 
 
Those people who tell you not to take chances 
They are all missing on what life's about 
You only live once, so take hold of the chance 
Don't end up like others, same song and dance 
 
Motorbreath 
It's how I live my life 
I can't take it any other way 
Motorbreath 
The sign of living fast 
It is going to take your breath away 
 


 

METALLICA
MY FRIEND OF MISERY

 You just stood there screaming 
Fearing no one was listening to you 
They say the empty can rattles the most 
The sound of your own voice must soothe you 
Hearing only what you want to hear 
And knowing only what you've heard 
You, you're smothered in tragedy 
And you're out to save the world 
 
Misery 
You insist that the weight of the world 
Should be on your shoulders 
Misery 
There's much more to life than what you see 
My friend of misery 
 
You still stood there screaming 
No one caring about these words you tell 
My friend, before your voice is gone 
One man's fun is another's hell 
These times are sent to try men's souls 
But something's wrong with all you see 
You, you'll take it on all yourself 
Remember, misery loves company 
 
Misery 
You insist that the weight of the world 
Should be on your shoulders 
Misery 
There's much more to life than what you see 
My friend of misery 
 
You just stood there screaming 
My friend of misery 
 


 

METALLICA
MY WORLD

 The motherfuckers got in my head 
Trying to make me someone else instead 
 
It s my world now 
 
Mama, why s it rainin in my room 
Cheer up boy clouds will move on soon 
Heavy fog got me lost inside 
Gonna sit right back and enjoy this ride 
 
It s my world 
You can t have it 
It s my world, it s my world 
It s my world 
 
I m out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out 
 
Who s in charge of my head today 
Dancin devils in angels way 
 
It s my time now 
 
Look out motherfuckers here I come 
Gonna make my head my home 
The sons of bitches tried to take my head 
Tried to make me someone else instead 
 
It s my world 
You can t have it 
It s my world, it s my world 
It s my world 
 
I m out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out 
 
Not only do I not know the answer 
I don t even know that the question is 
 
God it feels like it only rains on me 
 
Not only do I not know the answer 
I don t even know that the question is 
 
I m out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out of my head, out of my head 
Get em out 
 
Enough s enough

 

METALLICA
NO LEAF CLOVER

 And it feals right this time 
on this crash course with the big time 
pay no mind to the distant thunder 
do they fill his head with wonder, boy 
 
said it feals right this time 
turned around and found new highlight 
good day to be alive sir 
good day to be alive he'd say 
 
when it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel 
was just a freight train comming your way 
then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel 
was just a freight train comming your way 
 
dont it feel right like this 
all the pieces fall to his wish 
sucker for that quick reward boy 
sucker for that quick reward they said 
 
when it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel 
was just a freight train comming your way 
then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel 
was just a freight train comming your way 
its comming your way (2x) 
 
here come 
 
when it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel 
was just a feright train comming yor way 
 
Then it comes to be (8x) 
 


 

METALLICA
NO REMORSE

 No mercy for what we're doing 
No thought to even what we have done 
We don't need to feel the sorrow 
No remorse for the helpless one 
 
War without end 
 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
 
Blood feeds the war machine 
As it eats a way across the land 
We don't need to feel the sorrow 
No remorse is the one command 
 
War without end 
 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
 
Only the strong survive 
No will to save the weaker race 
We are ready to kill all comers 
Like a loaded gun right at your face 
 
War without end 
 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
No remorse, no repent 
We don't care what it meant 
Another day, another death 
Another sorrow, another breath 
 
Attack 
 
Bullets are flying 
People are dying 
With madness surrounding, 
all hell's breaking loose 
Soldiers are hounding 
Bodies are mounting 
Cannons are shouting to take their abuse 
 
With war machines going 
Blood starts to flowing 
No mercy given to anyone here 
The furious fighting 
Swords are like lighting 
It all becomes frightening, 
you know death is near 
 
No remorse 
 


 

METALLICA
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

 So close no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never opened myself this way 
Life is ours, we live it our way 
All these words I don't just say 
And nothing else matters 
 
Trust I seek and I find in you 
Every day for us something new 
Open mind for a different view 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
But I know 
 
So close no matter how far 
It couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
But I know 
 
I never opened myself this way 
Life is ours, we live it our way 
All these words I don't just say 
And nothing else matters 
 
Trust I seek and I find in you 
Every day for us something new 
Open mind for a different view 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they say 
Never cared for games they play 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
And I know 
 
So close no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
No, nothing else matters 
 


 

METALLICA
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

 So close no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never opened myself this way 
Life is ours, we live it our way 
All these words I don't just say 
And nothing else matters 
 
Trust I seek and I find in you 
Every day for us something new 
Open mind for a different view 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
But I know 
 
So close no matter how far 
It couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
But I know 
 
I never opened myself this way 
Life is ours, we live it our way 
All these words I don't just say 
And nothing else matters 
 
Trust I seek and I find in you 
Every day for us something new 
Open mind for a different view 
And nothing else matters 
 
Never cared for what they say 
Never cared for games they play 
Never cared for what they do 
Never cared for what they know 
And I know 
 
So close no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the heart 
Forever trusting who we are 
No, nothing else matters 
 


 

METALLICA
OF WOLF AND MAN

 Off through the new day's mist I run 
Out from the new day's mist I have come 
I hunt 
Therefore I am 
Harvest the land 
Taking of the fallen lamb 
 
Off through the new day's mist I run 
Out from the new day's mist I have come 
We shift 
Pulsing with the earth 
Company we keep 
Roaming the land while you sleep 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I've been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift, back to the meaning of life 
 
Bright is the moon, high in starlight 
Chill in the air, cold as steel tonight 
We shift 
Call of the wild 
Fear in your eyes 
It's later than you realized 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I've been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift, back to the meaning of life 
 
I feel a change 
Back to a better day 
Hair stands on the back of my neck 
In wildness is the preservation of the world 
So seek the wolf in thyself 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I have been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift 
Back to the meaning of wolf and man 


 

METALLICA
OF WOLF AND MAN

 Off through the new day's mist I run 
Out from the new day's mist I have come 
I hunt 
Therefore I am 
Harvest the land 
Taking of the fallen lamb 
 
Off through the new day's mist I run 
Out from the new day's mist I have come 
We shift 
Pulsing with the earth 
Company we keep 
Roaming the land while you sleep 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I've been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift, back to the meaning of life 
 
Bright is the moon, high in starlight 
Chill in the air, cold as steel tonight 
We shift 
Call of the wild 
Fear in your eyes 
It's later than you realized 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I've been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift, back to the meaning of life 
 
I feel a change 
Back to a better day 
Hair stands on the back of my neck 
In wildness is the preservation of the world 
So seek the wolf in thyself 
 
Shape shift, nose to the wind 
Shape shift, feeling I have been 
Move swift, all senses clean 
Earth's gift 
Back to the meaning of wolf and man 


 

METALLICA
ONE

 I can't remember anything 
Can't tell if this is true or dream 
Deep down inside I feel to scream 
This terrible silence stops me 
 
Now that the war is through with me 
I'm waking up, I cannot see 
That there is not much left of me 
Nothing is real but pain now 
 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, wake me 
 
Back in the womb it's much 
too real 
In pumps life that I must feel 
But can't look forward to reveal 
Look to the time when I'll live 
 
Fed through the tube that sticks in me 
Just like a wartime novelty 
Tied to machines that make me be 
Cut this life off from me 
 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, wake me 
 
Now the world is gone, I'm just one 
Oh God, help me 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, help me 
 
Darkness imprisoning me 
All that I see 
Absolute horror 
I cannot live 
I cannot die 
Trapped in myself 
Body my holding cell 
 
Landmine has taken my sight 
Taken my speech 
Taken my hearing 
Taken my arms 
Taken my legs 
Taken my soul 
Left me with life in hell 


 

METALLICA
ONE

 I can't remember anything 
Can't tell if this is true or dream 
Deep down inside I feel to scream 
This terrible silence stops me 
 
Now that the war is through with me 
I'm waking up, I cannot see 
That there is not much left of me 
Nothing is real but pain now 
 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, wake me 
 
Back in the womb it's much 
too real 
In pumps life that I must feel 
But can't look forward to reveal 
Look to the time when I'll live 
 
Fed through the tube that sticks in me 
Just like a wartime novelty 
Tied to machines that make me be 
Cut this life off from me 
 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, wake me 
 
Now the world is gone, I'm just one 
Oh God, help me 
Hold my breath as I wish for death 
Oh please, God, help me 
 
Darkness imprisoning me 
All that I see 
Absolute horror 
I cannot live 
I cannot die 
Trapped in myself 
Body my holding cell 
 
Landmine has taken my sight 
Taken my speech 
Taken my hearing 
Taken my arms 
Taken my legs 
Taken my soul 
Left me with life in hell 
 


 

METALLICA
ORION

 

 

METALLICA
OVERKILL

 (Originally recorded by Motorhead) 
 
Only way to feel the noise, is when it's good and loud 
So good I can't believe it, screaming with the crowd 
 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Shut up 
 
On your feet you feel the beat, it goes straight to your spine 
Shake your head, you must be dead, if it don't make you fly 
 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Get the fuck down 
 
Ooh, yeah! 
 
