Fuel
The Memory Remains
Devil's Dance
The Unforgiven II
Better Than You
Slither
Carpe Diem Baby
Bad Seed
Where The Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Attitude
Fixxxer

 

ReLoad

(1997)

När Metallica började arbeta med 'Load' så var tanken först att det skule bli ett dubbelalbum med sammanlaggt 27 låtar. Nu blev det istället så att man sparade hälften av låtarna till ett senare album som kom att bära den fyndiga titeln 'Reload' och praktiskt taget var en fortsättning på det tidigare albumet. Även omslaget hade en viss koppling till 'Load'. Liksom förra gången var det ett konstverk av Andres Serrano; en bild på ett foster. Detta är ett ganska lustigt sammanträffande eftersom James och sin sedan fem år gamla flickvän Fransesca nyligt hade gift sig och nu väntade barn. Även Lars hann gifta sig under Load-Reload tiden. De 13 nya låtarna gick i precis samma stil som de på 'Load', dvs, de var tunga, ganska melodiska och en aning inspirerade av bl.a blues. Första singeln från albumet blev 'The Memory Remains', där den brittiska folksångerskan Marianne Faithful gästade. När de hade bestämt sig för att ha med an kvinnlig sångare var hon för dem den enda tänkbara. De ville ha en röst med stark karaktär, vilket de nu ansåg att hon hade. 'The Memory Remains' blev en hit som fort klättrade högt på topplistorna. På singeln inkluderade man även den längre versionen av 'Outlaw Torn' som inte riktigt rymdes på 'Load'. Inför releasen av detta album åkte bandet ut på en liten promotionturné där de dök upp på vissa ställen och höll gratisföreställningar för sina fans. Allt detta enbart för att visa att verkligen bryr sig om dem.

 

Fuel

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire, ooh

Yeah

Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red

A hundred plus, through black and white, ah
Warhorse, warhead
Fuck 'em man, white knuckle tight
Through black and white

Ooh, 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

Yeah

Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out home
Burn your face upon the chrome
Yeah, oh yeah

Take the corner, join the crash
Headlights (Head on)
Headlines
Another junkie lives too fast
Yeah, lives way too fast, fast, fast, woah

Ooh, 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

Ooh, yeah

White knuckle tight

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
My desire

Ooh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose, and clean
And on and on
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire, ooh!

On I burn


 

The Memory Remains

Låten är baserad på filmen 'Sunset Boulevard', som handlar om en känd artist vars karriär är över, och som ingen längre bryr sig om. Videon spelades in i en flyghangar, med ett stort rum som snurrade runt en scen där Metallica spelade. I videon ser det däremot ut som om scenen snurrar runt inne i rummet. I videon och låten medverkar Marianne Faithfull, som var en känd sångerska på 70-talet.

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, vane
Gone insane

Fortune, fame
Mirror, vane
Gone insane

Dance little tin goddess dance
Da da da ...

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
(Ash to ash)
Dust to dust
(Dust to dust)
Fade to black
(Fade to black)
The memory remains
Yeah
To this faded prima donna, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, ah

Dance little tin goddess dance

Da da da...

 

Devil's 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 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, come on, come on now, take the chance
That's right
Let's dance

Snake, I am the snake
Tempting that bite you take
Let me make your mind, leave yourself behind
(Hell, yeah, hell, yeah)
Be not afraid
I've got what you need
Your hunger I will feed

One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now, take the chance
Ha, ha
Come dance, ah

Yeah, come dancin'

One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now, take the chance

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, come on, come on now, take the chance
That's right
Let's dance

It's nice to see you here

Ha, ha

 

The Unforgiven II

Lay beside me
Tell me what they've done

And 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 sky
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?
Yeah, 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 lay 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
Yeah, she'll be there when I'm gone
Yeah, 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 the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
Yeah, 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?
Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
So sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits,
The one who waits for you
Oh, what I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
(So I dub thee unforgiven)
Oh, what I've felt
Oh, what I've known
I take this key and I bury it in you
(You labeled me, I'll label you)
Because you're unforgiven, too
(Never be, never me)
'Cause you're unforgiven, too
Oh, oh, oh


 

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
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
Ho, better than you
Better than you

Oh, can't stop this train from rollin'
Oh, yo, nothin' brings me down
No, can't stop this train from rollin' on and on, on
No, no
Forever on and on

Oh, can't stop this train from rollin'
Oh, yo, you can't take it down
No, never stop this locomotion, on and on and on and
No, no
You can't bring me down
'Cause I'm better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Ooh, better than you
Better than you
Mm, better than you
Better than you
Much better than you

Better than you
Better than you
Oh, better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than, better than, better than,
Better than you, yeah
Can't stop this train from rollin',
Forever on and on and on and on and on
Forever on and on, on
Oh, yeah
Better than you
Oh, yeah
Ha, ha

Better than you, ha

 

Slither

Don't go lookin' 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?

