Reload
Metallica
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Fuel
04 : 29
2
The Memory Remains
04 : 39
3
Devil’s Dance
05 : 18
4
The Unforgiven II
06 : 36
5
Better Than You
05 : 21
6
Slither
05 : 13
7
Carpe Diem Baby
06 : 12
8
Bad Seed
04 : 05
9
Where the Wild Things Are
06 : 54
10
Prince Charming
06 : 05
11
Low Man’s Lyric
07 : 37
12
Attitude
05 : 16
13
Fixxxer
08 : 16
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Track Lyrics
Fuel Lyrics
[Chorus]
Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire, ooh
[Verse 1]
Yeah
Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red
A hundred plus through black and white
War horse, warhead
Fuck 'em man, white-knuckle tight
Through black and white
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose, and clean
And then I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
[Chorus]
So give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire, uh
Yeah
[Verse 2]
Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out home
Burn your face upon the chrome
Yeah, oh, yeah
Take the corner, join the crash-ah
Headlights (Head on), headlines
Another junkie lives too fast
Yeah, lives way too fast (Fast)
Fast (Fast), fast (Fast), oh-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose, and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
[Chorus]
So give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire
Ooh, yeah-heh
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
White knuckle tight
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Give me fuel (On I burn, on and on)
Give me fire (On I burn, on and on)
My desire (On I burn, on and on)
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose, and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
[Chorus]
Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire, ooh
[Outro]
On I burn
The Memory Remains Lyrics
[Intro: James Hetfield]
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane, but the memory remains
[Verse 1: James Hetfield]
Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd, cry the nowhere cheers of honor
Like twisted vines that grow
Hide and swallow mansions whole
Dim the light of an already faded primadonna
[Refrain: James Hetfield]
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane, but the memory remains
[Verse 2: James Hetfield]
Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back
And can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash, dust to dust
Fade to black
[Pre-Chorus: James Hetfield]
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane (Gone insane)
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane
Dance, little tin goddess
[Chorus: Marianne Faithfull]
Da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da
[Bridge: James Hetfield]
Drift away, fade away
Little tin goddess (Gone insane)
Ash to ash, dust to dust
Fade to black
[Refrain: James Hetfield]
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane (Gone insane)
Fortune, fame, mirror vain
Gone insane, but the memory remains
[Breakdown: James Hetfield]
Ash to ash (Ash to ash), dust to dust (Dust to dust)
Fade to black (Fade to black), the memories remain, yeah
To this faded primadonna, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus: James Hetfield]
Dance, little tin goddess, dance
[Chorus: Marianne Faithfull]
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da
Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da
Da-da-da-da-da
[Outro: Marianne Faithfull]
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da (Say yes)
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da (Or at least say hello)
Da-da-da-da-da (Say yes)
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da (Or at least say hello)
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
The Unforgiven II Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Lay beside me
And tell me what they've done
And speak the words I wanna hear
To make my demons run
The door is locked now
But it's opened if you're true
If you can understand the me
Then I can understand the you
[Verse 2]
Lay beside me
Under wicked sky
Through black of day, dark of night
We share this paralyze
The door cracks open
But there's no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still
But there's no sun shining through
[Pre-Chorus]
No, there's no sun shining through
No, there's no sun shining
[Chorus]
What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?
Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there? 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven, too?
[Verse 3]
Come lay beside me
This won't hurt, I swear
She loves me not, she loves me still
But she'll never love again
She lay beside me
But she'll be there when I'm gone
Black heart scarring darker still
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Dead-sure, she'll be there
[Chorus]
What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?
Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there? 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven, too?
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
Lay beside me
Tell me what I've done
The door is closed, so are your eyes
But now I see the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I see the sun
Yes, now I see it
[Chorus]
What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?
Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known
So sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there? 'Cause I'm the one who waits
The one who waits for you, oh
What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you?
(So I dub thee Unforgiven)
Oh-oh, What I've felt
Oh, what I've known
I take this key (Never free) and I bury it (Never me) in you
Because you're unforgiven, too
[Outro]
(Never free, never me)
Because you're unforgiven, too
Oh, oh, oh
Better Than You Lyrics
[Verse 1: James Hetfield]
I look at you, then you me
Hungry and thirsty are we
Holding the lion's share
Holding the key
Holding me back 'cause I'm striving to be
[Chorus: James Hetfield & Jason Newsted]
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
[Verse 2: James Hetfield]
Lock horns, I push and I strive
Some how I feel more alive
Bury the need for it
Bury the seed
Bury me deep when there's no will to be
[Chorus: James Hetfield & Jason Newsted]
Better than you
Better than you
Oh, better than you
Better than you
[Bridge: James Hetfield]
Oh, can't stop this train from rolling
Oh, nothing brings me down
No, can't stop this train from rolling, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, forever on and on
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: James Hetfield]
Oh, can't stop this train from rolling
Oh, you, you can't take it down
No, never stop this locomotion, on and on, and on, and no
No, you can't bring it down 'cause I'm
[Chorus: James Hetfield & Jason Newsted]
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Ooh, better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Much better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Oh, better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than, better than
Better than, better than you, yeah
[Outro]
Can't stop this train from rolling
Forever on and on and on and on
Forever on and on, on
Better than you
Yeah
Better than you
Slither Lyrics
[Chorus 1]
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before?