Know your body's made to move, it goes straight to your spine 
You gotta move it, if it don't make you fly 
 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Don't sweat it, give it back to you 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Overkill 
Get on with it! 
 


 

METALLICA
PHANTOM LORD

 Sound is ripping through your ears 
The deafening sound of metal nears 
Your body's waiting for his whips 
The taste of leather on your lips 
 
Hear the cry of war 
Louder than before 
With his sword in hand 
To control the land 
Crushing metal strikes 
On this frightening night 
Fall onto your knees 
For the Phantom Lord 
 
Victims falling under chains 
You hear them crying dying pains 
Fist of terror's breaking through 
Now there's nothing you can do 
 
Hear the cry of war 
Louder than before 
With his sword in hand 
To control the land 
Crushing metal strikes 
On this frightening night 
Fall onto your knees 
For the Phantom Lord 
 
The leather armies have prevailed 
The Phantom Lord has never failed 
Smoke is lifting from the ground 
The rising volume metal sound 
 
Hear the cry of war 
Louder than before 
With his sword in hand 
To control the land 
Crushing metal strikes 
On this frightening night 
Fall onto your knees 
For the Phantom Lord 
 
Fall to your knees 
And bow to the Phantom Lord 


 

METALLICA
POOR TWISTED ME

 Oh, poor twisted me 
Oh, poor twisted me 
I feast on sympathy 
I chew on suffer 
I chew on agony 
 
Swallow whole the pain 
Oh, it's too good to be 
That all this misery 
Is just for, oh, poor twisted me 
Poor twisted me 
 
Poor mistreated me 
Poor mistreated me 
I drown without a sea 
Lungs fill with sorrow 
Lungs fill with misery 
 
Inhaling the deep, dark blue 
Oh, woe is me 
Such a burden to be 
The poor mistreated me 
 
To finally reach the shore, survive the storm 
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm 
So warm, you bathe your soul again 
 
Baby, again and again and again 
 
You finally reached the shore, survived the storm 
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm 
So warm, you bathe your soul again 
 
Good to feel my friend 
Oh, woe is me 
Such a burden to be 
Oh, poor twisted me 
Yo, poor twisted me 
 


 

METALLICA
PRINCE CHARMING

 There's a black cloud overhead 
That's me 
And the poison ivy chokes the tree 
Again it's me 
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street you walk on by 
I'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes it cry 
 
There's a dirty needle in your child 
Stick me 
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead 
Still me 
I'm the suit and tie that bleeds the street and still wants more 
I'm the forty five that's in your mouth, I'm a dirty, dirty whore 
 
Look, it's me 
The one who can't be free 
Much too young to focus 
But too old to see 
 
Hey, look, it's me 
What no one wants to see 
See what you brought this world 
Just what you want to see 
Hey, Ma 
Hey, Mom! Look, it's me 
 
And he wants to be called Father now 
Me again, me 
The marks inside your arms spell me 
Spell only me 
I'm the nothing face that plants the bomb and strolls away 
I'm the one who doesn't look quite right as children play 
 
Look, it's me 
The one who can't be free 
Much too young to focus 
But too old to see 
 
Hey, look, it's me 
What no one wants to see 
See what you brought this world 
Just what you want you want to see 
Hey, Ma 
Hey, Ma! Look, it's me 
 
Look up to me, 
What to be and what to fear 
Look up to me 
Look, it's me. Like what you hear? 
See right through me 
See the one who can't be free 
See right through me 
Look, it's me, what no one wants to see 
 
Now see the black cloud up ahead 
That's me 
And this poison ivy chokes the tree 
Again it's me 
And I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street you walk on by 
I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes, makes it cry 
 
Look, it's me 
The one who can't be free 
Much too young to focus 
But too old to see 
 
Hey, look, it's me 
What no one wants to see 
See what you brought this world 
Just what you want to see 
Hey, Ma 
Hey, Ma! Look, it's me 
 
Hey, Ma 
Hey, Ma! Look, it's me 
 


 

METALLICA
PURIFY

 Tear it down 
Strip the layers off 
My turpentine 
Old pain, old looks 
Cover up the past 
White heat, white light 
Super white bones 
Bones of you and I 
 
Pure If I Can t you help me? 
Pure if I Won t you help me? 
Purify you and I 
Purify you and I 
Pure if I Can t you help me? 
Pure if I Won t you help me? 
You and I purify 
 
Truth and dare 
Peeling back the skin 
Acid wash 
Ghost white 
Ultra clean 
Wanna be skeleton 
Clear eyes 
Diamond eyes 
Strip the paste of mine 
My sweet turpentine 
 
I can find the dirt on anything 
I can find the dirt on anything 
I ain t dancing with your skeletons 
I ain t dancing with what might have been

 

METALLICA
RIDE THE LIGHTNING

 Guilty as charged 
But damn it, it ain't right 
There's someone else controlling me 
Death in the air 
Strapped in the electric chair 
This can't be happening to me 
 
Who made you God to say, 
 I'll take your life from you ? 
 
Flash before my eyes 
Now it's time to die 
Burning in my brain 
I can feel the flame 
 
Wait for the sign 
To flick the switch of death 
It's the beginning of the end 
Sweat, chilling cold 
As I watch death unfold 
Consciousness my only friend 
 
My fingers grip with fear 
What am I doing here? 
 
Flash before my eyes 
Now it's time to die 
Burning in my brain 
I can feel the flame 
 
Someone help me 
Oh please, God help me 
They are trying to take it all away 
I don't want to die 
 
Time moving slow 
The minutes seem like hours 
The final curtain call I see 
How true is this 
Just get it over with 
If this is true, just let it be 
 
Wakened by horrid scream 
Freed from this frightening dream 
 
Flash before my eyes 
Now it's time to die 
Burning in my brain 
I can feel the flame 
 


 

METALLICA
RONNIE

 Story starts, quiet town 
Small town boy, big time frown 
Never talks, never plays 
Different path, lost his way 
 
Then streets of red red, I'm afraid 
There's no confetti, no parade 
Nothing happens in this boring place 
But, oh my God, how it all did change 
 
Now they all pray, 
 Blood stain, wash away 
 
He said, 
 Lost my way 
This bloody day 
Lost my way 
 
I heard it 
He said, 
 Lost my way 
This bloody day 
Lost my way 
Oh, please wash away 
But blood stained the sun red today 
 
I always said something's wrong 
With little, strange Ronnie Long 
Never laughed, never smiled 
Talked alone for miles and miles and miles 
 
 Gallow calls, son, I say 
Keep your smile and laugh all day 
Think once again in this boring place 
For little boys, how they soon change 
And they all pray, 
 Blood stain, wash away 
 
He said, 
 I lost my way 
This bloody day 
Lost my way 
I heard it 
He said, 
 I lost my way 
This bloody day 
I lost my way 
Oh, please wash away 
But blood stained the sun red today 
 
Well, all the green things died when Ronnie moved to this place 
He said, Don't you dare ask why I'm cursed to wear this face 
Now we all know why the children called him Ronnie Frown 
When he pulled that gun from his pocket they all fall down, down, down 
 
He said, 
 Lost my way 
This bloody day 
Lost my way 
 
Yeah, yeah 
I heard it 
He screamed, 
 Lost my way 
This bloody day 
Lost my way 
 
Oh, please wash away 
But blood stained the sun red today 
 
All things wash away 
And they all fall down 
But blood stained the sun today 
 
All things wash away 
And they all fall down 
But blood stained the sun today 
 


 

METALLICA
SABBRA CADABRA

 (Originally recorded by Black Sabbath) 
 
Feel so good, I feel so fine 
Love that little lady always on my mind 
She gives me loving every night and day 
Never gonna leave her, never going away 
 
Someone to love me 
You know she makes me feel all right, yeah (all right) 
Someone to need me 
Love me every single night, yeah 
 
Feel so happy since I met that girl 
When we're making love 
It's something out of this world 
Feels so good to know that she's all mine 
Gonna love that woman 'til the end of time 
 
Someone to live for 
Love me 'til the end of time, hey, hey yeah 
She makes me feel happy 
It's good to know that she's all mine 
 
I am the world that hides 
The universal secret of all time 
Destruction of the empty spaces 
Is my one and only crime 
I've lived a thousand times 
I found out what it means to be believed 
The thoughts and images 
The unborn child that never was conceived 
 
