Load
1996 Polygram
Ain't
My Bitch
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
Out of my way
Out of my day
Out of your mind and into mine
Into no more
Into not born
Into your step but out of time
It's strong
What's wrong?
I've already heard this song before
You're right but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Dragging me down
While you were round
So useless
It ain't my fault
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch
It ain't my bitch
Down on the sun
Down on your fun
Down and out where the hell you've been
Damn it all down
Damn it on bound
Damn it all down ta hell again
Stand tall
They fall
Never even meant it all before
You're right but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Dragging me down
While you were round
So useless
It ain't my fault
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch
Out of my way
Out of my way
Out of my day
Out of your mind and into mine
Into no more
Into not born
Into your step but out of time
It's strong
What's wrong?
I've already heard this song before
You're right but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
And now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
Dragging me down
While you were round
So useless
It ain't my fault
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch
No way but down
While you were round
No foolin'
It ain't my smile
It ain't my style
It ain't my bitch
Oh, it ain't mine
Ain't mine
Your kind
Your stepin' out of time
Ain't mine
Your kind
Your stepin' out of time
Dragging me down
While you were round
No foolin'
It ain't my fault
It ain't my call
It ain't my ooh bitch
You ain't mine
2x4
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)
Yeah
I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, yeah my way
Yeah, c'mon, c'mon, come and make my day
Oh, make my day
Yeah
Got some hell to pay you, I steal your thunder
The joy of violent movement, pulls you under
Ooh, bite the bullet, well hard
Yeah, but I bite harder, so go to far
To far
Friction, fusion, retribution (echo)
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 trying to be my lord
I can't hear ya talkin' 2 by 4
Yeah
I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'm gonna be that one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, my way
Hey, c'mon, c'mon, come and make my day
Make my day
Friction, fusion, retribution (echo)
I can't hear ya... talk to me
I can't hear ya... talk to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me?
I can't hear ya while your talking to me
I can't hear ya trying to be my lord
I can't hear ya talkin' 2 by 4, yeah
Yeah, talkin' 2 by 4, it don't take
no more, c'mon yeah
c'mon, c'mon, talkin' 2 by 4, talkin' 2 by 4
Friction, fusion, retribution (echo)
I'm gonna make you... talk to me
I'm gonna trick you... ooh, so talk to me
I can't hear ya are you talking to me?
I can't hear ya, you talking to me?
I can't hear ya trying to be my lord
I can't hear ya talk to, talk to 2 by 4
She don't take no more
The House Jack Built
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)
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 close again
Well on my way
On my way to where I graze
It swallows me
As it takes me in it's hold
I twist away
As I give this world a 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 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?
[chorus:]
The higher you walk
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body my temple
This temple it tells
[end chorus]
"Step into the house that Jack built"
[chorus]
"Yes 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 this in
Let the show begin
Let the show begin
Let the show begin
[chorus]
"Yes this is the house that Jack built"
[chorus]
"Yes I am I am I am"
Open my eyes
It swallows me
Is that you there
I twist away
Away
Away
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, 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 a curse, just like a stray
You feed it once and now it stays
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
Now 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
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Don't want it
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 till clean
Now 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
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until is sleeps
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?
[chorus:]
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?
[end chorus]
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?
[chorus]
Huh!
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
Care for what you wish
Care for what you say
Care for what you wish you may regret it
Care for 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?
Nothin'
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)
Mama they try and break me
The window burns to light the way
back home
A light that warms no matter where they go
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 you feel your name?
Did you hear your babies crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me
Excuse me while I tell them how I
feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking starts by wheels of this pain
Don't want your hate
But the fist I make
For you still hold no fear
No not on me
So please excuse me
while I tell them how I feel
[chorus:]
But now the dreams end
And now the dreams end
They everlast the night
So build a wall
Behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So can you hear your babies crying now?
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Did you hear your names?
Did you hear your babies crying?
[chorus]
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
Ooh it tears me and I bleed, yeah
And I bleed, oh yeah, yeah
Caught under wheels roll
I take the leash
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 wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me, yeah
Of me
The bleeding of me
Caught under wheels roll
I take the leash
I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, whoa, oh
Ooh I can't take it
Caught under wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Oh, the bleeding of me
Yeah, I am the beast that bleeds
the feast
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 that lease
I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me
Oh, I can't take it
I can't take it
I can't take it
Oh, the bleeding of me
Ooh, come on, bleeding 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
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 told and
in his hand
He takes his medicine
The man takes another bullet
Yeah, he's been fooled again
[chorus:]
Uncross your arms
Take and throw them to the cure, say...
