 Genius Lyrics
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Metallica – 72 Seasons
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[Verse 1] / Feeding on the wrath of man / Shot down, traumatic / Time haunted by the past / Long gone, dogmatic / Although the die is cast / Shot down, volcanic / But what is gone
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Metallica – Turn the Page
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A cover of the song originally by Bob Seger, about the difficulties of life on the road as a rock musician.
Lars Ulrich discovered the track when he was driving, and felt it fit
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Metallica – I Disappear
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Formally releasing on May 9th, 2000 (and later on June 2nd as a single), “I Disappear” was a single by Metallica written for the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, the last song by
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Metallica – Battery
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The opening track on “Master of Puppets,” widely regarded as the apex of the thrash genre, “Battery” begins with a menacing, ascending classical guitar riff. It escalates from
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Metallica – Screaming Suicide
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[Verse 1] / Welcome to this life / Born into the fight / Here to claim your dream / Look you in the eye / Patch the broken sky / Craving dopamine / Then my voice appears / Teaching
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Metallica – One
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The fourth track on Metallica’s …And Justice for All, is based on the novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. There, Joe Bonham, a soldier in World War I, is hit by a landmine
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Metallica – Sleepwalk My Life Away
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[Verse 1] / Take a deep, waking breath / Hope the blood arrives / Burn my eyes with the sun / And pretend I'm alive / It never will appear / Strong as past desire / Light warming
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Metallica (Ft. Marianne Faithfull) – The Memory Remains
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This song was ReLoad’s first single, released on November 11, 1997. It was very successful, hitting #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features singer Marianne Faithfull doing
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Metallica – Creeping Death
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Based on the story of the first Passover from the Book of Exodus, “Creeping Death” is a brutal retelling of the story of the Angel Of Death. When the Pharaoh refused to release the
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Metallica – Fade to Black
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“Fade to Black” is a powerful ballad about a man that wants to commit suicide, and eventually does it. The depressive lyrics regarding someone with suicidal desires were inspired
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Metallica – Harvester of Sorrow
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This song is about a man who suffers abuse during his childhood, something that has traumatised him throughout his adulthood. The aforementioned trauma descends him into madness
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Korn – One (Live from "MTV ICON: Metallica")
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“One” is a Metallica cover that Korn played live (and continues to now) at MTV’s Icon: Metallica, which featured many current rock acts covering classic Metallica songs
Though “
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Metallica – Sad But True
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The fifth and final single released from Metallica’s seminal self-titled album, “Sad But True” is about a person’s darker side taking control.
Influenced by the 1978 horror film
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Metallica – The Thing That Should Not Be
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This song references H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, something Metallica has done a number of times.
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Metallica – Escape
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This song from the Metallica’s second album was one that largely went unnoticed.
This is James Hetfield’s single most hated Metallica song, because the record company had forced
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I hate sex (Ft. Chad Fougere) – One by Metallica
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[Verse 1: Nicole Boychuk] / Empty wall / Shadows in the hall / Ghosts in the window / Chills in the home, though you left the candle burning / Wolves scratching at the back door
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Metallica – Slither
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[Chorus 1] / Don't go looking 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? / [Verse 1] / Ohh, watch the
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Metallica – Seek & Destroy
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The ninth track in Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All album. The song represents someone looking for victims, hence “Seek & Destroy.” The song creates some good beats and good tempo. It
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Metallica – Leper Messiah
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This song is a blistering take on corruption in religion. The preacher, the Leper Messiah, uses the tactics of a carnival barker to draw in crowds, and uses their money to feed his
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Metallica – Disposable Heroes
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This song from Metallica’s third album is an anti-war song. It is one of the most intense songs Metallica has ever written, with certain sections performed at 220 beats per minute.
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Metallica – Prince Charming
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Metallica – The Struggle Within
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Based on the the melancholy lyrics, it seems the narrator of the song has “A Struggle Within” himself that has consumed him and his mind, consisting of a feeling: probably anxiety
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Metallica – Where the Wild Things Are
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[Intro] / So wake up, sleepy one / It's time to save your world / [Verse 1] / Steal dreams and give to you / Shoplift a thought or two / All children touch the Sun / Burn fingers
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Metallica – All Nightmare Long
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“All Nightmare Long” was released as Metallica’s fifth single from Death Magnetic. The single was released on December 15, 2008.
It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best
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Metallica – Room of Mirrors
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[Verse 1] / In a mirrored room, all alone I stand / Strip away the phantom fame / Exposing all sides to see / The good and bad in me / In a mirrored room, all alone I stand
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Metallica – If Darkness Had a Son
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[Refrain] / Temptation / Temptation / Temptation / Temptation / [Verse 1] / The beast still shouts for what it's yearning / He stokes the fire, desire burning / The never-ending
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Metallica – Low Man's Lyric
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[Intro] / One, two, three, one / [Chorus] / My eyes seek reality / My fingers seek my veins / There's a dog at your backstep / He must come in from the rain / I fall 'cause I let
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Metallica – Stone Cold Crazy
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A cover from the proto-thrash Queen song, recorded in 1990 for the Elektra Records 40th Anniversary compilation Rubaiyat. It later received a Grammy Award for Best Metal
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Metallica – Better Than You
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[Verse 1: James Hetfield] / 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 / [
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Metallica – Carpe Diem Baby
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Pre-
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Metallica – Dirty Window
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[Verse 1] / I see my reflection in the window / It looks different, so different than what you see / Projecting judgement on the world / This house is clean baby, this house is
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