Metallica

last updated:5/12/00


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
We're 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
We're 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 beast 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


The Unforgiven


New blood joins this earth
And quickly 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
Avow unto his own
That never from this day
His 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 thee unforgiven


The Memory Remains


Fortune, fame
Mirror, vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains


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
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna


Fortune, fame
Mirror, vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame


Mirror, vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains


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


Fortune, fame
Mirror, vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Dance little tin goddess


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 da


Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess


Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black


Fortune, fame
Mirror, vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains


Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black
The memory remains, yeah
To this faded prima donna
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


Dance little tin goddess dance


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, 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 (at least say hello)
Da da da da da (say yes)


Da, da da da, da da da (at least say hello)


Da da da da


The Unforgiven II


Lay beside me, tell me what they've done
Speak the words I wanna hear, to make my demons run


The door is locked now, but it's open if you're true
If you can understand the me, than I can understand the you


Lay beside me, under wicked sky
Through black of day, dark of night, we share this paralyzed
The door cracks open, but there's no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still, but there's no sun shining through
No, there's no sun shining through
No, there's no sun shining


What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you


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?


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
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Dead sure she'll be there


What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you
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?


Lay beside me, tell me what I've done
The door is closed, so are you're eyes
But now I see the sun, now I see the sun
Yes now I see it

What I've felt, what I've known
Turn the pages, turn the stone
Behind the door, should I open it for you


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, 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


Never free
Never me
'Cause you're unforgiven too
Oh


Turn the page


On a lone and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You listen to the engine moanin' out his one
note song
You think about the woman
Or the girl you knew the night before


But your thoughts will soon be wandering
The way they always do
When your riding fifteen hours
There's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like writin'
You just which the trip was through


Here I am
On the road again
Here I am
Upon the stage
Here I go
Playing the star again
There I go
Turn the page


So you walk into this restaurant
All strung out from the road
And you feel the eyes upon you
As your shakin' off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you
But you just want to explode


Sometimes you can't hear em talk
Other times you can
All the same old cliches
Is it woman, is it man?
And you always seem outnumbered
Don't dare make a stand
Make your stand


Oh, here I am
on the road again
There I am
Upon the stage
Here I go
Playin' the star again
There I go
Turn the page


Oh, oh out there in the spotlight
You're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy
You try and give away
sweat pours out your body
Like the music that you play, yeah


Later in the evening
You lie awake in bed
With the echoes of the amplifiers
Ringing in your head
Smoke the day's last cigarette
Remembering what she said


Yeah, and here I am
On the road again
There I am
Upon the stage
Here I go
Playin' the star again
Here I go
Turn the page
Yeah here I go
Turn the page
There I go
There I go


No leaf colover


And it feels right this time
On this crash course with the big time
Pay no mind to the distant thunder
Beauty fills his head with wonder, boy


Says it feels right this time
Turn around and found the high line
Good day to be alive
Said it's a good day to be alive
He said


And it comes to me
That the soothing light at the end of your
tunnel
Is just a freight train comin your way


Don't it feel right like this?
All the pieces fall to his wish
Sucker for the quick reward, boy
Sucker for the quick reward they say


Then it comes to me
That the soothing light at the end of your
tunnel
Is just a freight train comin your way


It's comin your way
Here come


Then it comes to me
That the soothing light at the end of your
tunnel
Is just a freight train comin your way


Then it comes to me
Yeah yeah


I Disapper


Hey, Hey, Hey,
Here I go now
Here I go in to new days


Hey, Hey, Hey
Here I go now
Here I go into new days
I'm pain, I'm hope, I'm suffer
Yeah, Hey, Hey, Hey, yeah
Here I go into new days


Hey, Hey, Hey
Ain't no mercy,
Ain't mercy left for me,


Hey, Hey, Hey
Ain't no mercy,
Ain't mercy left for me,
I'm pain, I'm hope, I'm suffer
yeah, Hey, Hey, Hey
Ain't no mercy,
Ain't no mercy left for me


Do you bury me when I'm gone
Do you teach me while I'm here
Just as soon as I belong,
Then it's time I disappear


Hey, Hey, Hey,
And I went,
And I went on down that road


Hey, Hey, Hey
And I went on,
And I went on down that road
I'm pain, I'm hope, I'm suffer
Hey, Hey, Hey,
yeah and went on,
And I went on down that road


Do you bury me when I'm gone
Do you teach me while i'm here
Just as soon as I belong,
Then it's time I disappear


Do you bury me when I'm gone
Do you teach me while i'm here
Just as soon as I belong,
Then it's time I disappear


Do you bury me when I'm gone
Do you teach me while i'm here
Just as soon as I belong,
Then it's time I disappear


Do you bury me when i'm gone
Do you teach me while i'm here
Just as soon as I belong,
Then it's time I disappear


.....disappear


Hero For the Day


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
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do ya feel your name?
Can't you hear your babies crying?


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


'Scuze 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 first I've 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


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


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


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


Mama they try and break me


Fuel


Gimme Fuel,
Gimme Fire,
Gimme that which I desire,
Ooh!


Turn on...I see red
Adrenaline crash & crash my head
Nitro Junkie, Paint me dead
And I see red


One hundred plus through Black and White
War Horse, Warhead
Fuck 'Em Man, white knuckles tight
Through Black & White


Ohhh, On I Burn,
Fuel is pumping engines,
Burning hard, loose & clean


And I burn,
Churning my direction,
Quench my thirst with Gasoline


So Gimme Fuel,
Gimme Fire,
Gimme that which I desire,


Hey


Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out home
Burn your face upon the crome
Yeah!


Take the corner, join the crash,
Headlights, Headlines
Another Junkie lives too fast
Yeah lives way too fast, fast, fast, oohh-aye


Ohhh, On I Burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose & clean


And On I burn
Churning my direction,
Quench my thirst with Gasoline


So Gimme Fuel
Gimme Fire
Gimme that which I desire


Yeah-Heah


White Knuckle Tight!
(solo)


Gimmie Fuel.... On I burn, on and on
Gimmie Fire.... On I burn, on and on
My Desire....


Ohhh, On I Burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose & clean


And I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with Gasoline


Gimme Fuel
Gimme Fire
Gimme that which I desire
Ooh


On I Burn!

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