[Verse 1]
Ohh, watch the puppets dancing
Yeah, see the clowns fall down
Hey, tie your tap shoes tightly
Yeah, and wear them into town
[Chorus 2]
See you crawling
See you crawling in
[Chorus 1]
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before?
There ain't no heroes here no more
[Verse 2]
Hey hey hey
Ooh, play the game so nicely
Oh, check, its your move now
Yeah, we are standing in this jungle
Yeah, with serpents I have found
[Chorus 2]
See you crawling
See you crawling in
[Chorus 1]
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before?
Then your heroes disappeared
[Chorus 2]
See you crawling
See you crawling in
[Chorus 1]
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before?
No there ain't no heroes here no more
Haven't I seen you here before?
There ain't no heroes here, looking for snakes you might find them
Haven't I seen you before?
Then your heroes disappeared
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them, yeah
Carpe Diem Baby Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hit dirt, shake tree
Split sky, part sea
Strip smile, lose cool
Bleed the day and break the rule
Live, win; dare, fail
Eat the dirt and bite the nail
[Pre-Chorus]
Then make me miss you
Then make me miss you
[Chorus]
So wash your face away with dirt
It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem, baby
[Verse 2]
Draw lead, piss wine
Sink teeth, all mine
Stoke fire, break neck
Suffer through this, cheat on death
Hug the curve, lose the time
Tear the map and shoot the sign
[Pre-Chorus]
Then make me miss you
Oh, yeah
Then make me miss you
[Chorus]
So wash your face away with dirt
It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem, baby
Ah, ah, yeah, suck it
[Guitar Solo: James Hetfield]
[Verse 3]
Live, win; dare, fail
Eat the dirt and bite the nail
Strip smile, lose cool
Bleed the day and break the rule
Hug the curve, lose the time
Tear the map and shoot the sign
[Pre-Chorus]
Then make me miss you
Come on, come on
Then make me miss you
[Chorus]
So wash your face away with dirt
It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come make me miss you
Come carpe diem, baby
Come carpe diem, baby
Bad Seed Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Oh
Bad
[Verse 1]
Yeah
Come clean, confess up
Tell all, spill gut
Off the veil, stand revealed
Show the cards
Bring it on
Break the seal
[Interlude]
(Ladies and Gentleman, step right up and
See the man who told the truth)
[Chorus]
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Now you're choking
On a bad seed
On a bad seed
Ahh choking
[Verse 2]
Let on, load off
Confess, cast off
At the mercy, the cat is out
Drop the disguise
Spit it up
Spit it out
[Interlude]
(And now, what you've all been waiting for
I give you He Who Suffers The Truth)
[Chorus]
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Now you're choking
On a bad seed
Choking on a bad seed
[Post-Chorus]
Off the veil
Stand revealed
Bring it on
Break the Seal
At the mercy
Cat is out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it out now!
[Guitar Solo]
At the mercy
[Bridge]
(Swing the noose again, Pierce the apple skin, you bit more than you need, choking on the seed)
[Chorus]
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're choking on a
Choking, choking, choking on a bad seed
[Post-Chorus]
Off the veil
Stand revealed
Bring it on
Break the Seal
At the mercy
Cat is out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it out now, yeah, yeah!
[Outro]
Choking on a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed
*Echoed cough*
Where the Wild Things Are Lyrics
[Intro]
So wake up, sleepy one
It's time to save your world
[Verse 1]
Steal dreams and give to you
Shoplift a thought or two
All children touch the Sun
Burn fingers one by one
By one
[Pre-Chorus]
Will this Earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
[Chorus]
So wake up, sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are, yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
[Verse 2]
Big eyes to open soon
Believing all under Sun and Moon
But does Heaven know you're here?
And did they give you smiles or tears?