You gotta believe me 
Hey, I'm talking to you 
 
Well, I know, it's hard for you 
To know the reason why 
And I know you'll understand 
More when it's time to die 
Don't believe the life you have 
Will be the only one 
You have to let your body sleep 
To let your soul live on, haha 
 
Ooh 
Feel so happy since I met that girl 
When we're making love 
It's something out of this world 
Feels so good to know that she's all mine 
Gonna love that woman 'til the end of time 
 
Someone to live for 
Love me 'til the end of time, yeah, ooh, oh 
She makes me feel happy 
It's good to know that she's all mine 
She's all mine, yeah 
Yo, ooh, yeah 
 


 

METALLICA
SAD BUT TRUE

 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 
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 
 
You 
You're my mask 
You're my cover, my shelter 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
Pay 
Pay the price 
Pay, for nothing's fair 
Hey 
I'm your life 
I'm the one who took you here 
Hey 
I'm your life 
And I no longer care 
 
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 
 


 

METALLICA
SAD BUT TRUE

 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 
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 
 
You 
You're my mask 
You're my cover, my shelter 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
Pay 
Pay the price 
Pay, for nothing's fair 
Hey 
I'm your life 
I'm the one who took you here 
Hey 
I'm your life 
And I no longer care 
 
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 
 


 

METALLICA
SEEK AND DESTROY

 We're scanning the scene in the city tonight 
We're looking for you to start up a fight 
There's an evil feeling in our brains 
But it's nothing new, you know it drives us insane 
 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
 
There is no escape and that's for sure 
This is the end, we won't take any more 
Say goodbye to the world you live in 
You have always been taking but now you're giving 
 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
 
Our brains are on fire with the feeling to kill 
And it won't go away until our dreams are fulfilled 
There is only one thing on our minds 
Don't try running away, 'cause you're the one we will find 
 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Running, on our way 
Hiding, you will pay 
Dying, one thousand deaths 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
Searching 
Seek and destroy 
 


 

METALLICA
SHOOT ME AGAIN

 I won t go away 
Right here I ll stay 
 
Stand silent in flames 
Stand tall till it fades 
 
Shoot me again 
I ain t done yet 
 
Shoot me again 
 
All the shots I take 
I spit back t you 
All the shit you fake 
Comes back to haunt you 
 
All the shots 
 
All the shots I take 
What difference did I make? 
All the shots I take 
I spit back at you 
 
I won t go away, with a bullet in my back 
Right here I ll stay, with a bullet in my back 
 
Shoot me 
Take a shot 
 
I ll stand on my own, with a bullet in my back 
I m stranded and sold , with a bullet in my back 
 
I bite my tongue 
Trying not to shoot back 
No compromise 
My heart won t pump the other way 
 
Wake the sleeping giant 
Wake the beast 
Wake the sleeping dog 
No, let him sleep

 

METALLICA
SLITHER

 Don't go looking for snakes, you might find them 
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
 
Watch the puppets dancing 
See the clowns fall down 
Tie your tap shoes tightly 
And wear them into town 
 
See you crawlin' 
See you crawlin' in 
 
Don't go looking for snakes, you might find them 
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
There ain't no heroes here, no, no more 
 
Play the game so nicely 
Check, it's your move now 
We're standing in this jungle 
With serpents I have found 
 
See you crawlin' 
See you crawlin' in 
 
Don't go looking for snakes, you might find them 
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
Have your heroes disappeared? 
 
See you crawlin' 
See you crawlin' in 
 
So don't go looking for snakes, you might find them 
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
No, there ain't no heroes here, no 
 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
No there ain't no heroes here 
 
Don't go looking for snakes, you might find them 
Haven't I seen you here before? 
Have your heroes disappeared? 
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them 


 

METALLICA
SO WHAT

 (Originally recorded by Anti Nowhere League) 
 
So fucking what! 
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton, 
I've been to Eastbourne too. 
So what, so what. 
And I've been here, I've been there, 
I've been every fucking where. 
So what, so what. 
So what, so what, you boring little cunt. 
Well, who cares, who cares what you do. 
Yeah, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you. 
Well, I fucked a queen, I fucked fuck, 
I've even sucked an old man's cock. 
So what, so what. 
And I fucked a sheep, I fucked a goat, 
I rammed my cock right down its throat. 
So what, so what. 
So what, so what, you boring little fuck. 
Well, who cares, who cares what you do. 
And, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you. 
And I've drunk that, I've drunk this, 
I've spewed up on a pint of piss. 
So what, so what. 
I've had scank, I've had speed, 
I've jacked up until I bleed. 
So what, so what. 
So what, so what, you boring little cunt. 
Well, who cares, who cares what you do. 
Yeah, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you, you. 
I've had crabs, I've had lice, 
I've had the clap and that ain't nice. 
So what, so what. 
I fucked this, I fucked that, 
I've even fucked a school girl's twat. 
So what, so what. 
So what, so what, you boring little fuck. 
Well, who cares, who cares what you do. 
And, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you, you. 
So fucking what! Yeah! 
 


 

METALLICA
SOME KIND OF MONSTER

 These are the eyes that can t see m e 
These are the hands that drop your trust 
These are the boots that kick you around 
This is the tongue that speaks on the inside 
These are the ears that ring with hate 
This is the face that ll never change 
This is the fist that grinds you down 
This is the voice of silence no more 
 
These are the legs in circles run 
This is the beating you ll never know 
These are the lips that taste no freedom 
This is the feel that s not safe 
This is the face you ll never change 
This is the God that ain t so pure 
This is the God that is not pure 
This is the voice of silence no more 
 
We the people 
Are we the people? 
 
Some kind of monster 
The monster lives 
 
This is the face that stones you could 
This is the moment that needs to breathe 
These are the claws that scratch these wounds 
This is the pain that never leaves 
This is the tongue that whips you down 
This is the burden of every man 
These are the screams that pierce your skin 
This is the voice of silence no more 
 
This is the test of flesh and soul 
This is the trap that smells so good 
This is the flood that drains these eyes 
These are the looks that chill to the bone 
These are the fears that swing over heard 
These are the weights that hold you down 
This is the end that will never end 
This is the voice of silence no more 
 
We the people 
Are we the people? 
 
Some kind of Monster 
The monster lives 
 
This is the could that swallows trust 
This is the black that uncolors us 
This is the face that you hide from 
This is the mask that comes undone 
 
Ominous 
I m in us 

 

METALLICA
ST. ANGER

 St. Anger round my neck 
St. Anger round my neck 
He never gets respect 
St. Anger round my neck 
 
(Its rushing out, Its rushing out) 
St. Anger round my neck 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
He never gets respect 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
St. Anger round my neck 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
He never gets respect 
 
[Chorus:] 
Fuck it all and no regrets 
I hit the lights on these dark sets 
I need a voice to let myself 
To let myself go free 
Fuck it all and fuck regrets 
I hit the lights on these dark sets 
Medallion noose I hang myself 
St. Anger round my neck 
 
I feel my world shake 
I can't look away 
Hard to see clear 
Is it me 
Or is it fear? 
 
I'm madly in anger with you [2x] 
 
St. Anger round my neck 
St. Anger round my neck 
He never gets respect 
St. Anger round my neck 
 
(Its rushing out, Its rushing out) 
St. Anger round my neck 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
He never gets respect 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
St. Anger round my neck 
(It's rushing out, It's rushing out) 
He never gets respect 
 
[Chorus] 
 
I feel my world shake 
I can't look away 
Hard to see clear 
Is it me 
Or is it fear? 
 
I'm madly in anger with you [4x] 
 
I want my anger to be healthy 
I want my anger just for me 
I need my anger not to control 
I want my anger to be me 
 
I need set my anger free 
I need to set my anger free 
Set it free! 
 
[Chorus] 
 
I feel my world shake 
I can't look away 
Hard to see clear 
Is it me 
Or is it fear? 
 
I'm madly in anger with you [4x] 
 


 

METALLICA
STONE COLD CRAZY

 (Originally recorded by Queen) 
 
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning, 
I was dreaming I was Al Capone. 
Rumours going round, gotta clear out of town, 
Smell like a dry fishbone. 
Here come the law, gonna break down the door, 
Carry me away once more. 
Never, never, never want it anymore, 
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor. 
Crazy, stone cold crazy, you know. 
Rainy afternoon, ought to kill a typhoon, 
And she's playing on my slide trombone. 
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore, 
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor. 
Crazy, stone cold crazy, you know. 
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet, 
Fully loaded Tommy gun. 
Here come the deputy, try fucking getting me, 
Gotta fucking get up and run. 
They got the sirens loose, I ran right out of juice. 
They're gonna put me in a cell, 
If I can't go to heaven, let me go to hell. 
Crazy, stone cold crazy, you know, yeah 
 


 

METALLICA
STONE DEAD FOREVER

 (Originally recorded by Motorhead) 
 
Get on! 
 