Ooh, watch the puppets dancin'
Yeah, see the clowns fall down
Hey, tie your tap shoes tightly
Yeah, and wear them into town

See you crawlin'
See you crawlin' in

Don't go lookin' 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

Hey, hey, hey
Ooh, play the game so nicely
Oh, check, it's your move now
Yeah, we're standin' in this jungle
Yeah, with serpents I have found

See you crawlin'
See you crawlin' in

Don't go lookin' 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 lookin' 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, no

Haven't I seen you here before
(No there ain't no heroes here)
Don't go lookin' for snakes you might find them
Yeah, haven't I seen you here before
(And have your heroes disappeared)
Don't send your eyes to the sun, you might blind them

 

Carpe Diem Baby

'Carpe diem' betyder 'fånga dagen', och låten handlar om hur
vi borde vara oss själva mer.


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,
Oh yeah
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,
Come on, come on
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

 

Bad Seed

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Bad

Yeah, yeah, yeah, ah

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 chokin' on the bad seed
On the bad seed
Ah, chokin'

Yeah
Let on, load off
Confess, ah, 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
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're chokin' on the bad seed
Chokin' on the bad seed, yeah

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
Bit more than you need
Chokin' on the seed

Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're chokin' on the
Ah, ch-ch-chokin', chokin, chokin' on the bad seed, yeah

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 out, spit it out, spit it out now
Chokin' on the bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed

 

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, yeah
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, yeah
Toy soldiers off to war

You swing your rattle down
Call to arms the trumpet 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 marionettes
Stuffed bears hold the hill till death
Crossfire from 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, now
Toy soldiers off to war, off to war, off to war

So close your little eyes

 

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 them cry

There's a dirty needle in you child
Ha, ha, stick me
Empty bottle 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 the dirty, dirty whore

Yeah, 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've brought this world,
Just what you wanna see

Hey, ma
Hey, ma, look it's me

And he wants to be called father now,
Me again, me
The marks inside your arm 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

Yeah, 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've brought this world,
Just what you wanna see

Hey, ma
Hey, ma, look it's me
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

Hey, hey, hey

See the black cloud over head
That's me
This poison ivy chokes the tree
Again it's me
And I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street
You walk on by
And I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes,
Makes them cry

Yeah, 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've brought this world,
Just what you wanna see

Hey, ma
Hey, ma, look it's me
It's me
Hey, ma
Hey, ma, look it's me

See right through me
Look up to me
See right through me
Look up to me

 

Low Man's Lyric

På 'Low Man's Lyric' medverkar två gästmusiker; David Miles som spelar positiv och Bernardo Bigalli som spelar violin.

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 let go
The net below has right 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 bare 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

My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for flame
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you, yeah
Of what is done and to do, yeah
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
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

So I cry to the alley way
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
One I've broken to match my face

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you, yeah
Of what is done and to do, yeah
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due
Please forgive me
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

 

Attitude

Låten handlar om människor som söker spänning i sitt liv, och till slut kan gå så långt att de mördar någon för spänningens skull.

Two, three, four

Suppose I say
I'm never satisfied
Suppose I say
You cut some roots
To make the tree survive
Just let me kill you for awhile
Just let me kill you for a smile
Just let me kill you once
I'm oh so bored to death

Ooh, 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 kill the fever
What ever 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, yeah, gone again

Ooh, I hunger
Ooh, 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
What ever 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
Satisfaction's here and gone, gone, gone again

Yeah, I hunger
Ooh, 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

Throwin' all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever
What ever happened to sweat

 

Fixxxer

'Fixxxer' handlar om voodoo, och hur det kan kännas som att man blir "stucken" av nålar just när man har det bra i livet.

Yeah
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'll 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

Yeah
Mirror, mirror upon the 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 needles turn from shine to rust

But tell me
Can you heal what father's done
Or fix the 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
Jab it

Blood for face
Sweat for dirt
Three x's 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 the hole in a mother's son
Can you heal the broken worlds within
Can you strip away so we may start again
Yeah, 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
Oh yeah

No more pins in me, yeah
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more, no more
No, no, no