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Ain’t My Bitch
05 : 06
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2 × 4
05 : 30
3
The House Jack Built
06 : 40
4
Until It Sleeps
04 : 31
5
King Nothing
05 : 29
6
Hero of the Day
04 : 23
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Bleeding Me
08 : 19
8
Cure
04 : 56
9
Poor Twisted Me
04 : 01
10
Wasting My Hate
03 : 59
11
Mama Said
05 : 20
12
Thorn Within
05 : 53
13
Ronnie
05 : 19
14
The Outlaw Torn
09 : 48
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Track Lyrics
Ain’t My Bitch Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Outta my way, outta my day
Out of your mind and into mine
Into no one, into not one
Into your step but out of time
Headstrong, what's wrong?
I've already heard this song before
[Pre-Chorus]
You arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
[Chorus]
Dragging me down
Why you around?
So useless
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch, ah!
Yeah, it ain't my bitch
Oh
[Verse 2]
Down on the sun, down and no fun
Down and out, where the hell ya been?
Damn it all down, damn it unbound
Damn it all down to hell again
Stand tall, can't fall
Never even bend at all before
[Pre-Chorus]
You arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
[Chorus]
Dragging me down
Why you around?
So useless, yeah
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch, ah!
[Bridge]
Oh, outta my way!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
Outta my way, outta my day
Out of your mind and into mine
Into no one, into not one
Into your step but out of time
Headstrong, what's wrong?
I've already heard this song before
[Pre-Chorus]
You arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye
(And now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye)
(And now it's time to kiss ass)
[Chorus]
Dragging me down
Why you around?
So useless, yeah
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my bitch, ah!
No way but down
Why you're around?
No foolin', yeah
It ain't my smile
It ain't my style
It ain't my bitch, oh, it ain't mine
[Bridge]
Ain't mine, your kind
You're steppin' out of time
Ain't mine, your kind
You're steppin' out of time
[Chorus]
Dragging me down
Why you around?
No foolin'
It ain't my fall
It ain't my call
It ain't my, ooh, bitch
[Outro]
You ain't mine
2 × 4 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah, I'ma gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'ma gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws into you, yeah, my way
Yeah, come on and come on, come and make my day
Make my day
[Verse 2]
Yeah, got some hell to pay, I steal your thunder
The joy of violent movement pulls you under
Ooh, bite the bullet, well hard
Yeah, but I die harder, so go too far, too far
[Chorus]
(Friction, fusion, retribution)
(Friction, fusion)
I can't hear you, talk to me
(Retribution)
I can't hear you, so talk to me
(Friction, fusion)
I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
(Retribution)
I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
Can't hear you, time to meet my Lord
I can't hear you, talk to two by four, hey
[Verse 1]
Yeah, I'ma going to make you, shake you, take you
I'ma going to be that one who breaks you
Put the screws into you, my way
Hey, come on, come on, come and make my day
Make my day
[Chorus]
(Friction, fusion, retribution)
(Friction, fusion)
Hehe, I can't hear you, talk to me
(Retribution)
I can't hear you, come talk to me
(Friction, fusion)
I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
(Retribution)
Ooh, I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
I can't hear you, time to meet my Lord
I can't hear you, talk to two by four, hey, hey
[Bridge]
Yeah, talk to two by four
It don't take no more
Come on, yeah
Come on, oh
[Guitar Solo]
Come on, come on, oh
Talk to two by four
Talk to two by four
[Chorus]
(Friction, fusion, retribution)
(Friction, fusion)
I'm gonna make you talk to me
(Retribution)
I'm gonna take you, ooh, so talk to me
(Friction, fusion)
Hey, I can't hear you, you talking to me?
(Retribution)
I can't hear you, you talking to me?
I can't hear you, time to meet my Lord
I can't hear you, talk to, talk to two by four
She don't take no more
The House Jack Built Lyrics
[Intro]
Open door, so I walk inside
Close my eyes, find my place to hide
And I shake as I take it in
Let the show begin
[Verse 1]
Open my eyes just to have them close again
Well on my way, but on my way to where I've been
It swallows me as it takes me in its fog
Mm-ah, I twist away as I give this world the nod
[Bridge]
Open door, so I walk inside
Close my eyes, find my place to hide
And I shake as I take it in
Let the show begin
[Verse 2]
Open my eyes just to have them closed once again
Don't want control, ay-yeah
As it takes me down, and down, and down again
Is that the moon or just a light that lights this dead-end street?