You think you see me, in the glass 
You think you hear me, better listen fast 
I think I see you, gone to seed 
Think your reason, is your guilt and greed 
 
You're out there on your own 
Your face is turned to stone 
What ever happened to your life? 
Stone dead forever 
All right! 
 
You're a financial wizard, yeah, a top tycoon 
You're a sweet long lizard, with a silver spoon 
You know you've never had it, quite so good 
And you didn't know, that you even could 
 
Your time has come to own 
Your touch turned to gold 
What ever happened to your life? 
Stone dead forever 
All right! 
 
It's been a long time, it's been a long long wait 
And you caught your fingers, in the pearly gates 
You better leave your number, and we'll call you 
You know your problem, ain't exactly new 
 
Your time has come today 
Your face has turned to hey 
What ever happened to your life? 
Stone dead forever 
That's right! 
 
Yo! 
 
[Aaah...] 
 


 

METALLICA
SWEET AMBER

 

 

METALLICA
THE CALL OF KTULU

 

 

METALLICA
THE CALL OF THE KTULU

 

 

METALLICA
THE ECSTASY OF GOLD

 

 

METALLICA
THE FOUR HORSEMEN

 By the last breath the fourth winds blow 
Better raise your ears 
The sound of hooves knock at your door 
Lock up your wife and children now 
It's time to wield the blade 
For now you've got some company 
 
The Horsemen are drawing nearer 
On leather steeds they ride 
They've come to take your life 
On through the dead of night 
With the Four Horsemen ride 
Or choose your fate and die 
 
You have been dying since the day you were born 
You know it's all been planned 
The quartet of deliverance rides 
A sinner once, a sinner twice 
No need for confessions now 
'Cause now you've got the fight of your life 
 
The Horsemen are drawing nearer 
On leather steeds they ride 
They've come to take your life 
On through the dead of night 
With the Four Horsemen ride 
Or choose your fate and die 
 
Time has taken its toll on you 
The lines that crack your face 
Famine, your body it has torn through 
Withered in every place 
Pestilence, for what you had to endure 
And what you have put others through 
Death, deliverance for you for sure 
Now there's nothing you can do 
 
So gather 'round young warriors now 
And saddle up your steeds 
Killing scores with demon swords 
Now is the death of doers of wrong 
Swing the judgement hammer down 
Safely inside armor blood guts and sweat 
 
The Horsemen are drawing nearer 
On leather steeds they ride 
They've come to take your life 
On through the dead of night 
With the Four Horsemen ride 
Or choose your fate and die 
 


 

METALLICA
THE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY

 Never hunger 
Never prosper 
I have fallen prey to failure 
 
Struggle within 
Triggered again 
Now the candle burns at both ends 
 
Twisting under schizophrenia 
Falling deep into dementia 
 
Old habits reappear 
Fighting the fear of fear 
Growing conspiracy 
Everyone's after me 
Frayed ends of sanity 
Hear them calling 
Hear them calling me 
 
Birth of terror 
Death of much more 
I'm the slave of fear, my captor 
 
Never warnings 
Spreading its wings 
As I wait for the horror she brings 
 
Loss of interest, question, wonder 
Waves of fear they pull me under 
 
Old habits reappear 
Fighting the fear of fear 
Growing conspiracy 
Everyone's after me 
Frayed ends of sanity 
Hear them calling 
Hear them calling me 
 
Into ruin 
I am sinking 
Hostage of this nameless feeling 
 
Hell is set free 
Flooded I'll be 
Feel the undertow inside me 
 
Height, hell, time, haste, terror, tension 
Life, death, want, waste, mass depression 
 
Old habits reappear 
Fighting the fear of fear 
Growing conspiracy 
Myself is after me 
Frayed ends of sanity 
Hear them calling 
Frayed ends of sanity 
Hear them calling 
Hear them calling me 
 


 

METALLICA
THE GOD THAT FAILED

 Pride you took 
Pride you feel 
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel 
 
Not the word 
Not the love 
Not what you thought from above 
 
It feeds 
It grows 
It clouds all that you will know 
Deceit 
Deceive 
Decide just what you believe 
 
I see faith in your eyes 
Never you hear the discouraging lies 
I hear faith in your cries 
Broken is the promise, betrayal 
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail 
Follow the god that failed 
 
Find your peace 
Find your say 
Find the smooth road on your way 
 
Trust you gave 
A child to save 
Left you cold and him in grave 
 
It feeds 
It grows 
It clouds all that you will know 
Deceit 
Deceive 
Decide just what you believe 
I see faith in your eyes 
Never you hear the discouraging lies 
I hear faith in your cries 
Broken is the promise, betrayal 
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail 
Follow the god that failed 
 
I see faith in your eyes 
Broken is the promise, betrayal 
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail 
Follow the god that failed 
 
Pride you took 
Pride you feel 
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel 
 
Trust you gave 
A child to save 
Left you cold and him in grave 
 
I see faith in your eyes 
Never you hear the discouraging lies 
I hear faith in your cries 
Broken is the promise, betrayal 
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail 
Follow the god that failed 
Follow the god that failed 
Broken is the promise, betrayed 
Betrayal 
 


 

METALLICA
THE HOUSE JACK BUILT

 Open door, so I walk inside 
Close my eyes, find my place 
to hide 
And I shake as I take it in 
Let the show begin 
 
Open my eyes just to have them close again 
Well on my way, but on my way to where I've been 
It swallows me as it takes me in its fog 
I twist away as I give this world the nod 
 
Open door, so I walk inside 
Close my eyes, find my place to hide 
And I shake as I take it in 
Let the show begin 
 
Open my eyes just to have them closed once again 
Don't want control 
As it takes me down and down and down again 
Is that the moon or just a light that lights this dead end street? 
Is that you there or just another demon that I meet? 
 
The higher you are 
The farther you fall 
The longer the walk 
The farther you crawl 
My body, my temple 
This temple, it tilts 
Step into the house that Jack built 
 
The higher you are 
The farther you fall 
The longer the walk 
The farther you crawl 
My body, my temple 
This temple, it tilts 
Yes, this is the house that Jack built 
 
Open door, yes, I walk inside 
Swallow me so the pain subsides 
And I shake as I take the sin 
Let the show begin 
 
The higher you are 
The farther you fall 
The longer the walk 
The farther you crawl 
My body, my temple 
This temple, it tilts 
Yes, this is the house that 
Jack built 
 
The higher you are 
The farther you fall 
The longer the walk 
The farther you crawl 
My body, my temple 
This temple, it tilts 
Yes, I am, I am, I am 
 
Open my eyes 
It swallows me 
Is that you there 
I twist away 
Away 
Away 
Away 
 


 

METALLICA
THE MECHANIX

 Imagine you were at my station 
And you brought your motor to me 
Your a burner yeah a real motor car 
Said you wanna get your order filled 
Made me shiver when i put it in 
Pumping just won't do ya know luckily for you 
Who ever thought you'd be better 
At turning a screw than me 
I do it for my life 
Made my drive shaft crank 
Made my pistons buldge 
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat 
We were shifting hard when we took off 
Put tonight all four on the floor 
When we hit top end ya know it feels too slow 
I'm giving you my room service 
And ya know it's more than enough 
Oh one more time ya know i'm in love 
 


 

METALLICA
THE MEMORY REMAINS

 Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Heavy rings on fingers wave 
Another star denies the grave 
See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere cheers of honor 
 
Like twisted vines that grow 
Hide and swallow mansions whole 
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Heavy rings hold cigarettes 
Up to lips that time forgets 
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back 
 
And can't the band play on? 
Just listen, they play my song 
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Dance, little tin goddess 
 
Drift away 
Fade away 
Little tin goddess 
 
Ash to ash 
Dust to dust 
Fade to black 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Ash to ash 
Dust to dust 
Fade to black 
But the memory remains 
 
To this faded prima donna 
 
Dance, little tin goddess, dance 
 


 

METALLICA
THE MEMORY REMAINS

 Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Heavy rings on fingers wave 
Another star denies the grave 
See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere cheers of honor 
 
Like twisted vines that grow 
Hide and swallow mansions whole 
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Heavy rings hold cigarettes 
Up to lips that time forgets 
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back 
 
And can't the band play on? 
Just listen, they play my song 
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Dance, little tin goddess 
 
Drift away 
Fade away 
Little tin goddess 
 
Ash to ash 
Dust to dust 
Fade to black 
 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
Fortune, fame 
Mirror vain 
Gone insane 
But the memory remains 
 
Ash to ash 
Dust to dust 
Fade to black 
But the memory remains 
 
To this faded prima donna 
 
Dance, little tin goddess, dance 
 


 

METALLICA
THE MORE I SEE

 (Originally recorded by Discharge) 
 
