 Genius Meanings
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Holocaust (Band) – The Small Hours
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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 that's in the air / And I try to
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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 – 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 – 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 – Ride the Lightning
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Metallica’s gut-wrenching “Ride The Lightning” is about spending your final moments in an electric chair. The title was taken from Stephen King’s The Stand.
We just got into some
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Metallica – The Four Horsemen
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This song was originally written by original Metallica member and Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine. The lyrics were originally about teen sexual frustration, as seen in Megadeth’s
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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 – 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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Foo Fighters – Everlong
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The second single from 1997’s The Colour and the Shape. “Everlong” was penned by Dave Grohl during his split with his first wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood.
The divorce
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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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Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Considered by many to be the ultimate grunge anthem, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was the lead single for Nirvana’s second studio album and major label debut, September 1991’s
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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 – Spit Out the Bone
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The closer of Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, Metallica’s tenth album, “Spit Out the Bone” is a thrash metal song about the need for technology and the transhumanist agenda. Frontman
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Metallica – Ride the Lightning (Live)
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[Intro] / Metallica family, are you with us? / Are you with us? / Metallica is with you / We've some old stuff / [Verse 1] / Guilty as charged, but damn, it ain't right / There's
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Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
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On their controversial self-titled album which came to be known as the Black Album, “Nothing Else Matters” was perhaps the greatest example of the new Metallica sound that
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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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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Mr.Kitty – After Dark
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[Verse 1] / I see you, you see me / How pleasant, this feeling / The moment you hold me / I missed you, I'm sorry / I've given what I have / I showed you I'm growing / The ashes
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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 – 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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Guns N' Roses – Patience
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One of the Guns N' Roses' most famous and beautiful songs. This song was the main single of their second album G N' R Lies.
Played with only three guitars, it remains one of rock’
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Pink Floyd – Time
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This is the only track on the album that credits all 4 members of the band. It’s about how time can slip by, but many people do not realize it until it is too late. Roger Waters
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Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
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At a televised performance of VH1 Storytellers Billy Idol said that he had attended an event where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones were taking
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Bob Seger – Turn the Page
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[Verse 1] / On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha / You can listen to the engine moanin' out his one note song / You can think about the woman or the girl you knew the
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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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