Metallica

Reload - 1997

1. FUEL
2. THE MEMORY REMAINS
3. DEVILīs DANCE
4. THE UNFORGIVEN II
5. BETTER THAN YOU
6. SLITHER
7. CARPE DIEM BABY
8. BAD SEED
9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
10. PRINCE CHARMING
11. LOW MANīS LYRIC
12. ATTITUDE
13. FIXXXER



1. FUEL


Gimme fuel,
Gimme fire,
Gimme that which I desire
Oh, Yeah!

Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red

I run across through black and white
War horse
War head
Fuck īem, man
White knuckle tight
Through black and white

Oh
When I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean
Oh
And then I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel, Gimme fire, Gimme that which I desire

Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out hope
Burn your face upon the chrome

Take the corner, going to crash
Headlights
Headlines
Another junkie, who lives too fast

Yeah
Lives way too fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast

White knuckle tight

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
My desire

On I burn



2. 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 tears 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 canīt 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

Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

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

Dance little tin goddess dance

(Say yes - at least say hello)
(Say yes - at least say hello)



3. DEVILīs DANCE


Yeah
I feel you too
Feel
Those things you do
In your eyes I see a fire that burns
To free the you
Thatīs running through
Deep inside you know
Seeds I plant will grow

One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
Thatīs right
Letīs dance

Snake
I am the snake
Tempting
That bite you take
Let me make your mind
Leave yourself behind
Be not afraid
Iīve got what you need
Hunger I will feed

One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
Haha
Come dance

Yeah, come dancing

One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance

Mm, itīs nice to see you here
Haha



4. THE UNFORGIVEN II


Lay beside me
Tell me what theyīve done
Speak the words I wanna hear
To make my demons run
The door is locked now
But itīs open if youīre true
If you can understand the me
Then I can understand the you

Lay beside me
Under wicked sky
The black of day
Dark of night
We share this paralyze
The door cracks open
But thereīs no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still
But thereīs no sun shining through
No, thereīs no sun shining through
No, thereīs no sun shining

What Iīve felt
What Iīve known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
Yeah
What Iīve felt
What Iīve known
Sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there
īCause Iīm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Come lay beside me
This wonīt hurt, I swear
She loves me not
She loves me still
But sheīll never love again
She lay beside me
But sheīll be there when Iīm gone
Black heart scarring darker still
Yes, sheīll be there when Iīm gone
Yes, sheīll be there when Iīm gone
Dead sure sheīll be there

Lay beside me
Tell me what Iīve done
The door is closed, so are your eyes
But now I see the sun
Now I see the sun
Yes, now I see it

What Iīve felt
What Iīve known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
Yeah
What Iīve felt
What Iīve known
So sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there
īCause Iīm the one who waits
The one who waits for you

Oh
What Iīve felt
What Iīve known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
So I dub thee unforgiven
Oh, what Iīve felt
Oh, what Iīve known
I take this key
And I bury it in you
Because youīre unforgiven too

Never free
Never me
īCause youīre unforgiven too



5. BETTER THAN YOU


I look at you, then you me
Hungry and thirsty I wait
Holding the lionīs share
Holding the key
Holding me back īcause Iīm striving to be

Better than you (better than you)
Better than you (better than you)

Lock homes I push, and I strive
Somehow I feel more alive
Bury the deep forest
Bury the sea
Bury me deep when thereīs no will to be

Better than you (better than you)
Oh Better than you (better than you)

Oh, canīt stop this train from rolling
Oh, yo, nothing brings me down
No, canīt stop this train from rolling on and on, on
No, no, forever on and on

Oh, canīt stop this train from rolling
Oh, yo, you canīt take it down
No, never stop this locomotion on and on and on
No, no, you canīt bring me down īcause Iīm

Better than you (better than you)
Better than you (better than you)
Oh 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

Canīt stop this train from rolling

Forever on and on and on and on and on
Forever on and on and on

Better than you
Yeah
Haha
Better than you



6. SLITHER


Donīt go looking for snakes
You might find them
Donīt send your eyes to the sun
You might blind them
Havenīt I seen you here before?

Oh
Watch the puppets dancing
Yeah
See the clowns fall down
Hey
Tie your tap shoes tightly
Yeah
Wear them into town

See you crawling
See you crawling

Donīt go looking for snakes
You might find them
Donīt send your eyes to the sun
You might blind them
Havenīt I seen you here before?
There ainīt no heroes here
No
No, no more

Hey, hey, hey
Oh
Play the game so nicely
Oh
Check, itīs your move now
Yeah
Weīre standing in this jungle
Yeah
With some things I have found

See you crawling
See you crawling

Donīt go looking for snakes
You might find them
Donīt send your eyes to the sun
You might blind them
Havenīt I seen you here before?
Have your heroes disappeared?

