 Genius Meanings
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Metallica – Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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[Verse 1] / Look inside and you will see / The words are cutting deep inside my brain / Thunder burning, quickly burning / Knife of words is driving me insane / Insane, yeah / [
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Budgie – Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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[Verse 1] / Look inside, and you will see / That words are cutting deep inside my brain / Thunder burning, quickly turning / Knife of words is driving me insane / Insane / Yeah
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Metallica – The Wait
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[Intro: Lars Ulrich] / 1, 2, 3, 4 / [Verse 1: James Hetfield] / Motives changing, day to day / The fire increases, masks decay / I look at the river, white foam floats down / The
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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 – 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 – Astronomy
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Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult in 1974 on the “Secret Treaties” album.
“Astronomy” has never been performed live
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Metallica – Helpless
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Cover of Diamond Head. Metallica played it a lot on the early days, leading to its inclusion in the Garage Days Re-Revisited EP. Years later, they would even perform the song along
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Metallica – Blitzkrieg
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[Verse 1] / Let us have peace, let us have life / Let us escape the cruel night / Let us have time, let the sun shine / Let us beware the deadly sign / [Chorus] / The day is coming
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Metallica – Free Speech for the Dumb
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[Guitar Solo] / [Chorus] / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free fucking speech / [Guitar
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Metallica – Whiskey in the Jar
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Cover of Thin Lizzy’s version of a traditional Irish drinking song.
It is one of the most popular traditional Irish songs, widely covered and made famous by The Dubliners, who
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Metallica – Overkill
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[Verse 1] / Only way to feel the noise / Is when it is good and loud / So good I can't believe it / Screaming with the crowd / [Chorus] / Don't sweat it / Give it back to you / Don
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Metallica – Killing Time
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[Chorus 1] / Sound of gunfire comes through the night / Killing and hatred, it is a terrible sight / Reports come in of the heavy attack / Message is seen, we are moving back / [
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Metallica – The Prince
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This cover of Diamond Head’s “The Prince” first appeared as the b-side to Metallica’s “One” cassette single. It was also included on the European “Harvester of Sorrow” 12" single
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Metallica – Damage Case
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While Metallica rehearsed for Lemmy’s 50th Birthday Party at the Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, they recorded four Motörhead cover songs direct to two-track at The Plant Studios
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Metallica – Last Caress / Green Hell
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Two songs by The Misfits back-to-back. Both were originally released 3 years apart and thus are vastly different, but according to James Hetfield, they “were just two songs we
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Metallica – The More I See
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[Verse 1] / From where I stand I see / Pain, suffering, and misery / [Chorus] / The more I see (the more I see) / The less, the less I believe / [Verse 2] / From where I stand I
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Metallica – Stone Dead Forever
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[Intro] / You think you see me in the glass / You think you hear me better listen fast / I think I see you gone to seed / Think your reason is your guilt and greed / [Verse 1
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Metallica – Mercyful Fate
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A medley of Mercyful Fate covers performed by Metallica for their 1999 cover double album Garage Inc. At 11:10, it is the longest song that Metallica has ever recorded on a studio
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Metallica – Sabbra Cadabra
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“Sabbra Cadabra” is a cover of Black Sabbath’s song from 1973’s Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath—while also adding part of another song from that album, “A National Acrobat,” during the
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Metallica – Loverman
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The most unexpected version in Garage Inc. – along with plenty of 70s\80s heavy metal and punk, here comes Australian Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, with a song barely 4 years old
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Metallica – Too Late Too Late
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While Metallica rehearsed for Lemmy’s 50th Birthday Party at the Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, they recorded four Motörhead cover songs direct to two-track at The Plant Studios
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Metallica – Tuesday's Gone
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On December 18, 1997, Metallica went to San Jose’s KSJO, hosting the “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” radio show. They gave an unplugged concert, bootlegged as “Acoustic Metal
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Metallica – The Small Hours
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[Intro] / Suck on this / [Verse 1] / Look out at the darkness / And you will see / Just call my name and I'll be there / You cannot touch me / You would not dare / I am the chill
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Metallica – Am I Evil?
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This is a cover version, the original of which is performed by Diamond Head, a largely obscure NWOBHM band that nonetheless had seminal influence on a number of metal acts – most
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Metallica – It's Electric
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This is a cover from a Diamond Head song, which originally appeared on the 1980 album ‘Lightning to the Nations’. Diamond Head were one of the biggest influences on Metallica’s
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