Ain't My Bitch
2x4
The House
Jack Built
Until It Sleeps
King Nothing
Hero Of The
Day
Bleeding
Me
Cure
Poor Twisted
Me
Wasting My
Hate
Mama Said
Thorn Within
Ronnie
Outlaw Torn
(1996)
| När Metallica efter 5
år äntligen kom med en ny skiva, var det något helt
annorlunda jämfört med deras tidigare alster. Låtarna
var lugnare och mer inspirerade av andra musikstilar, som
t.ex. blues och country. Men samtidigt var det troligtvis
deras tyngsta skiva hittills, främst vad gäller
texterna. James Hetfield hade sökt djupare än någonsin
i sitt inre, och texterna blev mer personliga än
tidigare. Gruppen ville också söka nya vägar inom
Heavy Metal, vilket gjorde att det inte lät som
Metallica brukar göra. Vissa fans blev oroliga, och
trodde att Metallica hade tappat greppet. Men enligt
Metallica själva, så skulle detta inte betyda att de
skulle sluta spela snabba låtar. Den första singeln från skivan blev ‘Until It Sleeps’. Den blev en stor framgång över hela världen. I Sverige hade den sålt guld (50 000 exemplar) innan den överhuvudtaget hade släppts. Det visade hur mycket fansen hade längtat efter en något nytt från Metallica. På singeln fanns också en remix av techno-artisten Moby. Det var något som Metallica själva hade önskat, eftersom de alltid har gillat när andra artister tolkar deras låtar. Tidigare har två samlingskivor med namnet ‘Metal Militia’ getts ut, och den tyska gruppen Die Krupps har också gjort en hyllningsskiva till Metallica. Även de andra singlarna från ‘Load’ var remixade av diverse andra artister. Mobys remix av ‘Until It Sleeps’ kallades för ‘Herman Melville Mix’, efter författaren som skrev ‘Moby Dick’. Än en gång visade Metallica sitt intresse för böcker... När så skivan släpptes gick den direkt in som nummer ett, både i Sverige och USA. Den väckte genast uppmärksamhet p.g.a omslaget, som föreställer en blandning av sperma och blod. Det är egentligen ett konstverk, vid namn ”Semen and Blood III” av Andres Serrano. Från början var det tänkt att Metallicas nya skiva skulle bli ett dubbelalbum, men istället bestämde de sig för att spela in 14 av de nya låtarna på en skiva, och sedan åka på turné. Resten av låtarna sparades till en skiva som förmodligen kommer att släppas julen 1997. |
Outta my way, outta my day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one, into no 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 good-bye
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 ya 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 day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one, into no 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 good-bye
Dragging me down, why 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 around ?
No foolin
It ain’t my smile, it ain’t my style
It ain’t my bitch
Ain’t mine, your kind
Your steppin outta time
Ain’t mine, your kind
Your steppin outta time
Draggin me down, why you around
No foolin
It ain’t my fall, it ain’t my call
It ain’t my...
Bitch... you ain’t mine
I’m gonna
make you, shake you, take you
I’m gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws to ya my way
Yeah, come on come on, come, make my day
Got some hell at 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
Friction, fusion
Retribution
I can’t hear ya talk ta me
I can’t hear ya so talk ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya time to meet my lord
I can’t hear ya talk ta 2x4
I’m gonna make you, shake you, take you
I’m gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws to ya my way
Hey, come on come on, come, make my day
Friction, fusion
Retribution
I can’t hear ya talk ta me
I can’t hear ya come talk ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya time to meet my lord
I can’t hear ya talk ta 2x4
Friction, fusion
Retribution
I'm gonna make you talk ta me
I'm gonna take you so talk ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya are you talkin’ ta me
I can’t hear ya time to meet my lord
I can’t hear ya talk ta 2x4
| Baserad på romanen ‘The house that Jack built’ av Ed McBain. |
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 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 the 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
This is the house that Jack built
Open door as 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
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
| Videon till låten är inspirerad av en målning av den holländske konstnären Hieronymus Bosch, och gjord av Nirvanas videoregissör. |
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
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 choosen me
Don’t want your grip, don’t want your greed
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 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
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 has crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where’s your crown ?
King nothing
Hard and cold
Bought and sold
A heart as hard as gold
Are you satisfied?
Wish I may
Wish I might
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 has crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where’s your crown ?
King nothing
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 has crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where’s your crown ?
King nothing
Off to never never land...
| Låten beskriver hur barn lämnar, eller söker utanför hemmet för att finna hjältar utan att tänka på att deras föräldrar finns rakt framför dem. |
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 names?
Can’t you hear your babies crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me
‘Scuse 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’ve made
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
Can't you feel your names?
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
(repeat)
| Det här är James' favoritlåt från 'Load'. Han har beskrivit 'Bleeding Me' med orden "tjock som snor". |
I’m diggin’ my way
I’m diggin’ my way to something
I’m diggin’ my way to something better
I’m pushin’ the stay
I’m pushin’ the stay with something
I’m pushin’ the 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
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
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 something better
I’m pushin’ the stay
I’m pushin’ the stay with something
I’m pushin’ the stay with something better
With something better
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
He’s been fooled again
Uncross your arms
Take and throw them to the cure, say...
I do believe
Uncross your arms now
Take ‘em to it, say...
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 ‘em to it, say...
I do believe
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah everyone’s got to have the sickness
´Cause everone seems to need the cure
Precious cure
Betting on the cure
‘Cause it must be better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah everyone’s got to have the sickness
´Cause veryone seems to need the cure
I do believe
(repeat)
Betting on the cure
Yeah it must get better than this
Need to feel secure
Yeah, it's gotta get better than this
Yeah everyone’s got to have the sickness
´Cause veryone seems to need the cure
I do believe
(repeat)
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 mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Lungs fill with sorrow, lungs fill with miseery
Inhaling the deep dark blue
Oh woah 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
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
Good feel my friend
Oh woah is me
Such a burden to be
Oh poor twisted me
Poor twisted me
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 ya pleased 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
Think you‘re worthy now
Think enough to even raise the brow
And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown
I see my hands, I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in beat
But where the hell’s my mind goin’ 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
I think I'll keep it for myself
Ain’t gonna waste my hate
But I’m so greedy when they say
(It’s) better to give than to recieve
Ain’t gonna waste my hate
No ain’t got time to waste my hate on you
Yeah, I think I'm gonna keep it all 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
I think I'll keep it for myself
Hate
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
Is what I heard they 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
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 forgivness
But what I 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
But 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
Forgive me father
For I have sinned
Find me guilty of the life I feel within
And 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, 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, 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 the secret
I am the sin
I am the guilty
And I, I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
(repeat)
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
No confetti, no parade
Nothing happens in this boring place
But oh my God, how that all did change
Now they all pray
Blood stains 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 stained the sun red today
I always said, somethin’ wrong
Whith 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 stains 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 stained the sun red today
Yeah, well all the green things die
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’d all fall down, down, down...
He said "lost my way"
This bloody day
Lost my way
I heard him, he screamed "lost my way"
This bloody day
Lost my way
All things 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
| 45 sekunder av 'The Outlaw Torn' fick klippas bort, eftersom man inte fick plats med mer musik på CD-skivan. Den ursprungliga versionen finns som b-spår på singeln till 'The Memory remains' från det föjande albumet 'ReLoad.' |
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
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