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Lyrics » Metallica (The Black Album)

 

 

  1. Enter Sandman
  2. Sad But True
  3. Holier Than Thou
  4. The Unforgiven
  5. Wherever I May Roam
  6. Don't Tread On Me
  7. Through The Never
  8. Nothing Else Matters
  9. Of Wolf And Man
  10. The God That Failed
  11. My Friend Of Misery
  12. The Struggle Within

Metallica (The Black Album)

James Hetfield - Guitars/ Vocals
Kirk Hammet - Guitars
Jason Newsted - Bass
Lars Ulrich - Drums

Produced By Bob Rock With Hetfiel & Ulrich
Recorded At One On One Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
October ´90 - June ´91

Orchestration On "Nothing Else Matters"
Arranged By Michael Kamen

 

Enter Sandman
(Hetfield,Ulrich,Hammett)

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

Sad But True
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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

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 reason alibis
    I'm inside open your eyes
    I'm you

    Sad But True.

Holier Than Thou
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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 is 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 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.

The Unforgiven
(Hetfield,Ulrich,Hammett)

New blood joins this earth
And quikly he's subdued 
Through constant pain 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´s 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.

Wherever I May Roam
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

...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

Don't Tread On Me
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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'll hear evermore...

Don't tread on me
 
Love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
Quick is the blue tongue, forked as 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'll 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 on 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'll hear evermore...

Don't tread on me.

Through The Never
(Hetfield,Ulrich,Hammett)

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 of the
Edge of forever
We must go
On through the never
Then ever comes

     All that is, ever
     Ever was
     Will be ever
     Who we are
     Ask forever
     Twisting
     Turning
     Through the never

     Never.

Nothing Else Matters
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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

Of Wolf And Man
(Hetfield,Ulrich,Hammett)

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 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

The God That Failed
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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 your 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 in 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 deepened nail

    Follow the god that failed

My Friend Of Misery
(Hetfield,Ulrich,Hammett)

You just stood there screaming
Fearing no one was listening to you
They say the empty can rattles the most
The sound of your voice must soothe you
Hearing only what you want to hear
And knowing only what you've heard
You...  you're smothered in tragedy
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

The Struggle Within
(Hetfield,Ulrich)

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 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 - The struggling within

Reaching out for something you've got to feel
While clutching to what you had thought was real
What the hell

What is 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

 

 


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