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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

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

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

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

Until it sleeps

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

Until it sleeps

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

{Off to never-never land}

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

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
I can't take it
I can't take it
Oh, the bleeding of me

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

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

So let this heart be still

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

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