Is that you there or just another demon that I meet?
[Chorus]
The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
Step into the house that Jack built
[Chorus]
The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
'Cause this is the house that Jack built
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Open door, yes, I walk inside
Swallow me so the pain subsides
And I shake as I take the sin
Let the show begin (Let the show begin)
[Chorus]
The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
'Cause this is the house that Jack built
The higher you are
The farther you fall
Longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
'Cause I am, I am, I am
[Outro]
Open my eyes
It swallows me
Is that you there
I twist away
Away
Away
Away
Until It Sleeps Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Where do I take this pain of mine?
I run but it stays right by my side
[Chorus]
So tear me open, pour me out
There's things inside that scream and shout
And the pain still hates me
So hold me until it sleeps
[Verse 2]
Just like the curse, just like the stray
You feed it once and now it stays
Now it stays
[Chorus]
So tear me open, but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me until I'm clean
It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me
It hates you, so hold me
It holds you, so hold me
Until it sleeps (Until it sleeps, until it sleeps)
[Verse 3]
So tell me why you've chosen me?
Don't want your grip, don't want your greed
Don't want it
[Chorus]
I'll tear me open, make you gone
No more can you hurt anyone
And the fear still shakes me
So hold me until it sleeps
It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me, yeah
It hates you, so hold me, yeah
It holds you, holds you, holds you
Until it sleeps (Until it sleeps, until it sleeps)
Until it sleeps (Until it sleeps)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I don't want it
I don't want it, want it, want it
Want it, want it, no
[Chorus]
So tear me open, but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me 'til I'm clean
I'll tear me open, make you gone
No longer will you hurt anyone
And the hate still shapes me
So hold me until it sleeps
(Until it sleeps, until it sleeps)
Until it sleeps (Until it sleeps)
King Nothing Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Wish I may, wish I might have this I wish tonight
Are you satisfied?
Dig for gold, dig for fame, you dig to make your name
Are you pacified?
[Pre-Chorus]
All the wants you waste
All the things you've chased
[Chorus]
Then it all crashes down and you break your crown
And you point your finger, but there's no one around
Just want one thing, just to play the king
But the castle's crumbled, and you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
Where's your crown?
[Verse 2]
Hot and cold, bought and sold, a heart as hard as gold
Yeah, are you satisfied?
Wish I might, wish I may, you wish your life away
Are you pacified?
[Pre-Chorus]
All the wants you waste
All the things you've chased
[Chorus]
Then it all crashes down and you break your crown
And you point your finger, but there's no one around
Just want one thing, just to play the king, a-ha
But the castle's crumbled, and you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
Oh, nothin'
Oh, where's your crown?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
I want that star, I want it now
I want it all and I don't care how
Careful what you wish
Careful what you say
Careful what you wish, you may regret it
Careful what you wish, you just might get it
[Chorus]
Then it all crashes down and you break your crown
And you point your finger, but there's no one around
Just want one thing, just to play the king
But the castle's crumbled, and you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
[Outro]
Nothing
No, you're just nothing
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
No, you're just nothing
Absolutely nothing
Off to never-never land
Hero of the Day Lyrics
[Intro]
(Oh, they try and break me)
[Verse 1]
The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms, no matter where they've gone
They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?
[Refrain]
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your name?
Can't you hear your babies crying?
[Bridge]
(Oh, they try and break me)
(Still they try and break me)
[Verse 2]
Excuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now, deservingly, this easy chair
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid but the fist I make
For years, can't hold or feel
No, I'm not all me, so please excuse me
While I tend to how I feel
[Chorus]
But now the dreams (But now the dreams) and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall (So build the wall), behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So, can you hear your babies crying now?
[Refrain]
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns (The window burns)
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Can't you hear your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying?
[Chorus]
But now the dreams (But now the dreams) and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall (So build the wall), behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
So, can't you hear your babies crying now?