From where I stand I see 
Pain, suffering and misery, yeah 
 
The more I see, the more I see 
The less, the less I believe 
 
From where I stand I see 
Hate, violence and war 
 
The more I see, the more I see, ooh 
The less, the less I believe 
 
The more I see, the more I see, aah 
The less, the less I believe, I believe 
 
From where I stand I see 
Pain, suffering and misery, yeah 
 
The more I see, the more I see 
The less, the less I believe 
 
The more I see, the more I see 
The more I see, yeah, the more I see, yeah 
The more I see, yeah 
The less, the less I believe 
 
[Thank you] 
 


 

METALLICA
THE OUTLAW TORN

 And now I wait my whole lifetime for you 
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you 
 
I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you 
I search the outside, search inside for you 
 
To take back what you left me 
I know I'll always burn to be 
The one who seeks so I may find 
And now I wait my whole lifetime 
 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
And I'm torn 
 
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you 
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you 
 
The more I search, the more my need for you 
The more I bless, the more I bleed for you 
 
You make me smash the clock and feel 
I'd rather die behind the wheel 
Time was never on my side 
So on I wait my whole lifetime 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
And I'm torn 
 
Hear me 
And if I close my mind in fear 
Please pry it open 
See me 
And if my face becomes sincere 
Beware 
Hold me 
And when I start to come undone 
Stitch me together 
Save me 
And when you see me strut 
Remind me of what left this outlaw torn 
 


 

METALLICA
THE OUTLAW TORN

 And now I wait my whole lifetime for you 
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you 
 
I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you 
I search the outside, search inside for you 
 
To take back what you left me 
I know I'll always burn to be 
The one who seeks so I may find 
And now I wait my whole lifetime 
 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
And I'm torn 
 
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you 
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you 
 
The more I search, the more my need for you 
The more I bless, the more I bleed for you 
 
You make me smash the clock and feel 
I'd rather die behind the wheel 
Time was never on my side 
So on I wait my whole lifetime 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
Outlaw of torn 
And I'm torn 
 
Hear me 
And if I close my mind in fear 
Please pry it open 
See me 
And if my face becomes sincere 
Beware 
Hold me 
And when I start to come undone 
Stitch me together 
Save me 
And when you see me strut 
Remind me of what left this outlaw torn 
 


 

METALLICA
THE PRINCE

 (Originally recorded by Diamond Head) 
 
Now I see his face, I see his smile 
Such a lonely place, no golden mile. 
Eyes tell of morbid tales, of his black heart. 
His deeds through ages past tell of his part. 
See his face, see his smile. 
Time to die, o oh, no oh, no oh. 
Angel from below, change my dreams. 
I want for glory's hour, for wealth's esteem. 
I wish to sell my soul, to be reborn. 
I wish for earthly riches, don't want no crown of thorns. 
See his face, see his smile. 
Time to die, o oh, o oh, no oh. 
I was born a fool, don't want to stay that way. 
Devil take my soul, with diamonds you repay. 
I don't care for heaven, so don't you look for me to cry. 
And I will burn in hell, from the day I die. 
See his face, see his smile. 
Time to die, o oh, no oh, no 


 

METALLICA
THE SHORTEST STRAW

 Suspicion is your name 
Your honesty to blame 
Put dignity to shame 
Dishonor 
Witch hunt modern day 
Determining decay 
The blatant disarray 
Disfigure 
The public eye's disgrace 
Defying common place 
Unending paper chase 
Unending 
 
Deafening 
Painstaking 
Reckoning 
This vertigo it doth bring 
 
Shortest straw 
Challenge liberty 
Downed by law 
Live in infamy 
Rub you raw 
Witch hunt riding through 
Shortest straw 
The shortest straw has been pulled for you 
 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
The shortest straw has been pulled for you 
 
The accusations fly 
Discrimination, why? 
Your inner self to die 
Intruding 
Doubt sunk itself in you 
Its teeth and talons through 
You're living Catch 2 2 
Deluding 
A mass hysteria 
A megalomania 
Reveal dementia 
Reveal 
 
Secretly 
Silently 
Certainly 
In vertigo you will be 
 
Shortest straw 
Challenge liberty 
Downed by law 
Live in infamy 
Rub you raw 
Witch hunt riding through 
Shortest straw 
This shortest straw has been pulled for you 
 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Shortest straw has been pulled for you 
 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Pulled for you 
Shortest straw 
Shortest straw has been pulled for you 
 
Behind you, hands are tied 
Your being, ostracized 
Your hell is multiplied 
Upending 
The fallout has begun 
Oppressive damage done 
Your many turned to none 
To nothing 
You're reaching your nadir 
Your will has disappeared 
The lie is crystal clear 
Defending 
 
Channels red 
One word said 
Blacklisted 
With vertigo make you dead 
 
Shortest straw 
Challenge liberty 
Downed by law 
Live in infamy 
Rub you raw 
Witch hunt riding through 
Shortest straw 
The shortest straw has been pulled for you 
Pulled for you 
 


 

METALLICA
THE SMALL HOURS

 Look out at the darkness, 
And you will see, 
Just call my name and I'll be there. 
 
You cannot touch me, 
You would not dare, 
I am the chill that's in the air. 
 
(chorus) 
 
And I try to get through to you, 
In my own special way, 
As the barriers crumble, 
At the end of the day. 
 
Dark rivers are flowing, 
Back into the past, 
You are the fish for which I cast. 
 
And what of the future, 
What is to be, 
As the rivers flow into the sea. 
 
(chorus) 
 
Do not take for granted, 
Powers out there, 
Don't step into the demon's lair. 
 
Time is an illusion, 
Rising from time, 
Steep is the mountain which we climb 
 


 

METALLICA
THE SMALL HOURS

 Look out at the darkness, 
And you will see, 
Just call my name and I'll be there. 
 
You cannot touch me, 
You would not dare, 
I am the chill that's in the air. 
 
(chorus) 
 
And I try to get through to you, 
In my own special way, 
As the barriers crumble, 
At the end of the day. 
 
Dark rivers are flowing, 
Back into the past, 
You are the fish for which I cast. 
 
And what of the future, 
What is to be, 
As the rivers flow into the sea. 
 
(chorus) 
 
Do not take for granted, 
Powers out there, 
Don't step into the demon's lair. 
 
Time is an illusion, 
Rising from time, 
Steep is the mountain which we climb 
 


 

METALLICA
THE STRUGGLE WITHIN

 Reaching out for something you've got to feel 
While clutching to what you had thought was real 
 
Kicking at a dead horse pleases you 
No way of showing your gratitude 
So many things you don't want to do 
What is it? What have you got to lose? 
 
What the hell? 
What is it you think you're gonna find? 
Hypocrite 
Boredom sets into the boring mind 
 
Struggle within, it suits you fine 
Struggle within, your ruin 
Struggle within, you seal your own coffin 
Struggle within, the struggling within 
 
Home is not a home, it becomes a hell 
Turning it into your prison cell 
Advantages are taken, not handed out 
While you struggle inside your hell 
 
Reaching out 
Grabbing for something you've got to feel 
Closing in 
The pressure upon you is so unreal 
 
Struggle within, it suits you fine 
Struggle within, your ruin 
Struggle within, you seal your own coffin 
Struggle within, struggling within 
 
Struggle 
 
Reaching out for something you've got to feel 
While clutching to what you had thought was real 
 
What the hell? 
What is it you think you're gonna find? 
Hypocrite 
Boredom sets into the boring mind 
 
Struggle within, it suits you fine 
Struggle within, your ruin 
Struggle within, you seal your own coffin 
Struggle within, struggling within 
 


 

METALLICA
THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE

 Messenger of fear in sight 
Dark deception kills the light 
 
Hybrid children watch the sea 
Pray for father, roaming free 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Great old one 
Forbidden site 
He searches 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
 
Crawling chaos underground 
Cult has summoned twisted sound 
 
Out from ruins once possessed 
Fallen city, living death 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Timeless sleep 
Has been upset 
He awakens 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
In madness you dwell 
 
Not dead which eternal lie 
Stranger eons, death may die 
 
Drain you of your sanity 
Face the thing that should not be 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Great old one 
Forbidden site 
He searches 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
 


 

METALLICA
THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE

 Messenger of fear in sight 
Dark deception kills the light 
 
Hybrid children watch the sea 
Pray for father, roaming free 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Great old one 
Forbidden site 
He searches 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
 
Crawling chaos underground 
Cult has summoned twisted sound 
 
Out from ruins once possessed 
Fallen city, living death 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Timeless sleep 
Has been upset 
He awakens 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
In madness you dwell 
 
Not dead which eternal lie 
Stranger eons, death may die 
 
Drain you of your sanity 
Face the thing that should not be 
 
Fearless wretch 
Insanity 
He watches 
Lurking beneath the sea 
Great old one 
Forbidden site 
He searches 
Hunter of the shadows is rising 
Immortal 
In madness you dwell 
 