No, no tears
[Pre-Chorus]
Will this Earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
[Chorus]
So wake up, sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are, yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
You swing your rattle down
(Hand puppets storm the beach. Fire trucks trapped out of reach)
Call to arms, the trumpets sound
(Hand puppets storm the beach. Fire trucks trapped out of reach)
(All clowns reinforce the rear. Slingshots fire into the air)
Toy horses start the charge
(All clowns reinforce the rear. Slingshots fire into the air)
(Stuffed bears hold the hill 'til death. Crossfire from the marionettes)
Robot chessmen standing guard
(Stuffed bears hold the hill 'til death. Crossfire from the marionettes)
We shall never surrender
[Pre-Chorus]
All you children touch the Sun
Burn your fingers one by one
Will this Earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
[Chorus]
So wake up, sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are, yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Off to war
Off to war
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
So close your little eyes
Prince Charming Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a black cloud overhead, that's me
And the poison ivy chokes the tree, again, it's me
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes it cry
[Verse 2]
There's a dirty needle in your child, haha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead, still me
I'm the suit and tie that bleeds the street and still wants more
I'm the forty-five that's in your mouth, I'm a dirty, dirty whore
[Chorus]
Yeah, look, it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus
But too old to see
Hey, look, it's me
What no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want to see
Hey, ma
Hey, ma! Look, it's me
[Verse 3]
Yeah, and he wants to be called "father" now, me again, me
The marks inside your arms spell me, spell only me
I'm the nothing face that plants the bomb and strolls away
I'm the one who doesn't look quite right as children play
[Chorus]
Yeah, look, it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus
But too old to see
Hey, look, it's me
What no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want to see
Hey, ma
Hey, ma! Look, it's me
(It's me)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Look up to me
What to be and what to fear
Look up to me
Look, it's me, like what you hear?
See right through me
See the one who can't be free
See right through me
Look, it's me, what no one wants to see
[Verse 4]
(Hey, hey, hey)
Now see the black cloud up ahead (that's me)
And this poison ivy chokes the tree (again it's me)
And I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes, makes it cry
[Chorus]
Yeah, look, it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus
But too old to see, hey, hey
Hey, look, it's me
What no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want to see
Hey, ma
Hey, ma! Look, it's me
[Outro]
Yeah, it's me
Hey, ma
Hey, ma! Look, it's me
(See right through me)
(Look up to me)
(See right through me)
(Look up to me)
Low Man’s Lyric Lyrics
[Intro]
One, two, three, one
[Chorus]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
There's a dog at your backstep
He must come in from the rain
I fall 'cause I let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins
[Verse 1]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And you won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please, forgive me
[Chorus]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touch the clean to the waste
[Verse 2]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please, forgive me
Please, forgive me
Please, forgive me
[Bridge]
So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
[Chorus]
And I cry to the alleyway
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken to match my face
[Verse 3]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please, forgive me
Please, forgive me
[Bridge]
So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
[Outro]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Attitude Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Suppose I say
I'm never satisfied
Suppose I say
You cut some root
To make the tree survive
[Chorus 1]
Just let me kill you for a while
Just let me kill you for a smile
Just let me kill you once
I'm oh so bored to death
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, I hunger
Oh, I hunger
I hunger
I eat
Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever?
Whatever happened to sweat?
[Verse 2]
Suppose I say
The vultures smile at me
Suppose I say
I've sent them down
And they plan to pick you clean
[Chorus 3]
And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfaction's here and gone, gone
Yeah, gone again
[Chorus 2]
Oh, I hunger
I hunger
I eat
Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And stand there
Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever?
Whatever happened to sweat?
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 1]
Just let me kill you for a while
Just let me kill you for a smile
Just let me kill you once for me
I'm bored to death
[Chorus 3]
And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfaction's here and gone, gone
Yeah, gone again
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, I hunger
Oh, I hunger
I hunger
I eat
Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever?
Whatever happened to sweat?
Yeah, I hunger
Oh, I hunger
I hunger
I eat
Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever?
Whatever happened to sweat?
Fixxxer Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Dolls of voodoo all stuck with pins
One for each of us and our sins
[Pre-Chorus]
So you lay us in a line
Push your pins, they make us humble
Only you can tell in time
If we fall or merely stumble
[Chorus]
But tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or fix this hole in a mother's son?
Can you heal the broken worlds within?
Can you strip away so we may start again?
Tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or cut this rope and let us run?
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain-free
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me
[Verse 2]
Mirror, mirror upon thy wall
Break the spell or become the doll
[Pre-Chorus]
See you sharpening the pins
So the holes will remind us
We're just the toys in the hands of another
And in time, the needles turn from shine to rust
[Chorus]
But tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or fix this hole in a mother's son?
Can you heal the broken worlds within?
Can you strip away so we may start again?
Tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or cut this rope and let us run?
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain-free
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me
[Post-Chorus]
Jab it
Here come the pins
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Blood for face, sweat for dirt
Three Xs for the stone
To break this curse, a ritual's due
I believe I'm not alone
Shell of shotgun, pint of gin
Numb us up to shield the pins
Renew our faith which way we can
To fall in love with life again
[Pre-Chorus]
To fall in love with life again
To fall in love with life again
To fall in love, to fall in love
To fall in love with life again
[Chorus]
So tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or fix this hole in a mother's son?
Can you heal the broken worlds within?
Can you strip away so we may start again?
Yeah tell me, can you heal what Father's done?
Or cut this rope and let us run?
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain-free
You jab another pin, jab another pin in me
[Outro]
No more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more, no more
No, no, no!