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Metallica
Metallica


Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s) Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Hard Rock
Speed Metal
Years active 1981—present
Label(s) Elektra Records
Vertigo Records
Associated acts Megadeth
Echobrain
Spastik Children
Leather Charm
Exodus
Ozzy Osbourne
Website Website
Members
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Kirk Hammett
Robert Trujillo
Former members
Ron McGovney
Dave Mustaine
Cliff Burton
Jason Newsted



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Metallica Album


S&M (11/23/1999)
11/23/1999
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The Ecstasy Of Gold (instrumental)
2.
The Call Of The Ktulu (instrumental)
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No Leaf Clover (previously unreleased)
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- Human (previously unreleased)
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. . .

The Ecstasy Of Gold

[No lyrics]

. . .

The Call Of The Ktulu

[No lyrics]

. . .



End of passion play, crumbling away 
I'm your source of self-destruction 
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear 
Leading on your deaths 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 
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat 
just a rhyme without a reason 
Neverending maze, drift on numbered days 
now your life is out of season 

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

. . .



Off through the new day's mist I run
off 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
off 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 is 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 I 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've been
move swift all senses clean
earth's gift
back to the meaning of wolf and man

. . .



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 
great Old One 
forbidden site 
He searches 
Hunter of the Shadows is rising 

immortal 
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

. . .



Gimme Fuel, 
Gimme Fire, 
Gimme that which I desire, 
Ooh! 

Turn on...I see red 
Adrenaline crash & crash 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 knuckles tight 
Through Black & White 

Ohhh, On I Burn, 
Fuel is pumping engines, 
Burning hard, loose & clean 

And I burn, 
Churning my direction, 
Quench my thirst with Gasoline 

So Gimme Fuel, 
Gimme Fire, 
Gimme that which I desire, 

Hey 

Turn on beyond the bone 
Swallow future, spit out home 
Burn your face upon the crome 
Yeah! 

Take the corner, join the crash, 
Headlights, Headlines 
Another Junkie lives too fast 
Yeah lives way too fast, fast, fast, oohh-aye 

Ohhh, On I Burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose & clean 

And On I burn 
Churning my direction, 
Quench my thirst with Gasoline 

So Gimme Fuel 
Gimme Fire 
Gimme that which I desire 

Yeah-Heah 

White Knuckle Tight! 
(solo) 

Gimmie Fuel.... On I burn, on and on 
Gimmie Fire.... On I burn, on and on 
My Desire.... 

Ohhh, On I Burn 
Fuel is pumping engines 
Burning hard, loose & clean 

And I burn 
Churning my direction 
Quench my thirst with Gasoline 

Gimme Fuel 
Gimme Fire 
Gimme that which I desire 
Ooh 

On I Burn!

. . .


(Hetfield, Ulrich)

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 tears of honor 

Like twisted vines that grow 
That 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 

na-na-na 

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 

Yeah 
Faded prima donna yeah, yeah 

(solo) 
Dance little tin goddess dance

. . .



And it feels right this time
On this crash course we're in the big time
Pay no mind to the distant thunder
Beauty fills his head with wonder, boy....

Says it feels right this time
Turn around, found new high lights
Good day to be alive Sir
Good day to be alive, he said.....

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just a freight train coming your way
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just the freight train coming your way

Don't it feel right like this
All the pieces fall to his wish
Suck up for that quick reward boy
Suck up for that quick reward they said.....

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just a freight train coming your way
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just the freight train coming your way......
It's coming your way
It's coming your way......
Here comes

Yeah, Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Is just a freight train coming your way.... Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah...
Then it comes to be, Yeah

. . .


(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

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 ya feel your name?
Can't you hear your babies crying?

Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me

'Scuze 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 first I've 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 the crawl
And hide until it's light
So can you hear your babies cryin' now?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do ya feel your name?
Can't you hear your babies crying?

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall, behind the crawl
And hide until it's light
So can you hear your babies cryin' now?

Mama they try and break me

. . .



Yeah, 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 
Yeah c'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Lets dance 

Snake, I am the snake 
Tempting, that bite you 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 
Yeah c'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Lets dance 

Yeah Come dancin' 

(solo) 

One day you will see 
And dare to come down to me 
Yeah c'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Lets dance 

Yeah, 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 
Yeah c'mon, c'mon now take the chance 
That's right 
Let's dance! 

It's nice to see you here

. . .


(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to something 
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

I'm pushin' my stay
I'm pushin' my stay to something
I'm pushin' my stay to 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

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 wheel's roll
The bleeding of me

I am the beast that feeds the beast
I am the blood, I am the release
Come make me pure
Bleed me a cure
I'm caught under

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 wheel's roll
The bleeding of me

I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to something 
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

I'm pushin' my stay
I'm pushin' my stay to something
I'm pushin' my stay to something better

. . .



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
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

never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don't just say

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

. . .



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 you 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, want it, want it, want it, want it, no!
So tear me open but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me 'til I'm clean
I'll tear me open, make you gone
No longer will you hurt anyone
And the hate still shakes me
So hold me, until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps

. . .



Make his fight on the hill in the early day 
Constant chill deep inside 
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey 
On the fight, for they are right, yes, by who's to say? 
For a hill men would kill, why? They do not know 
Suffered wounds test there 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 is the last time you 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 the will see what will be, blinded eyes to see 

For whom the bell tolls 
Time marches on 
For whom the bell tolls

. . .


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..

. . .



...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 may 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 may roam
where I lay my head is home

but i'll take my time anywhere
free to speak my mind
and I'll take my find anywhere
anywhere I may roam
where I lay my head is home

carved upon my stone
my body lie, but still I roam
wherever I may roam

. . .


(Hetfield, Ulrich)

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
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 teh 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
And I'm torn

Hear me
And if 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

. . .



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 stea
l 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

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

. . .


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 can not 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 its 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 shit 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
No,no,no,no,no,no,no

Oh please god help me

Please god help me

. . .



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
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
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 beast 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

. . .



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 

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

. . .


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