[Outro]
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try
Mama, they try
Mama, they try and break me (Mama, they try and break me)
Mama, they try and break me (Mama, they try and break me)
Mama, they try and break me (Mama, they try and break me)
Mama, they try
Mama, they try
Bleeding Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm digging my way
I'm digging my way to something
I'm digging my way to something better
I'm pushing to stay
I'm pushing to stay with something
I'm pushing to stay with something better
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah
Woah, yeah
[Verse 2]
I'm sowing the seeds
I'm sowing the seeds I've taken
I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted
This thorn in my side
This thorn in my side is from the tree
This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, it tears me and I bleed, yeah
And I bleed, oh yeah, yeah
Yeah
[Chorus]
Caught under wheels' roll
I take the leech, I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, woah
Ooh, I can't take it
Caught under wheels' roll
Oh, the bleeding of me, yeah
Ooh, of me, yeah
The bleeding of me
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Caught under wheels' roll
I take the leech, I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, woah
Ooh, I can't take it
Caught under wheels' roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Woah, the bleeding of me
[Bridge]
Yeah
I am the beast that feeds the feast
I am the blood, I am release
Come make me pure
Bleed me a cure
I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under
[Chorus]
Caught under wheels' roll
I take that leech, I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me
Oh, I can't take it
I can't take it
I can't take it
Oh, oh, the bleeding of me, yeah
[Guitar Solo]
Ooh, come on, baby
[Outro]
I'm, yeah
I'm digging my way
I'm digging my way to something
I'm digging my way to something better
I'm pushing to stay
I'm pushing to stay with something
I'm pushing to stay with something better
With something better
Cure Lyrics
[Intro]
The man takes another bullet
He keeps them all within
He must seek, no matter how it hurts
So don't fool again
[Verse 1]
He thinks the answer is cold and in his hand
He takes his medicine
The man takes another bullet
He's been fooled again
[Refrain]
Uncross your arms and take
Take and throw them to the cure, say
"I do believe"
Uncross your arms now
Take them to it, say
"I do believe", yeah
"I do believe"
[Verse 2]
The lies tempt her and she follows
Again she lets him in
She must believe to fill the hollow
She's been fooled again
[Refrain]
Uncross your arms and take
Take and throw them to the cure, say
"I do believe"
Uncross your arms now
Take them to it, say
"I do believe", oh yeah
"I do believe", yeah-yeah, whoa
[Chorus]
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure
Precious cure
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Betting on the cure
Because it must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure, aowah, yeah
Precious cure
[Bridge]
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe
I do believe, I do believe, I do believe
[Chorus]
Betting on the cure
It must get better than this
Need to feel secure
It's got to get better than this
It must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Everyone's got to have the sickness
'Cause everyone seems to need the cure
[Outro]
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
Poor Twisted Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh, poor twisted me
Oh, poor twisted me
I feast on sympathy
I chew on suffer
Yeah, I chew on agony
Swallow whole the pain
Oh, it's too good to be
That all this misery
Just for, oh, poor twisted me, yeah
Ooh, yeah
Poor twisted me
[Verse 2]
Poor mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Lungs fill with sorrow
Lungs fill with misery
Inhaling the deep, dark blue
Oh, woe is me
Such a burden to be
The poor mistreated me, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
To finally reach the shore, survive the storm
Now you're bare and cold, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again
Baby, again, and again, and again, yeah, yeah
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Finally reached the shore, survived the storm
Now you're bare and cold, yeah, the sea was warm
So warm, you bathe your soul again
[Outro]
Good to feel my friend
Oh, woe is me
Such a burden to be
Oh, poor twisted me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yo, poor twisted me
Oh, yo, yo, poor twisted me
Wasting My Hate Lyrics
[Chorus]
Good day, how do?
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
[Verse 1]
Ain't gonna waste my hate
Ain't gonna waste my hate on you
I think I'll keep it for myself
Ain't gonna give no more
Ain't got the time to help you score
I think it's time you pleased yourself
Yourself
[Chorus]
Good day, how do?
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
Waste my hate on you
Hate
[Verse 2]
You think you're worthy now?
You think enough to even raise the brow
And to laugh and tip that two-pronged crown?
Well I see my hands, I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in beat
But where the hell's my mind going now?
Dead gone now
[Chorus]
Good day, how do?
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
Waste my hate on you
I think I'll keep it for myself, hey!
[Verse 3]
Ain't gonna waste my hate
But I'm so greedy when they say
Better to give than to receive
Ain't gonna waste my hate, no, no
Ain't got time to waste my hate on you
Yeah, I think I'm going to keep it all for myself
For myself
[Chorus]
Good day, how do?
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
Waste my hate on you
I think I'll keep it for myself, yeah!
