Enter Sandman
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Say your prayers, little one.
Don't forget, my son,
to include everyone.
I tuck you in, warm within,
keep you free from sin
till the sandman, he comes.
Sleep with one eye open,
gripping your pillow tight.Exit: Light.
Enter: Night.
Take my hand.
We're off to never never land.
Something's wrong, shut the light.
Heavy thoughts tonight,
and they aren't of Snow White.
Dreams of war, dreams of liars,
dreams of dragon's fire
and of things that will bite.
Sleep with one eye open,
gripping your pillow tight.Exit: Light.
Enter: Night.
Take my hand.
We're off to never never land.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I die before I wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take.
Hush little baby, don't say a word.
And never mind that noise you heard.
It's just the beasts under your bed,
in your closet, in your head.
Sleep with one eye open,
gripping your pillow tight.Exit: Light.
Enter: Night.
Grain of sand.Exit: Light.
Enter: Night.
Take my hand.
We're off to never never land.
Sad But True
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Hey,
I'm your life.
I'm the one who takes you there.
Hey,
I'm your life.
I'm the one who cares.
They,
they betray.
I'm your only true friend now.
They,
they'll betray.
I'm forever there.
I'm your dream, make you real.
I'm your eyes when you must steal.
I'm your pain when you can't feel.
Sad but true.I'm your dream, mind astray.
I'm your eyes while you're away.
I'm your pain while you repay.
You know it's sad but true.
You,
you're my mask.
You're my cover, my shelter.
You,
you're my mask.
You're the one who's blamed.
Do,
do my work.
Do my dirty work, scapegoat.
Do,
do my deeds.
For you're the one who's shamed.
I'm your dream, make you real.
I'm your eyes when you must steal.
I'm your pain when you can't feel.
Sad but true.I'm your dream, mind astray.
I'm your eyes while you're away.
I'm your pain while you repay.
You know it's sad but true.
Hate,
I'm your hate.
I'm your hate when you want love.
Pay,
pay the price.
Pay, for nothing's fair.
Hey,
I'm your life.
I'm the one who took you there.
Hey,
I'm your life.
And I no longer care.
I'm your dream, make you real.
I'm your eyes when you must steal.
I'm your pain when you can't feel.
Sad but true.I'm your truth, telling lies.
I'm your reason alibis.
I'm inside open your eyes.
I'm you.
Sad but true.
Holier Than Thou
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
No more!
The crap rolls out your mouth again.
Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin.
Little whispers circle around your head.
Why don't you worry about yourself instead?
Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from?
Gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue.
You lie so much you believe yourself.
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
Holier than thou,
you are.
Holier than thou,
you are.
You know not.
Before you judge me take a look at you.
Can't you find something better to do?
Point the finger, slow to understand.
Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.
It's not who you are, it's who you know.
Other's lives are the basis of your own.
Burn your bridges and build them back with wealth.
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
Holier than thou,
you are.
Holier than thou,
you are.
You know not.
The Unforgiven
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
New blood joins this earth,
and quickly he's subdued.
Through constant pain disgrace,
the young boy learns their rules.
With time, the child draws in
this whipping boy done wrong.
Deprived of all his thoughts,
the young man struggles on, and on. He's known,
a vow unto his own
that never from this day
his will they'll take away.
What I've felt,
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown.
Never be.
Never see.
Won't see what might have been.What I've felt,
what I've known
never shined though in what I've shown.
Never free.
Never me.
So I dub thee unforgiven.
They dedicate their lives
to running all of his.
He tries to please them all,
this bitter man he is.
Throughout his life the same,
he's battled constantly.
This fight he cannot win.
A tired man they see no longer cares.
The old man then prepares
to die regretfully.
That old man here is me.
What I've felt,
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown.
Never be.
Never see.
Won't see what might have been.What I've felt,
what I've known
never shined though in what I've shown.
Never free.
Never me.
So I dub thee unforgiven.
You labeled me.