I do believe
Uncross your arms now
Take them to and say...
I do believe
Yeah, I do believe
[end chorus]
The lie is tempted and she follows
Again she hits him in
She must believe to feel the hollow
She's been fooled again
[chorus]
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
Oh yeah, Precious cure
I do believe (17×)
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Need to feel secure
Yeah it's got to get better than this, yeah, 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
Oh it's too good to be
All this misery
Is just for oh poor twisted me
Ooh yeah poor twisted me
Poor mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Once filled with sorrow
Once filled with misery
And hated the deep dark blue
Wow wow it's me
Such a burden to bear
Poor mistreated me, yeah
I finally reached the shore
Survival's gone
Now your feeling's cold
Since he was born so warm
Your pain is over you
Pain is gone again and again
Finally reached the shore
Survival's gone
Now your feeling's cold
Since he was born so warm
Your pain is over you
Could ya be my friend?
Wow oh it's me
Such a pain to see
Oh poor twisted me
Wasting My Hate
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)
Good Day, how ya doing
And I see and I smile to you
Don't waste
Waste your breath
Now I will 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 kill no more
Ain't got the time to help you score
I think it's time you pleased yourself
Yourself
[chorus]
Doing dead
I would do in the same
A smile to you
Don't waste
Waste your breath
Now I will waste my hate on you
Waste my hate on you
[end chorus]
I think you're working now
You think enough to even raise the brow
And to life that tip that you belong
Come on
When I see my hate I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in me
But where the hell's my mind?
Don't know
Get goin' now
[chorus]
Then I'll keep it for myself
Hate
Ain't gonna waste my hate
But I don't clean it when they say
Better to give then to recieve
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
[chorus]
Think I'll keep it for myself
Hate
1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2
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 sowed to mother
But I must find my way
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Mama, let this heart be still
Yeah, still
Rebel, mind your last name
Wild blood in my veins
They bring 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
Mama, let this heart be still
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll 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
Spoken, help me be
I took your love for granted
Not a thing you said to me
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
So let this heart be still
Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go
Ya never let my heart go
So let this heart be still, oh
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll 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
Should I look down disgraced
Or straight ahead and know that you must bleed
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
Whatever's in my way
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 a soul
So point your fingers
Point right at me
For I am shadows
And will follow you
Whatever's in my way
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
I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
Stories taught
Quiet town
Small time for big time crowd
Never talks
Never plays
Different path
Lost his way
The streets are red
Red I'm afraid
There's no confetti
No parade
Nothing happens in this boring place
But oh my god how it all dismays
And they all pray
Blood stain wash away
He said
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way"
I heard it
He said
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way"
Oh please wash away
But blood stains the sun red today
I always said
Something wrong
Little strange
All day long
Never laughed
Never smiled
Talked alone for miles and miles and miles
Yellow comes
Sun I say
Keep your smile and laugh all day
He falls again in this foreign place
For little boys how they do chase
And they all pray
Blood stain wash away
He said
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way"
I heard it
He said
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way"
Oh please wash away
But blood stains the sun red today, yeah
Yeah, well all the green things died
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 all fall down, down, down
He said
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way," yeah, yeah
I heard it
He screamed
"Lost my way
This bloody day
Lost my way"
Oh please wash away
But blood stains the sun red today
All things wash away
They all fall down
But blood stains the sun today, yeah, yeah
All things wash away
They all fall down
But blood stains the sun today, yeah
The Outlaw Torn
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
You know I wait my whole lifetime
for you
And now I wait my lifetime, oh, yeah
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
No one seeks so I may find
And now I wait my whole lifetime
My whole lifetime
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 blast 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
My whole lifetime
My whole lifetime
My whole lifetime
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, hear me
And when I start to come undone
Stick me together, see me
And when you see me stretched,
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, hear me
And when I start to come undone
Stick me together, see me
And when you see me stretched,
remind me of what left this outlaw torn