 

METALLICA
THE UNFORGIVEN

 New blood joins this earth 
And quickly he's subdued 
Through constant pained disgrace 
The young boy learns their rules 
 
With time, the child draws in 
This whipping boy done wrong 
Deprived of all his thoughts 
The young man struggles on and on, he's known 
A vow unto his own 
That never from this day 
His will they'll take away 
 
What I've felt 
What I've known 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
Never be 
Never see 
Won't see what might have been 
 
What I've felt 
What I've known 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
Never free 
Never me 
So I dub thee Unforgiven 
 
They dedicate their lives 
To running all of his 
He tries to please them all 
This bitter man he is 
 
Throughout his life the same 
He's battled constantly 
This fight he cannot win 
A tired man they see no longer cares 
The old man then prepares 
To die regretfully 
That old man here is me 
 
What I've felt 
What I've known 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
Never be 
Never see 
Won't see what might have been 
 
What I've felt 
What I've known 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
Never free 
Never me 
So I dub thee Unforgiven 
 
You labeled me 
I'll label you 
So I dub thee Unforgiven 
 


 

METALLICA
THE UNFORGIVEN II

 Lay beside me, tell me what they've done 
Speak the words I want to hear, to make my demons run 
The door is locked now but it's opened if you're true 
If you can understand the me, then I can understand the you 
 
Lay beside me, under wicked skies 
Through black of day, dark of night, we share this paralyze 
The door cracks open but there's no sun shining through 
Black heart scarring darker still, but there's no sun shining through 
 
No, there's no sun shining through 
No, there's no sun shining 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you? 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you 
Or are you unforgiven, too? 
 
Come beside me, this won't hurt, I swear 
She loves me not, she loves me still, but she'll never love again 
She lay beside me but she'll be there when I'm gone 
Black heart scarring darker still, yes, she'll be there when I'm gone 
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone 
Dead sure she'll be there 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn to stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you? 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you 
Or are you unforgiven, too? 
 
Lay beside me, tell me what I've done 
The door is closed, so are your eyes 
But now I see the sun, now I see the sun 
Yes, now I see it 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you? 
 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there? 'Cause I'm the one who waits 
The one who waits for you 
 
I take this key 
And I bury it in you 
Because you're unforgiven, too 
 
Never free 
Never me 
'Cause you're unforgiven, too 
 


 

METALLICA
THE UNNAMED FEELING

 Been here before 
 
Been here before couldn t say I liked it 
Do I start writing all this down? 
Just let me plug you into my world 
Can t you help me be uncrazy? 
 
Name this for me, heat the cold air 
Take the chill off of my life 
And if I could I d turn my eyes 
To look inside to see what s comin 
 
It comes alive 
And I die a little more 
It comes alive 
Each moment here I die a little more 
 
Then the unnamed feeling 
It comes alive 
Then the unnamed feeling 
Takes me away 
I m frantic in your soothing amrs 
I can not sleep in this down filled world 
I ve found safety in this loneliness 
But I can not stand it anymore 
 
Cross my heard hope not to die 
Swallow evil, ride the sky 
Lost myself in a crowded room 
You fool, you fool, it will be here soon 
 
It comes alive 
And I die a little more 
It comes alive 
Each moment I die a little more 
 
Then the unnamed feeling 
It comes alive 
Then the unnamed feeling 
Treats me this way 
And I wait for this train 
Toes over the line 
And then the unnamed feeling 
Takes me away 
Get the fuck out of here 
I just wanna get the fuck away from me 
I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate 
I hate it all, why? Why? Why me? 
 
I cannot sleep with a haed like this 
I wanna cry, I wanna scream 
I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate 
I wanna hate it all away

 

METALLICA
THE WAIT

 Motives changing 
Day to day 
The fire increases 
Masks decay 
I look at the river 
White foam floats down 
The body's poisoned 
Got to sit tight 
 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
 
After awakening 
The silence grows 
The screams subside 
Distortion shows 
Mutant thoughts 
Of bad mouthed news 
Just another birth 
Of distorted views 
 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
 


 

METALLICA
THE WAIT

 Motives changing 
Day to day 
The fire increases 
Masks decay 
I look at the river 
White foam floats down 
The body's poisoned 
Got to sit tight 
 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
 
After awakening 
The silence grows 
The screams subside 
Distortion shows 
Mutant thoughts 
Of bad mouthed news 
Just another birth 
Of distorted views 
 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
The wait 
 


 

METALLICA
THORN WITHIN

 Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned 
Find me guilty of the life I feel within 
 
When I'm branded, this mark of shame 
Should I look down, disgraced, or straight ahead and know that you must blame? 
 
I am the secret 
I am the sin 
I am the guilty 
And I am, I am the thorn within 
 
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned 
Find me guilty when true guilt is from within 
 
So point your fingers, point right at me 
For I am shadows and will follow you, one and the same are we 
 
I am the secret 
I am the sin 
I am the guilty 
And I am, I am the thorn within 
 
I do your time, I take your fall 
I'm branded guilty for us all 
 
So point your fingers, point right at me 
For I am shadows and will follow you, one and the same are we 
 
I am your secrets 
I am your sin 
I am your guilty 
And I am, I am the thorn within 
 
I am the thorn within 
I am the thorn within 
 
 
 


 

METALLICA
TO LIVE IS TO DIE

 When a man lies 
He murders some part of the world 
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives 
All this I cannot bear to witness any longer 
Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? 
 


 

METALLICA
TOO LATE TOO LATE

 (Originally recorded by Motorhead) 
 
Huh! 
 
I see that nothing's changed 
Insist on playing games 
Some waste of time you are 
And you're so popular 
Well, this is it you bitch 
I've got to make my switch 
I'm just another John 
I know what's going on 
 
Your move 
What do I have to lose? 
Stalemate 
No! Too late, too late 
 
I thought you was for real 
But you're a rip off deal 
Don't give me all that crap 
I just escaped your trap 
I think you see the joke 
But you're just chasing smoke 
You ain't another one 
I know what's going on 
 
Your move 
What do I have to lose? 
Stalemate 
Oh no! Too late, too late 
Ooh! 
 
Get on with it! 
 
Misunderstanding me 
The way you feel so free 
I'm gonna jump the gun 
Ooh, I'm gonna hit and run 
Your credibility 
Don't cut no ice with me 
Another privilege gone 
I know what's going on 
 
Your move 
What do I have to lose? 
Stalemate 
Oh no! Too late, too late 
Ooh! Too late, too late 
 


 

METALLICA
TRAPPED UNDER ICE

 I don't know how to live through this hell 
Woken up, I'm still locked in this shell 
Frozen soul, frozen down to the core 
Break the ice, I can't take anymore 
 
Freezing, can't move at all 
Screaming, can't hear my call 
I am dying to live 
Cry out 
I'm trapped under ice 
 
Crystallized as I lay here and rest 
Eyes of glass stare directly at death 
From deep sleep I have broken away 
No one knows, no one hears what I say 
 
Freezing, can't move at all 
Screaming, can't hear my call 
I am dying to live 
Cry out 
I'm trapped under ice 
 
Scream from my soul 
Fate mystified 
Hell forevermore 
 
No release from my cryonic state 
What is this? I've been stricken by fate 
Wrapped up tight, cannot move, can't break free 
Hand of doom has a tight grip on me 
 
Freezing, can't move at all 
Screaming, can't hear my call 
I am dying to live 
Cry out 
I'm trapped under ice 
 


 

METALLICA
TROUGH THE NEVER

 All that is, was and will be 
Universe much too big to see 
 
Time and space never ending 
Disturbing thoughts, questions pending 
Limitations of human understanding 
Too quick to criticize 
Obligation to survive 
We hunger to be alive 
 
All that is, ever 
Ever was 
Will be ever 
Twisting 
Turning 
Through the never 
 
In the dark, see past our eyes 
Pursuit of truth no matter where it lies 
 
Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens 
On a quest, meaning, reason 
Came to be, how it begun 
All alone in the family of the sun 
Curiosity teasing everyone 
On our home, third stone from the sun 
 
All that is, ever 
Ever was 
Will be ever 
Twisting 
Turning 
Through the never 
 
On through the never 
We must go 
On through the never 
Out to the 
Edge of forever 
We must go 
On through the never 
Then never comes 
 
All that is, ever 
Ever was 
Will be ever 
Twisting 
Turning 
Who we are 
Ask forever 
Twisting 
Turning 
Through the never 
 
Never 
 


 

METALLICA
TUESDAY'S GONE

 (Originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd) 
 
[Are you guys ready? 
One, two, three, one, two, three] 
 
Yeah 
 
Train, roll on, on down the line 
Won't you, please, take me far, far away 
Now I feel the wind blow, outside my door 
And I'm, I'm leaving my woman at home (my baby's gone) 
 
Tuesday's gone with the wind, yeah 
My baby's gone, gone with the wind 
Long gone 
 
Jerry (yeeh!) 
 