I'll label you.
So I dub thee unforgiven.
Wherever I May Roam
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
...And the road becomes my bride.
I have stripped of all but pride,
so in her I do confide,
and she keeps me satisfied.
Gives me all I need.
...And with dust in throat I crave,
only knowledge will I save.
To the game you stay a slave.
Rover, wanderer,
nomad, vagabond,
call me what you will.
But I'll take my time anywhere,
free to speak my mind anywhere.
And I'll redefine anywhere.Anywhere I roam,
where I lay my head is home.
...And the earth becomes my throne,
I adapt to the unknown.
Under wandering stars I've grown.
By myself but not alone.
I ask no one.
...And my ties are severed clean,
the less I have, the more I gain.
Off the beaten path I reign.
Rover, wanderer,
nomad, vagabond,
call me what you will.
But I'll take my time anywhere,
I'm free to speak my mind anywhere.
And I'll never mind anywhere.Anywhere I roam,
where I lay my head is home.But I'll take my time anywhere,
free to speak my mind.
And I'll take my find anywhere.Anywhere I roam,
where I lay my head is home.Carved upon my stone,
my body lie, but still I roam.Wherever I may roam.
Don't Tread On Me
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Don't tread on me.
Say, don't tread on me.
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail.
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail.
Never begins it, never, but one engaged...
never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage.
Don't tread on me.
So be it,
threaten no more.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
So be it,
settle the score.
Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Don't tread on me.
Love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite.
Quick is the blue tongue, forked as the lightning strike.
Shining with brightness, always on surveillance.
The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance.
Don't tread on me.
So be it,
threaten no more.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail.
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail.
So be it,
threaten no more.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
So be it,
settle the score.
Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Don't tread on me.
Through The Never
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
All that is, was and will be.
Universe, much to big to see.
Time and space never ending.
Disturbing thoughts, questions pending.
Limitations of human understanding.
Too quick to criticize.
Obligation to survive.
We hunger to be alive.
All that is, ever,
ever was
will be ever
twisting,
turning
through the never.
In the dark, see past our eyes.
Pursuit of truth, no matter where it lies.
Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens.
On a quest, meaning, reason.
Came to be, how it begun.
All alone in the family of the sun.
Curiosity teasing everyone.
On our home, third stone from the sun.
All that is, ever,
ever was
will be ever
twisting,
turning
through the never.
On through the never.
We must go
on through the never,
out to the edge of forever.
We must go
on through the never.
Then never comes.
All that is, ever,
ever was
will be ever
who we are.
Ask forever.
Twisting,
turning
through the never.Never.
Nothing Else Matters
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
So close, no matter how far.
Couldn't be much from the heart.
Forever trusting who we are.
And nothing else matters.
Never opened myself this way.
Life is ours, we live it our way.
All these words I don't just say.
And nothing else matters.
Trust I seek and I find in you.
Every day for us something new.
Open mind for a different view.
And nothing else matters.
Never cared for what they do.
Never cared for what the know.
But I know.
So close, no matter how far.
Couldn't be much more from the heart.
Forever trusting who we are.
And nothing else matters.
Never cared for what they do.
Never cared for what the know.
But I know.
Never opened myself this way.
Life is ours, we live it our way.
All these words I don't just say.
And nothing else matters.
Trust I seek and I find in you.
Every day for us something new.
Open mind for a different view.
And nothing else matters.
Never cared for what they say.
Never cared for games they play.
Never cared for what the know.
And I know.
So close, no matter how far.
Couldn't be much more from the heart.
Forever trusting who we are.
And nothing else matters.
Of Wolf And Man
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Off through the new day's mist I run.
Out from the new day's mist I have come.
I hunt,
therefore I am.
Harvest the land.
Taking of the fallen lamb.
Off through the new day's mist I run.
Out from the new day's mist I have come.
We shift,
pulsing with the earth.
Company we keep.
Roaming the land while you sleep.
Shape shift. Nose to the wind.
