FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Do unto others as they've done to you
Fight fire with fire
We all shall die
Fight fire with fire
Soon to fill our lungs, the hot winds of death
Fight fire with fire
Fight fire with fire
Fight
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
RIDE THE LIGHTNING
Guilty as charged
Who made you God to say,
Flash before my eyes
Wait for the sign
My fingers grip with fear
Flash before my eyes
Someone help me
Time moving slow
Wakened by horrid scream
Flash before my eyes
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Make his fight on the hill in the early day
For whom the bell tolls
Take a look to the sky just before you die
For whom the bell tolls
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
FADE TO BLACK
Life, it seems, will fade away
I have lost the will to live
Things not what they used to be
Emptiness is filling me
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
TRAPPED UNDER ICE
I don't know how to live through this hell
Freezing, can't move at all
Crystallized as I lay here and rest
Freezing, can't move at all
Scream from my soul
No release from my cryonic state
Freezing, can't move at all
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
ESCAPE
Feel no pain, but my life ain't easy
To escape from the true false world
Out for my own, out to be free
Rape my mind and destroy my feelings
Feed my brain with your so-called standards
Out for my own, out to be free
See them try to bring the hammer down
Life's for my own, to live my own way
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
But what the hell is this world coming to?
Blow the universe into nothingness
Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest
Ending is near
Fight fire with fire
Bursting with fear
Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast
Armageddon's here, like said in the past
Ending is near
Fight fire with fire
Bursting with fear
The gods are laughing, so take your last breath
Ending is near
Fight fire with fire
Bursting with fear
But damn it, it ain't right
There's someone else controlling me
Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can't be happening to me
“I'll take your life from you”?
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame
To flick the switch of death
It's the beginning of the end
Sweat, chilling cold
As I watch death unfold
Consciousness my only friend
What am I doing here?
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame
Oh please, God help me
They are trying to take it all away
I don't want to die
The minutes seem like hours
The final curtain call I see
How true is this
Just get it over with
If this is true, just let it be
Freed from this frightening dream
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame
Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless gray
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say?
For a hill, men would kill. Why? They do not know
Suffered wounds test their pride
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls
It's the last time he will
Blackened roar, massive roar, fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
Woken up, I'm still locked in this shell
Frozen soul, frozen down to the core
Break the ice, I can't take anymore
Screaming, can't hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out
I'm trapped under ice
Eyes of glass stare directly at death
From deep sleep I have broken away
No one knows, no one hears what I say
Screaming, can't hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out
I'm trapped under ice
Fate mystified
Hell forevermore
What is this? I've been stricken by fate
Wrapped up tight, cannot move, can't break free
Hand of doom has a tight grip on me
Screaming, can't hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out
I'm trapped under ice
I know I'm my best friend
No one cares, but I'm so much stronger
I'll fight until the end
Undamaged destiny
Can't get caught in the endless circle
Ring of stupidity
One with my mind, they just can't see
No need to hear things that they say
Life's for my own, to live my own way
Don't tell me what to do
I don't care now 'cause I'm on my side
And I can see through you
Who says that I ain't right?
Break away from your common fashion
See through your blurry sight
One with my mind, they just can't see
No one to hear things that they say
Life's for my own, to live my own way
No damn chains can hold me to the ground
Life's for my own, to live my own way