Pepper 
 
And I don't know, where I'm going 
I just want to be, left alone (ooh, yeah) 
When this train ends, I'll try again, ooh, I'm leaving my woman at home 
My baby's gone (yeah) 
 
Tuesday's gone with the wind (ooh, yeah) 
Tuesday's gone with the wind, yeah 
Tuesday's gone, gone with the wind, yeah 
My baby's gone with the wind 
Train, roll on 
Jump on 
 
Yeah 
 
Haha, yeah 
 
Tuesday's gone with the wind (yeah, yeah) 
Tuesday's gone with the wind, yeah 
Tuesday's gone, gone with the wind, yeah 
My baby's gone with the wind 
Train, roll on 
 
Train, roll on, many miles from my home 
See I'm, I'm riding my blues babe, blues away, yeah 
Tuesday, you see, ooh, she had to be free, yeah 
But somehow I've got to, to carry on (my baby's gone) 
 
Tuesday's gone with the wind 
Tuesday's gone, gone with the wind, Tuesday's gone 
Tuesday's gone with the wind 
My baby's gone with the wind 
Train, roll on 
Train, roll on (yeah) 
Ride on train 
Ride on train 
Ride on train 
Train, ride, train, ride on 
Train, roll on 
The train it rolls on 
Train, roll on 
Train, roll on 
Lord, I can't change (I can't change) 
Lord, I can't change (I can't change) 
Lord, I can't change 
Lord, I can't change, yeah (yeah yeah / train, roll on, yeah) 
Ride on train, yeah ee yeah, yeah ee yeah (yeah) 
I can't change 
Train, roll on 
Ride on train 
Lord, I can't change, no 
I can't change 
Ride on train 
(wo hoo) 
 
(yee hee) 
[Thanks, Jim (ride on) 
Thanks, Pop (yeah) 
Thanks, Pep 
Thanks, Jer (thank you, Hip) 
Thanks, Les 
Thanks, Fatso (thank you, everyone) 
(I hope not) 
(That was big) (da ta da) (duh tuh) 
(Thank you, everybody) (wooh) 
Hey, let's do that again] 
 


 

METALLICA
TURN THE PAGE

 (Originally recorded by Bob Seger) 
 
On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha 
You can listen to the engines moaning out as one note song 
You think about the woman or the girl you knew the night before 
 
But your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do 
When you're riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do 
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through 
 
Here I am on the road again 
There I am up on the stage 
Here I go playing star again 
There I go turn the page 
 
So you walk into this restaurant strung out from the road 
And you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold 
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode 
 
Yeah, most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can 
Oh, the same old clichés, Is it woman? Is it man? 
And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand 
Make your stand 
 
Here I am on the road again 
There I am up on the stage 
Here I go playing star again 
There I go turn the page 
 
Oo ooh, out there in the spotlight, you're a million miles away 
Every ounce of energy you try to give away 
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play, yeah 
 
Later in the evening, you lie awake in bed 
With the echoes of the amplifiers ringing in your head 
You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said 
What she said 
 
He ey 
 
Yeah 
Here I am on the road again 
There I am up on the stage 
Here I go playing star again 
There I go turn the page 
There I go turn that page 
There I go, yeah, yeah 
There I go, yeah, yeah 
There I go, yeah 
There I go, yeah 
There I go, oo oo ooh 
There I go 
And I'm gone 
 


 

METALLICA
UNNAMED FEELING

 

METALLICA
UNTIL IT SLEEPS

 Where do I take this pain of mine? 
I run, but it stays right by my side 
 
So tear me open, pour me out 
There's things inside that scream and shout 
And the pain still hates me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
 
Just like the curse, just like the stray 
You feed it once and now it stays 
Now it stays 
 
So tear me open but beware 
There's things inside without a care 
And the dirt still stains me 
So wash me until I'm clean 
 
It grips you, so hold me 
It stains you, so hold me 
It hates you, so hold me 
It holds you, so hold me 
Until it sleeps 
 
So tell me why you've chosen me 
Don't want your grip, 
don't want your greed 
Don't want it 
 
I'll tear me open, make you gone 
No more can you hurt anyone 
And the fear still shakes me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
 
It grips you, so hold me 
It stains you, so hold me 
It hates you, so hold me 
It holds you, holds you, 
holds you until it sleeps 
 
I don't want it 
 
So tear me open but beware 
There's things inside without a care 
And the dirt still stains me 
So wash me till I'm clean 
 
I'll tear me open, 
make you gone 
No longer will you hurt anyone 
And the hate still shapes me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
Until it sleeps 
 


 

METALLICA
UNTIL IT SLEEPS

 Where do I take this pain of mine? 
I run, but it stays right by my side 
 
So tear me open, pour me out 
There's things inside that scream and shout 
And the pain still hates me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
 
Just like the curse, just like the stray 
You feed it once and now it stays 
Now it stays 
 
So tear me open but beware 
There's things inside without a care 
And the dirt still stains me 
So wash me until I'm clean 
 
It grips you, so hold me 
It stains you, so hold me 
It hates you, so hold me 
It holds you, so hold me 
Until it sleeps 
 
So tell me why you've chosen me 
Don't want your grip, 
don't want your greed 
Don't want it 
 
I'll tear me open, make you gone 
No more can you hurt anyone 
And the fear still shakes me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
 
It grips you, so hold me 
It stains you, so hold me 
It hates you, so hold me 
It holds you, holds you, 
holds you until it sleeps 
 
I don't want it 
 
So tear me open but beware 
There's things inside without a care 
And the dirt still stains me 
So wash me till I'm clean 
 
I'll tear me open, 
make you gone 
No longer will you hurt anyone 
And the hate still shapes me 
So hold me until it sleeps 
Until it sleeps 
 


 

METALLICA
WASTING MY HATE

 Good day. How do? 
And I send a smile to you 
Don't waste, waste your breath 
And I won't waste my hate on you 
 
Ain't gonna waste my hate 
Ain't gonna waste my hate on you 
I think I'll keep it for myself 
 
Ain't gonna give no more 
Ain't got the time to help you score 
I think it's time you pleased yourself 
Yourself 
 
Good day. How do? 
And I send a smile to you 
Don't waste, waste your breath 
And I won't waste my hate on you 
Waste my hate on you 
Hate 
 
You think you're worthy now? 
You think enough to even raise the brow 
And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown? 
 
Well I see my hands, I see my feet 
I feel that blood that pumps in beat 
But where the hell's my mind going now? 
Dead gone now 
 
Good day. How do? 
And I send a smile to you 
Don't waste, waste your breath 
And I won't waste my hate on you 
Waste my hate on you 
 
Think I'll keep it for myself 
 
Hate 
 
Ain't gonna waste my hate 
But I'm so greedy when they say 
Better to give than to receive 
 
Ain't gonna waste my hate 
Ain't got time to waste my hate on you 
I think I'll keep it all for myself 
For myself 
 
Good day. How do? 
And I send a smile to you 
Don't waste, waste your breath 
And I won't waste my hate on you 
Waste my hate on you 
 
Think I'll keep it for myself 
 
Hate 
 


 

METALLICA
WE DID IT AGAIN

 Owwww... (yeah) 
Yeah we did it (its on fire) 
Yeah we did it (we are ready to rock this) 
Yeah we did it (uh uh ye got metallica,in here) 
Yeah we did it (ja rule,swiss the monster) 
 
Lets go: 
 
Just When you Though it was over 
Just When you though it was Done 
Just When you Though it was safe now... 
 
We did it,did it again 
We did it,did it again 
 
Fast Cars,Fast Brauds 
Cause im a rock and rollstar baby 
born in the usa 
im gonna hit the highway 
on my harley 
do about 38 
nothin else but take it easy 
any woman what wont please me 
I'll give her up 
anytihng that wont touch me or move me ill give it up 
and i know your all seriouse 
 
we did it,did it again 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] Yeah...(louder) 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] (scream) 
 
[Ja Rule:] let's go... 
 
Just When you Though it was over 
Just When you though it was Done 
Just When you Though it was safe now... 
 
We did it,did it again 
 
Just When you Though it was over 
Just When you though it was Done 
Just When you Though it was safe now... 
 
We did it,did it again 
 
Who loves a little rock and roll mixed with a little bit hipp 
hop soul? 
we do 
Come one a Rock Steady,We'll keep you Rockin,Get ready 
and say 
We did it,We did it again 
 
Belive in the air you Breathin in 
Im a Mad Work Freak 
With a Freaky weekend 
No Matter What you spend 
because your just livin it up 
and damn were gonna do it again 
come on,you better bring some friends 
we having a party tonight 
im bringing juice and gin 
you'll beat your head 
(Swiss) we did it,did it again 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] Scream 
 
[Ja Rule:] Yeah we did it...(louder) 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] (yeah we did it) 
 
[Ja Rule:] let's go... 
 
