Load
Metallica
Load (1996)
Ain't My Bitch
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Outta my way
Outta my day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one
Into not one
Into your step but outta time
Head strong
What's wrong
I've already heard this song before, you arrived,
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Draggin' me down
Why you around
So useless
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch
Down on the sun
Down and no fun
Down and out, where the hell ya been?
Damn it all down
Damn it unbound
Damn it all to hell again
Stand tall
Can't fall
Never really bend at all before, you arrived,
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Draggin' 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 day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one
Into not one
Into your step but outta time
Head strong
What's wrong
I've already heard this song before, you arrived,
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Draggin' me down
Why you around
So useless
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch, oh
No way but down
Why you around?
No foolin'
It ain't my smile
It ain't my style
It ain't my bitch
No, it ain't mine
Ain't mine
Your kind
Your steppin' outta time
Ain't mine
Your kind
Your steppin' outta time
Draggin' me down
Why you around
So useless
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my, ooh, bitch,
It ain't my...
2 x 4
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Yeah
I'm gonna make you, shake you, I take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, my way
Yeah, come on, come on, come and make my day
Oh, Make my day
Yeah
Got some hell to pay ya, I steal your thunder
The joy of violent movement, pulls you under
Ooh, bite the bullet, well hard
Yeah, but I die harder, so go too far,
Too far
Friction, fusion, retribution
I can't hear ya... talk to me
I can't hear ya... so talk to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me
I can't hear ya time to meet my lord
I can't hear ya talk to 2 by 4
Yeah
I'm gonna make you, shake you, I take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, my way
Yeah, come on, come on, come and make my day
Friction, fusion, retribution
I can't hear ya... talk to me
I can't hear ya... so talk to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me
I can't hear ya time to meet my lord
I can't hear ya talk to 2 by 4
Friction, fusion, retribution
I'm going to make you... talk to me
I'm going to take you... ooh, so talk to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me, yeah
I can't hear ya are you talking to me
I can't hear ya, time to meet my lord
I can't hear ya talking 2 by 4
The House Jack Built
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Open doors 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,
On my way to where I been.
It swallows me.
As it takes me in its fog.
Mm, I twist away.
As I give this world the nod.
Open doors 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 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, Let the show begin, 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 tells
Yes, this is the house that Jack built
The higher you are
The farther you fall
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
Mm, I twist away
Away
Away
Yeah, away
Until It Sleeps
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Where do I take this pain of mine.
I run but it stays right by my side.
So tear me open and 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 (repeat)
Don't want it
I don't 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 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 (repeat)
King Nothing
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
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
Yeah! 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?
Huh!
(Spoken)
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?
Where's your crown?
Oh, You're just nothing
Where's your crown King Nothing?
Oh, you're just nothing
Absolutely nothing
Off to never, never land
Hero Of The Day
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
The window burns to light the way back home,
A light light that warms no matter where they've gone
They're off to find the hero of the day,
Hmm, but what if they should fall by someone's wicked ways?
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames, do ya feel your names
Can't you hear your babies cryin'?
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
Mmm, but the rocking stopped by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid,
But the fist i made for you can't hold off fear
No, i'm not all me
So please excuse me while i tend to how i feel
But now the dreams and waking dreams
They everlast the night
So build a wall
Behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies crying now
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames, can't you hear your names
Can't you hear your babies cryin'?
But now the dreams and waking dreams
They everlast 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 and break me
Mama they try, Mama they try
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try, Mama they try
Bleeding Me
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
I'm sowing the seeds
I'm sowing the seeds I take
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
Ooh, I can't take it
Caught under wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Of me
The bleeding of me
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
Ooh, I can't take it
Caught under wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Oh, the bleeding of me
I am the beast that feeds the beast
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 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
Ooh, I can't take it
I can't take it, I can't take it
Oh, the bleeding of me
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
With somethin' better
Cure
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
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 is cold and in his hand
He takes his medicine
The man takes another bullet
Yeah, 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 I say...
I do believe
Yeah, I do believe,
Hell, yeah.
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 I say...
I do believe
Oh yeah, I do believe
Yeah, yeah, oh.
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah everyone's gotta 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
Yeah everyone's gotta to have the sickness
Cause everyone seems to need the cure
Precious cure
I do believe (repeat)
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Need to feel secure
Yeah it's got to get better than this
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Everyone's gotta to have the sickness
Cause everyone seems to need the cure
I do believe, I do believe, I do believe.
Poor Twisted Me
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Oh poor twisted me
Oh poor twisted me
I feast on sympathy
I chew on suffer
Yeah, I chew on agony
Swallow whole the pain
But, 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 filled with sorrow
Lungs filled with misery
Inhaling the deep, dark blue
Woe, woe is me
Such a burden to be
The poor mistreated me, yeah
To finally reach the shore
Survive the storm
Now your bare and cold,
The seas was warm, so warm
You bathe your soul again
To finally reach the shore
Survive the storm
Now your bare and cold,
The seas 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
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yo, poor twisted me
Yeah
Oh, yo, yo, poor twisted me
Wasting My Hate
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
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
Ha, ha,
Think you're worthy now?
You think enough to even raise the brow
And to laugh and tip that two prolonged crown?
When I see my hands, I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in beat
Where the hell's my mind goin' 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 then to receive"
Ain't gonna waste my hate, no, no
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
Yeah
Hate
Mama Said
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Mama, she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
"Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore its done"
The brightest flame burns quickest"
That's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owned 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
Yeah, still
"Rebel", my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
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
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
Yeah, I took your love for granted
Not a thing you said to me, yeah
I needed 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
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
Let this heart be still
Thorn Within
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Forgive me father
For I have sinned
Find me guilty of the life I feel within
When I'm branded
This mark of shame
So I look down disgraced,
or straight ahead and know what you must face
I am, I am the secret
I am, I am the sin
I am, I am the guilty
And I, 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, I am the secret
I am, I am the sin
I am, I am the guilty
And I, 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, I am your secrets
I am, I am your sin
I am, I am your guilty
And I, I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within (repeat)
Ronnie
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Story starts,
Quiet town.
Small time 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 him.
He said, "Lost my way,
this bloody day, lost my way"
All things wash away,
but blood stains the sun red today.
I always said,
"Something 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.
Now they all pray,
blood stain wash away.
He said, "Lost my way,
this bloody day, lost my way"
I heard him.
He said, "Lost my way,
this bloody day, lost my way"
All things wash away,
but blood stains the sun red today.
Yeah, well all the green this died
when Ronnie moved to this place.
He said, "Don't you dare ask
why I'm cursed to wear this face."
Well, now we all know why
the children called him "Ronnie Frown".
When he pulled that gun from his pocket,
and they all fall down, down, down.
He said, "Lost my way,
this bloody day, lost my way"
Yeah, yeah, I heard him.
He screamed, "Lost my way,
this bloody day, lost my way"
All things wash away,
but blood stains the sun red today.
That's right.
All things wash away.
And they all fall down, down.
But blood stained the sun today.
Yeah, yeah.
All things wash away.
And they all fall down.
But blood stained the sun today.
The Outlaw Torn
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
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 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
Yeah, I'm 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
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