Shape shift. Feeling I've been.
Move swift. All senses clean.
Earth's gift. Back to the meaning of life.
Bright is the moon, high in starlight.
Chill in the air, cold as steel tonight.
We shift.
Call of the wild.
Fear in your eyes.
It's later than you realized.
Shape shift. Nose to the wind.
Shape shift. Feeling I've been.
Move swift. All senses clean.
Earth's gift. Back to the meaning of life.
I feel a change.
Back to a better place.
Hair stands on the back of my neck.
In wildness is the preservation of the world.
So seek the wolf in thyself.
Shape shift. Nose to the wind.
Shape shift. Feeling I've been.
Move swift. All senses clean.
Earth's gift. Back to the meaning of wolf and man.
The God That Failed
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Pride you took,
pride you feel,
pride that you felt when you'd kneel.
Not the word,
not the love,
not what you thought from above.
It feeds,
it grows,
it clouds all that you will know.
Deceit,
deceive,
decide just what you believe.I see faith in your eyes.
Never you here the discouraging lies.
I hear faith in your cries.
Broken is the promise, betrayal.
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail.Follow the god that failed.
Find your peace,
find your your say,
find the smooth road on your way.
Trust you gave,
a child to save,
left you cold and him in grave.
It feeds,
it grows,
it clouds all that you will know.
Deceit,
deceive,
decide just what you believe.I see faith in your eyes.
Never you here the discouraging lies.
I hear faith in your cries.
Broken is the promise, betrayal.
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail.Follow the god that failed.
I see faith in your eyes.
Broken is the promise, betrayal.
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail.Follow the god that failed.
Pride you took,
pride you feel,
pride that you felt when you'd kneel.
Trust you gave,
a child to save,
left you cold and him in grave.
I see faith in your eyes.
Never you here the discouraging lies.
I hear faith in your cries.
Broken is the promise, betrayal.
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail.Follow the god that failed.
My Friend Of Misery
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
You just stood there screaming,
fearing no one was listening to you.
They say the empty can rattles the most.
The sound of your own voice must soothe you,
hearing only what you want to hear
and knowing only what you've heard.
You, you're smothered in tragedy,
and you're out to save the world.
Misery.
You insist that the weight of the world
should be on your shoulders.
Misery.
There's much more to life than what you see,
my friend of misery.
You still stood there screaming,
no one caring about these words you tell.
My friend, before your voice is gone,
one man's fun is another's hell.
These times are sent to try men's souls.
But something's wrong with all you see.
You, you'll take it on all yourself.
Remember, misery loves company.
Misery.
You insist that the weight of the world
should be on your shoulders.
Misery.
There's much more to life than what you see,
my friend of misery.
You just stood there screaming,
my friend of misery.
The Struggle Within
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
Reaching out for something you've got to feel,
while clutching to what you had thought was real.
Kicking at a dead horse pleases you.
No way of showing your gratitude.
So many things you don't want to do.
What is it, what have you got to lose?
What the hell?
What is it you think you're gonna find?
Hypocrite.
Boredom sets in the boring mind.
Struggle within. It suits you fine.
Struggle within. Your ruin.
Struggle within. You seal your own coffin.
Struggle within. The struggling within.
Home is not home, it becomes a hell.
Turning it into your prison cell.
Advantages are taken, not handed out.
While you struggle inside your hell.
Reaching out.
Grabbing for something you've got to feel.
Closing in.
The pressure upon you is so unreal.
Struggle within. It suits you fine.
Struggle within. Your ruin.
Struggle within. You seal your own coffin.
Struggle within. The struggling within.
Reaching out for something you've got to feel.
While clutching to what you had thought was real.
What the hell?
What is it you thing you're gonna find?
Hypocrite.
Boredom sets into the boring mind.
Struggle within. It suits you fine.
Struggle within. Your ruin.
Struggle within. You seal your own coffin.
Struggle within. The struggling within.