[Ja Rule:] Just when you though it was over,Just when you 
thought it was done 
 
[James:] Rip that smile right off your face 
 
Fast Cars,Fast Brauds 
Cause im a rock and rollstar baby 
born in the usa 
Highway 
Harley 
 
(Kirk Kill em) 
 
Who loves a little rock and roll mixed with a little bit hipp 
hop soul? 
we do,we do 
 
break it down 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] Scream 
 
[Ja Rule:] Yeah we did it...(louder) 
 
[James:] More than this,Nevermore you whipping boy 
 
[Ja Rule:] (yeah we did it) 
 
[Ja Rule:] let's go... 
 
Just When you Though it was over (woah) 
Just When you though it was Done (yeah) 
Just When you Though it was safe now...(come on) 
 
We did it,did it again 
 
Just When you Though it was over (woah) 
Just When you though it was Done (yeah) 
Just When you Though it was safe now...(come on). 
 
We did it,did it again 
 
Yeah you know about that time 
rip that smile right of your face 
Oh baby metallica,swiss 
what u want with this? 
rip that smile right of your face 
now you get it, come on yo.. 
rip that smile right off your face 
yeah,we did it again 
huh,oh baby metallica,swiss beats 
rip that smile right off your face 
theres not fuckin with that 
rip that smile right of your face 
[fade] 
 


 

METALLICA
WELCOME HOME (SANITARIUM)

 Welcome to where time stands still 
No one leaves and no one will 
Moon is full, never seems to change 
Just labeled mentally deranged 
Dream the same thing every night 
I see our freedom in my sight 
No locked doors, no windows barred 
No things to make my brain seem scarred 
 
Sleep, my friend, and you will see 
That dream is my reality 
They keep me locked up in this cage 
Can't they see it's why my brain says rage 
 
Sanitarium, leave me be 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 
 
Build my fear of what's out there 
Cannot breathe the open air 
Whisper things into my brain 
Assuring me that I'm insane 
They think our heads are in their hands 
But violent use brings violent plans 
Keep him tied, it makes him well 
He's getting better, can't you tell? 
 
No more can they keep us in 
Listen, damn it, we will win 
They see it right, they see it well 
But they think this saves us from our hell 
 
Sanitarium, leave me be 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 
 
Fear of living on 
Natives getting restless now 
Mutiny in the air 
Got some death to do 
Mirror stares back hard 
 Kill, it's such a friendly word 
Seems the only way 
For reaching out again 


 

METALLICA
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

 So wake up, sleepy one 
It's time to save your world 
 
Steal dreams and give to you 
Shoplift a thought or two 
All children touch the sun 
Burn fingers one by one, by one 
 
Will this earth be good to you? 
Keep you clean or stain through? 
 
So wake up, sleepy one 
It's time to save your world 
You're where the wild things are 
Toy soldiers off to war 
 
Big eyes to open soon 
Believing all under sun and moon 
But does heaven know you're here? 
And did they give you smiles or tears? 
No, no tears 
 
Will this earth be good to you? 
Keep you clean or stain through? 
 
So wake up, sleepy one 
It's time to save your world 
You're where the wild things are 
Toy soldiers off to war 
 
You swing your rattle down 
Call to arms, the trumpets sound 
Toy horses start the charge 
Robot chessmen standing guard 
 
Hand puppets storm the beach 
Fire trucks trapped out of reach 
Hand puppets storm the beach 
Fire trucks trapped out of reach 
All clowns reinforce the rear 
Slingshots fire into the air 
All clowns reinforce the rear 
Slingshots fire into the air 
Stuffed bears hold the hill till death 
Crossfire from the marionettes 
Stuffed bears hold the hill till death 
Crossfire from the marionettes 
We shall never surrender 
 
All you children touch the sun 
Burn your fingers one by one 
Will this earth be good to you? 
Keep you clean or stain through? 
 
So wake up, sleepy one 
It's time to save your world 
You're where the wild things are 
Toy soldiers off to war 
Off to war 
Off to war 
 
So close your little eyes 
 


 

METALLICA
WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

 And the road becomes my bride 
I have stripped of all but pride 
So in her I do confide 
And she keeps me satisfied 
Gives me all I need 
 
 And with dust in throat I crave 
Only knowledge will I save 
To the game you stay a slave 
Rover, wanderer 
Nomad, vagabond 
Call me what you will 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
Free to speak my mind anywhere 
And I'll redefine anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
 And the earth becomes my throne 
I adapt to the unknown 
Under wandering stars I've grown 
By myself but not alone 
I ask no one 
 
...And my ties are severed clean 
The less I have, the more I gain 
Off the beaten path I reign 
Rover, wanderer 
Nomad, vagabond 
Call me what you will 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
I'm free to speak my mind anywhere 
And I'll never mind anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
I'm free to speak my mind 
And I'll take my find anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
Carved upon my stone 
My body lie, but still I roam 
Wherever I may roam 
Wherever I may roam 
Wherever I may roam 
 


 

METALLICA
WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

 And the road becomes my bride 
I have stripped of all but pride 
So in her I do confide 
And she keeps me satisfied 
Gives me all I need 
 
 And with dust in throat I crave 
Only knowledge will I save 
To the game you stay a slave 
Rover, wanderer 
Nomad, vagabond 
Call me what you will 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
Free to speak my mind anywhere 
And I'll redefine anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
 And the earth becomes my throne 
I adapt to the unknown 
Under wandering stars I've grown 
By myself but not alone 
I ask no one 
 
...And my ties are severed clean 
The less I have, the more I gain 
Off the beaten path I reign 
Rover, wanderer 
Nomad, vagabond 
Call me what you will 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
I'm free to speak my mind anywhere 
And I'll never mind anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
But I'll take my time anywhere 
I'm free to speak my mind 
And I'll take my find anywhere 
 
Anywhere I roam 
Where I lay my head is home 
 
Carved upon my stone 
My body lie, but still I roam 
Wherever I may roam 
Wherever I may roam 
Wherever I may roam 
 


 

METALLICA
WHIPLASH

 Late at night, all systems go, you've come to see the show 
We do our best, you're the rest, you make it real, you know 
 
There is a feeling deep inside that drives you fucking mad 
A feeling of a hammerhead, you need it oh so bad 
 
Adrenaline starts to flow 
You're thrashing all around 
Acting like a maniac 
Whiplash 
 
Bang your head against the stage like you never did before 
Make it ring, make it bleed, make it really sore 
 
In a frenzied madness with your leather and your spikes 
Heads are bobbing all around, it's hot as hell tonight 
 
Adrenaline starts to flow 
You're thrashing all around 
Acting like a maniac 
Whiplash 
 
Here onstage the Marshall noise is piercing through your ears 
It kicks your ass, kicks your face, exploding feeling nears 
 
Now's the time to let it rip, to let it fucking loose 
We're gathered here to be with you 'cause this is what we choose 
 
Adrenaline starts to flow 
You're thrashing all around 
Acting like a maniac 
Whiplash 
 
The show is through, the metal's gone, it's time to hit the road 
Another town, another gig, again we will explode 
 
Hotel rooms and motorways, life out here is raw 
But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica 
 
Adrenaline starts to flow 
You're thrashing all around 
Acting like a maniac 
 


 

METALLICA
WHISKEY IN THE JAR

 (Has also been recorded by Thin Lizzy) 
 
As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains 
I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was counting 
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier 
I said stand and deliver or the devil he may take you 
 
Yeah 
 
I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny 
I took all of his money, yeah, and I brought it home to Molly 
She swore that she'd love me, no, never would she leave me 
But the devil take that woman, yeah, for you know she tricked me easy 
 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da 
Whack for my daddy o 
Whack for my daddy o 
There's whiskey in the jar o 
 
Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber 
Taking money with me and I never knew the danger 
For about six or maybe seven, yeah, in walked Captain Farrell 
I jumped up, fired my pistols, and I shot him with both barrels, yeah 
 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da, yeah yeah 
Whack for my daddy o 
Whack for my daddy o 
There's whiskey in the jar o 
 
Yeah, whiskey 
Yo ooh, whiskey 
 
Yo ooh, yeah, ooh 
Yo oo ooh, yeah 
 
Now some men like the fishing and some men like the fowling 
And some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball a roaring 
Me I like sleeping, especially in my Molly's chamber 
But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah 
 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da, yeah yeah 
Whack for my daddy o 
Whack for my daddy o 
There's whiskey in the jar o, yeah 
 
Whiskey in the jar o, yeah 
 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da, hey 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da 
Musha rain dum a do dum a da 
Yeah