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Lyrics (c) 1996 Creeping Death Music
This sixth full release by Metallica finds them again totally revamping their sound. Much less heavy than previous releases, this album has a sound heavily influenced by a variety of musical styles, including blues, punk, alternative and even country.
Highlights of this release include 2 x 4, Mama Said King Nothing and Wasting My Hate.
Metallica's lineup for this release was: James Hetfield - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar; Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar; Jason Newstead - Bass; Lars Ulrich - Drums.
AIN'T MY BITCH (5:04)
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
Out of my way, out of my day
Out of your mind and into mine
Into no one, into no fun (?)
Into your step but out of 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
- Draggin' 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, pit fall
Never even meant it all before (?)
You arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye
- Draggin' me down, why you around
So useless
It ain't my fall, 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 one, into no fun (?)
Into your step but out of 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
And now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye
- Draggin 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
No, it ain't mine
Ain't mine, your kind
You're steppin out of time
Ain't mine, your kind
You're steppin out of 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
2 X 4 (5:28)
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)
I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws to you
Yeah, my way
Yeah, come on come on, come and make my day
Make my day
You 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 you talk to me
I can't hear you so talk to me
I can't hear you you talkin' to me
I can't hear you you talkin' to me
I can't hear you time to meet my lord
I can't hear you talk to 2x4
I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws to you
My way
Yeah, come on come on, come and make my day
Make my day
- Friction, fusion
Retribution
I can't hear you talk to me
I can't hear you so talk to me
I can't hear you you talkin' to me
I can't hear you while you talkin' to me
I can't hear you time to meet my lord
I can't hear you talk to 2x4- Yeah, talk to 2x4
You don't cheat no more
Come on, yeah
Come on, whore
-
Come on, come on, whore
Talk to 2x4 -
Talk to 2x4
- Yeah, talk to 2x4
- Friction, fusion
Retribution
I'm gonna make you talk to me
I'm gonna take you so talk to me
I can't hear you while you talkin' to me
I can't hear you you talkin' to me
I can't hear you time to meet my lord
I can't hear you talk to- Talk to 2x4
She don't cheat no more
- Talk to 2x4
THE HOUSE JACK BUILT (6:39)
(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
But on my way to where I've been -
It swallows me
As it takes me in its 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 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
Yes this is the house that Jack built
- The higher you are
Open door, yes 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
Yes 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
UNTIL IT SLEEPS (4:30)
(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 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
- It grips you, so hold me
So tell me why you've choosen 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
- It grips you, so hold me
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 I'm clean -
I'll tear me open, make you gone
No longer would you hurt anyone
And the hate still shapes me
So hold me - Until it sleeps
KING NOTHING (5:28)
(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
And 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 castles crumble
And you're left with just a name
- Where's your crown
King nothing
Where's your crown
Hard and cold
Bought and sold
A heart as hard as gold
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
And 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 castles crumble
And you're left with just a name
- Where's your crown
King nothing - Where's your crown
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 castles crumble
And you're left with just a name
- Where's your crown
King nothing - Nothing
-
No, you're just nothing
Where's your crown king nothing
No, you're just nothing - Absolutely nothing
HERO OF THE DAY (4:22)
(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'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
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your name
Can't you hear your babies crying
- {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
But the rocking's 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 a wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So can't 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 hear your names
Can't you hear your babies crying
- But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build a wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies cryin' now
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try
BLEEDING ME (8:18)
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to something
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with something
I'm pushin' to 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 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 wheel's roll
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
I can't take it
Caught under wheel's roll
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
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
I can't take it
I can't take it
Oh, the bleeding of me - I am the beast that feeds the beast
- Come on bleed me
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to something
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with something
I'm pushin' to stay with something better
With something better
CURE (4:54)
(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 takes the answers, cold and in his hand
He takes his medicine
The man take 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 him, say -
I do believe
Yeah
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 him, say... -
I do believe
Yeah
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 everyone seems to need the cure
Precious cure
- I do believe
Betting on the cure
Cause it must be better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah everyone's got to have the sickness
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure
Precious cure
- [I do believe]
[I do believe]
[I do believe] -
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
Betting on the cure
Yeah it must be better than this
Need to feel secure
Yeah, it's gotta better than this, this, this
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure
- I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
POOR TWISTED ME (4:00)
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
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
Just for oh poor twisted me
Poor twisted me
Poor mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Lungs fill with sorrow, lungs fill with misery
Inhaling the deep dark blue
Oh, whoa is me
I'm such a burden to be
The poor mistreated me
- I finally reach the shore
Survive the storm
Now you're bare and cold
The sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again - Bathe me again and again and again
-
I finally reach the shore
Survive the storm
Now you're bare and cold
Yeah, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again
Good to feel my friend
Oh whoa is me
I'm such a burden to be
Oh poor twisted me
Oh poor twisted me
Oh poor twisted me
WASTING MY HATE (3:57)
(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
Think you're worthy now
You think enough to even raise a brow
And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown
Well, 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
Get 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
Think I'll keep it for myself
- Ain't gonna waste mt hate
But I'm so greedy when they say
Better to give than 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
- HATE
MAMA SAID (5:19)
(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 it's done
The brightest flame burns quickest
It's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owed 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 - It's 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
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
Or 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
- Never I ask of you
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
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
That I'll 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
- Never I ask of you
THORN WITHIN (5:51)
(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 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
- I do your time
So point your fingers
Point right at me
For I am shadows and will follow you
One and the same are we
- I am
Your secret
I am
Your sin
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
RONNIE (5:17)
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Different path, lost his way
These 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, something wrong
With little strange Ronnie Long
Never laughed, never smiled
Talked alone, 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 stained the sun red today
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
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
- 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 stained the sun red today
[That's right]
All things wash away
[And they all fall down]
But blood stained the sun today
[Yeah]
All things wash away
[And they all fall down]
But blood stained the sun today
THE OUTLAW TORN (9:52)
(Hetfield, Ulrich)
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
- I'm outlaw torn
I'm outlaw 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
- I'm outlaw torn
I'm outlaw torn
Yeah, I'm outlaw torn
And I'm torn
Hear me
And if 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 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