METALLICA 1991

ENTER SANDMAN
 
 Say your prayers little one
 Don't forget, my son
 To include everyone

 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
         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
         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

     Exit: Light
     Enter: Night
     Grain of sand

     Exit: Light
     Enter: Night
     Take my hand
     We're off to never never land

SAD BUT TRUE

 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 reasoned  alibis
     I'm inside         open your eyes
     I'm you

     Sad but true

HOLIER THAN THOU

 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 somethig 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
 Others lives are the basis of your own
 Burn your bridges 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

 New blood joins this earth
 And quikly 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
 This 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 through 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 through in what I've shown
     Never free
     Never me
     So I dub thee unforgiven

 You labeled me
 I'll label you
 So I dub the unforgiven

WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

...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

Liberty or death, What we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her, Rattling of her tail
Never begins it, Never, But once 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 live 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
     So be it
     Settle the score
     Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...

 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 on 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

 All that is, was and will be
 Universe much too 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 of 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

 So close no matter how far
 Couldn't be much more 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 they 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 they 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

 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 they do
     Never cared for what they know
     And I know

 So close no matter how far
 Couldn't be much more from the heart
 Forever trusting who we are
 No nothing else matters

OF WOLF AND MAN

 Off through the new day's mist I run
 Off 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
 Off 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 is 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 day
 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

 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 your hear 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 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 hear 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 hear the discouraging lies
         I hear faith in your cries
         Broken is the promise, betrayal
         The healing hand held back by deepened nail

         Follow the god that failed

MY FRIEND OF MISERY

 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
 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 creaming
 My friend of misery

THE STRUGGLE WITHIN

 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 ot lose

 What the hell
 What is you think 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

 Home is not a 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 real

    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 you think 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