Hate
Mama Said Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mama, she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
"Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore it's done"
"The brightest flame burns quickest"
Is what I heard her say
A son's heart's owned to Mother
But I must find my way
[Chorus]
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or, let this heart be still (be still)
[Verse 2]
"Rebel," my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
Left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what is said is done
[Chorus]
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or, let this heart be still
[Bridge]
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still
[Verse 3]
Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
But a mother's love for her son
Unspoken, help me be
I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me, yeah-yeah
I need your arms to welcome me
But a cold stone's all I see
[Chorus]
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or, let this heart be still
Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go
You never let my heart go
So, let this heart be still
[Outro]
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So, let this heart be still
Thorn Within Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned
Find me guilty of the life I feel within
When I'm branded, this mark of shame
Should I look down disgraced or straight ahead
And know that you must blame?
[Chorus]
I am (I am) the secret
I am (I am) the sin
I am (I am) the guilty
And I (And I), I am the thorn within
[Verse 2]
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned
Find me guilty when true guilt is from within
So point your fingers, point right at me
For I am shadows and will follow you
One and the same are we
[Chorus]
I am (I am) the secret
I am (I am) the sin
I am (I am) the guilty
And I (And I), I am the thorn within
[Post-Chorus]
I do your time, I take your fall
I'm branded guilty for us all
[Verse 3]
So point your fingers, point right at me
For I am shadows and will follow you
One and the same are we
[Chorus]
I am (I am) your secrets
I am (I am) your sin
I am (I am) your guilty
And I (And I), I am the thorn within
[Outro]
I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
I am the thorn within
Ronnie Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Different path, lost his way
Then streets of red, red, I'm afraid
There's no confetti, no parade
Nothing happens in this boring place
But, oh my God, how it all did change
[Pre-Chorus]
Now, they all pray
"Bloodstain, wash away"
[Chorus]
He said "Lost my way
This bloody day, lost my way"
I heard it
He said "Lost my way
This bloody day, lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today
[Verse 2]
I always said something wrong
With little, strange Ronnie Long
Never laughed, never smiled
Talked alone for miles and miles and miles
"Gallows calls, son," I say
Keep your smile and laugh all day
Think once again in this boring place
For little boys, how they soon change
[Pre-Chorus]
Now they all pray
"Bloodstain, wash away"
[Chorus]
He said "I lost my way
This bloody day, lost my way"
Yeah, I heard it
He said "I lost my way
This bloody day, I lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today
Yeah
[Interlude]
Yeah, well all the green things died
When Ronnie moved to this place
He said, "Don't you dare ask
Why I'm cursed to wear this face"
Now we all know why
Children called him Ronnie Frown
When he pulled that gun from his pocket
And they'd all fall down, down, down
[Chorus]
He said "Lost my way
This bloody day, lost my way"
Yeah, yeah, I heard it
He screamed "Lost my way
This bloody day, lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today
[Outro]
That's right
All things wash away
And they'd all fall down
But blood stained the sun today
Yeah, yeah
All things wash away
And they'd all fall down
But blood stained the sun today
The Outlaw Torn Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro 00:00-01:20]
[Verse 1]
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you
I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you
I search the outside, search inside for you
To take back what you left me
I know I'll always burn to be
The one who seeks so I may find
And now I wait my whole lifetime
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm outlaw torn
I'm outlaw torn
And I'm torn
[Verse 2]
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you
The more I search, the more my need for you
The more I bless, the more I bleed for you
You make me smash the clock and feel
I'd rather die behind the wheel
Time was never on my side
So on I wait my whole lifetime
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm outlaw torn
I'm outlaw torn
I'm outlaw torn
And I'm torn
[Chorus]
(Hear me) And if I close my mind in fear
Please, pry it open
(See me) And if my face becomes sincere
Beware
(Hold me) And when I start to come undone
Stitch me together
(Save me) And when you see me strut
Remind me of what left this outlaw torn
[Instrumental Break 05:11-07:00]
[Guitar Solo: Kirk Hammett]
[Chorus]
(Hear me) And if I close my mind in fear
Please, pry it open
(See me) And if my face becomes sincere
Beware
(Hold me) And when I start to come undone
Stitch me together
(Save me) And when you see me strut
Remind me of what left this outlaw torn
[Instrumental Outro]
[Guitar Solo: James Hetfield]