Load

                                 1. Ain't My Bitch
                                     2. 2x4
                              3. The House Jack Built
                                 4. Until It Sleeps
                                 5. King Nothing
                                6. Hero Of The Day
                                7. Bleeding Me
                                    8. Cure
                               9. Poor Twisted Me
                               10. Wasting My Hate
                                  11. Mama Said
                                 12. Thorn Within
                                   13. Ronnie
                                14. The Outlaw Torn
 

Ain't My Bitch
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

Outta my way
Outta my day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one
Into not one
Into your step but outta time

Head strong
What's wrong?
I've already heard this song before you arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye

        Draggin' me down
        Why you around?
        So useless

        It ain't my fall
        It ain't my call
        It ain't my bitch
        It ain't my bitch

Down on the sun
Down and no fun
Down and out, where the hell ya been?

Damn it on down
Damn it unbound
Damn it all down to hell again

Stand tall
Can't fall
Never even bend at all before you arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye

        Draggin' me down
        Why you around?
        So useless

        It ain't my fall
        It ain't my call
        It ain't my bitch

Outta my way

Outta my way
Outta my day
Outta your mind and into mine
Into no one
Into not one
Into your step but outta time

Head strong
What's wrong?
I've already heard this song before you arrived
But now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye
(And now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye)
                                  (And now it's time to kiss you)

        Draggin' me down
        Why you around?
        So useless

        It ain't my fall
        It ain't my call
        It ain't my bitch

        No way but down
        Why you around?
        No foolin'

        It ain't my smile
        It ain't my style
        It ain't my bitch

No, it ain't mine
Ain't mine
Your kind
You're steppin' outta time
Ain't mine
Your kind
You're steppin' outta time

        Draggin' me down
        Why you around?
        No foolin'

        It ain't my fall
        It ain't my call
        It ain't my bitch
        You ain't mine

2 X 4
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

Yeah, I'm gonna make you, shake you, I take you
I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws to ya, yeah, my way
Yeah, come on, come on
Come and make my day, make my day

Yeah, ya got some hell to pay, I steal your thunder
The joy of vi'lent movement pulls you under
Ooh, bite the bullet, well, hard
Yeah, but I die harder, so go too far
Too far

        (Friction, fusion, retribution)
        I can't hear ya, talk to me
        I can't hear ya, so talk to me
        I can't hear ya, are you talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, are you talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, time to meet my lord
        I can't hear ya, talk to 2 by 4

Yeah, I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
I'm gonna be that one who breaks you
Put the screws to ya my way
Hey, come on, come on
Come and make my day, make my day

        (Friction, fusion, retribution)
        I can't hear ya, talk to me
        I can't hear ya, come talk to me
        I can't hear ya, are you talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, are your talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, time to meet my lord
        I can't hear ya, talk to 2 by 4

Yeah, talk to 2 by 4
It don't take no more
Come on, yeah
Come on

Come on, come on
Talk to 2 by 4
Talk to 2 by 4
 

        (Friction, fusion, retribution)
        I'm gonna make you talk to me
        I'm gonna take you, ooh, so talk to me
        I can't hear ya, are you talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, are you talkin' to me?
        I can't hear ya, time to meet my lord
        I can't hear ya, talk to, talk to 2 by 4
        She don't take no more, yeah

The House Jack Built
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

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

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
I twist away
As I give this world the nod

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

Open my eyes
Just to have them close once again
Don't want control
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?

        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

        The higher you are
        The farther you fall
        The longer the walk
        The farther you crawl
        My body, my temple
        This temple it tilts
        Yes, this is the house that Jack built

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)
(Let the show begin)

        The higher you are
        The farther you fall
        The longer the walk
        The farther you crawl
        My body, my temple
        This temple, it tilts
        Yes 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
        Yes, I am, I am, I am...

Open my eyes
It swallows me
Is that you there?
I twist away
Away, away, away

Until It Sleeps
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

Where do I take this pain of mine?
I run but it stays right by my side

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

Just like the curse, just like the stray
You feed it once and now it stays, now it stays

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

So tell me why you've chosen me
Don't want your grip, don't want your greed
Don't want it

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
        It hates you, so hold me
        It holds you, holds you, holds you until it sleeps

Don't want it
I don't want it, want it, want it, want it, want it, no

So tear me open but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me till 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
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

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?

        All the wants you waste
        All the things you've chased

        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?

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?

        All the wants you waste
        All the things you've chased

        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?
        You're nothing
        Come on, where's your crown?

Huh!

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

        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?
        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
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

Mama, they try and break me

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?

        Still the window burns
        Time so slowly turns
        Someone there is sighing
        Keepers of the flames
        Do ya feel your name?
        Can't you hear your babies cryin'?

Mama, they try and break me
Still they try and break me

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've made for years can't hold off fear
No, I'm not all me
So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night
                     (But now the dreams that ever last the night)
So build the wall behind it, crawl and hide until it's light
                   (So build the wall and hide until it's light)
So can you hear your babies cryin' now?

        Still the window burns
        Time so slowly turns
            (The window burns)
        And someone there is sighing
           (Someone there is sighing)
        Keepers of the flames
        Can't you hear your name?
       (Keepers of the flames)
        Can't you hear your babies cryin'?
       (Can't you hear your bebies cryin'?)

But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night
                     (But now the dreams that ever last the night)
So build the wall behind it, crawl and hide until it's light
                   (So build the wall and hide until it's light)
So can't you hear your babies cryin' now?

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
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
Woh, woh

I'm sowin' the seeds
I'm sowin' the seeds I've taken
I'm sowin' 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
Ooh, it tears me and I bleed, yeah
And I bleed, yeah, yeah

        Yeah
        Caught under wheel's 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
        Woh, ooh, I can't take it
        Caught under wheel's roll
        Oh, the bleeding of me, yeah
        Ooh, of me
        The bleeding of me

        Caught under wheel's 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
        Woh, woh, ooh, I can't take it
        Caught under wheel's roll
        Oh, the bleeding of me
        Oh, the bleeding of me

Yeah
I am the beast that feeds the beast
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

        Caught under wheel's 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
        Oh, I can't take it
        I can't take it
        I can't take it
        Oh, oh, the bleeding of me

Ooh, come on, baby

Mmm, yeah
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
With somethin' better

Cure
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

(Spoken)
The man takes another bullet
He keeps them all within
He must seek no matter how it hurts
So don't fool again

He thinks the answer's cold and in his hand
He takes his medicine
The man takes another bullet
Yeah, he's been fooled again

Uncross your arms
Take and throw 'em to the cure, say
"I do believe"
Uncross your arms now
Take 'em to it, say
"I do believe
Yeah, I do believe"

The lies temp her and she follows
Again she lets him in
She must believe to fill the hollow
She's been fooled again

Uncross your arms
Take and throw 'em to the cure, say
"I do believe"

Uncross your arms now
Take 'em to it, say
"I do believe
Woh, yeah, I do believe"
Yeah, yeah, oh

        Betting on the cure
        It must get better than this
        Betting on the cure
        Yeah, ev'ryone's got to have the sickness
        'Cause ev'ryone seems to need the cure
        Ow, yeah, precious cure

        Betting on the cure
        'Cause it must get better than this
        Betting on the cure
        Yeah, ev'ryone's got to have the sickness
        'Cause ev'ryone seems to need the cure
        Precious cure

I do believe (repeat 17 times)

        Betting on the cure
        Yeah, it must get better than this
        Need to feel secure
        Yeah, it's gotta get better than this, this, yeah
        It must get better than this
        Betting on the cure
        Yeah, ev'ryone's got to have the sickness
        'Cause ev'ryone seems to need the cure
        I do believe, I do believe, I do believe

Poor Twisted Me
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

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
Ooh, yeah
Poor twisted me

Poor mistreated me
Poor mistreated me
I drown without a sea
Lungs filled with sorrow
Lungs filled with misery
Inhaling the deep, dark blue
Woe, woe is me
Such a burden to be
The poor mistreated me, yeah

Yeah
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

Yeah
To finally reach the shore
Survive the storm
Now you're bare and cold
Yeah, the sea was warm, so warm
You bathe your soul again
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
Yeah
Oh, yo, yo, poor twisted me

Wasting My Hate
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

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

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

        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!

Ha, ha
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 goin' now?
Dead gone now

        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

Think I'll keep it for myself
Hate!

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
I think I'll keep it all for myself
For myself

        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

Think I'll keep it for myself
Yeah!
Hate!

Mama Said
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

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"
That's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owed to mother
But I must find my way

        Let my heart go
        Let your son grow
        Mama, let my heart go
        Or let this heart be still, yeah, still

"Rebel", my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
I left home at an early age of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what I said is done

        Let my heart go
        Let your son grow
        Mama, let my heart go
        Or let this heart be still

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

Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
A mother's love for her son
Unspoken, help me be
Yeah, I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me, yeah
I need your arms to welcome me
But a cold stone's all I see

        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
        Mm, ya never let my heart go
        So let this heart be still, woh

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
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett)

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

        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

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

        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

I do your time
I take your fall
I'm branded guilty for us all

So point your fingers
Point right at me
For I am shadows and will follow you
One and the same are we

        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
        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
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Diff'rent 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
Now they all pray
Blood stain wash away

        He said
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        I heard him
        He said
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        All things wash away
        But blood stained the sun red today

I always said
"Somethin' wrong with little, strange Ronnie Long"
Never laughed, never smiled
Talked alone for miles and miles and miles

Gallow 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"
Now they all pray
Blood stain wash away

        He said
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        I heard him
        He said
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        All things wash away
        But blood stained the sun red today

(Spoken)
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"
Well now we all know why the children called him "Ronnie frown"
When he pulled that gun from his pocket
And they all fall down, down, down

        He said
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        Yeah, yeah, I heard him
        He screamed
        "Lost my way this bloody day
        Lost my way"
        All things wash away
        But blood stained the sun red today

That's right
All things wash away
And they all fall down, down
But blood stained the sun today
Yeah, yeah
All things wash away
And they all fall down
But blood stained the sun today

The Outlaw Torn
(Hetfield, Ulrich)

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

        Outlaw of torn
        Outlaw of torn
        And I'm torn

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

        Outlaw of torn
        Outlaw of torn
        Yeah, I'm outlaw of torn
        And I'm torn

(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

(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
 
 
 
 

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