See you crawling
See you crawling

So donīt go looking for snakes
You might find them
Donīt send your eyes to the sun
You might blind them
Havenīt I seen you here before?
No, there ainīt no heroes here
No, no

Havenīt I seen you here before?
No, there ainīt no heroes here

Donīt send your eyes to the sun
You might blind them



7. CARPE DIEM BABY


Hit dirt
Shake tree
Split sky
Part sea

Strip smile
Lose cool
Bleed the day
And break the rule

Live to win
Dare to fail
Eat the dirt
And bite the nail

Then make me miss you
Then make me miss you

So wash your face away with dirt
It donīt feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem baby

Draw lead
Piss wine
Sink teeth
All mine

Stoke fire
Break neck
Suffer through this
Cheat on dead air

Under curve
Noose the time
Tear the map
And shoot the sign

Then make me miss you
Oh yeah
Then make me miss you

Yeah, suck it

Live to win
Dare to fail
Eat dirt
Bite the nail

Strip smile
Lose cool
Bleed the day
And break the rule

Under curve
Noose the time
Tear the map
And shoot the sign

Then make me miss you
Come on, come on
Then make me miss you

So wash your face away with dirt
It donīt 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



8. BAD SEED


Come clean
Fix up
Tell all
Spill guts

Off the veil
Stand revealed
Show the card
Bring it on
Break the seal

Ladies and gentlemen
Step right up and see the man who taught the truth

Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Now youīre choking on the bad seed
On the bad seed
Ah, choking

Yeah
Let it on
Load up
Confess
Care so

At the mercy
Cat is out
Drop through the sky
Spit it up
Spit it out

And now what youīve all been waiting for
I give you he who suffers the truth

Off the veil
Cat is out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it out now

At the mercy

Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Choking on the seed

Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now youīre choking on the
Choking, choking, choking on the bad seed
Yeah

At the mercy
Cat is out
Spit it up
Spit it out
Spit it out
Spit it out
Spit it out now
Yeah

Choking on the bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed



9. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE


So wake up sleepy one
Itīs time to save your world

Steal dreams and give to you
Shop lift a thought or two
All children touch the sun
Burn fingers one by one
By one

Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?

So wake up sleepy one
Itīs time to save your world
Youīre where the wild things are
Yeah
Toy soldiers off to war

Big eyes to open too
Believing now under sun and moon
But does heaven know youīre here?
And did they give you smiles or tears?
No, no tears

You swing your ass all down
Call to arms, a trumpetīs sound
Toy horses start the charge
Robots, chessmen standing guard
We shall never surrender

So wake up sleepy one
Itīs time to save your world
Youīre where the wild things are
Yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Off to war
Off to war

So close your little eyes



10. PRINCE CHARMING


Thereīs a black cloud overhead
Thatīs me
And the poison ivy chokes the tree
Again itīs me
Iīm the filthy one on Bourbon Street
You walk on by
Iīm the little boy that pushes hard
And makes it cry

Thereīs a dirty needle in your child
Haha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand, still dead
Still me
Iīm the suit and tie that breaks the street
And still wants more
Iīm the 45 thatīs in your mouth
Iīm a dirty, dirty whore

Yeah
Look itīs me
The one who canīt be free
Much too young to focus
But too old to see
Hey, Look itīs me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you wanna see
Hey ma
Hey ma, look itīs me

Yeah
He wants to become father now
Me again, me
The marks inside your arms still leaves me alone to me
Iīm the nothing face that plants a bomb
And strolls away
Iīm the one who doesnīt look quite right
As children play

Look up to me
What youīve been and what youīve feared
Look up to me
Look itīs me, what you hear
See right through me
See the one who canīt be free
See right through me
Look itīs me when no one wants to see

Hey, hey, hey

Yeah
Itīs me

Hey ma
Hey ma, look itīs me

See right though me
Look up to me
See right though me
Look up to me



11. LOW MANīS LYRIC


My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Thereīs a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
I fall īcause I let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I canīt bear to see
What Iīve let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe youīll understand
And wonīt cry for this man
īCause low man is due

Please forgive me

My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste

Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me

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

And I cry to the alleyway
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one Iīve broken to match my face

My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins



12. ATTITUDE


Suppose I say
Iīm never satisfied
Suppose I say
You cut some root
To make the tree survive

Just let me kill you for a while
Just let me kill you for a smile
Just let me kill you once
Iīm oh so bored to death

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?
What ever happened to sweat?

Suppose I say
The vultures smile at me
Suppose I say
I set them down
They plan to pick you clean

And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfaction this way comes
And satisfactionīs here and gone
Gone, yeah, and gone again

Oh, I hunger
Oh, I hunger
I eat

Born into attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And stand there

Born into attitude
Twist mother tongue
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
Why cure the fever?
What ever happened to sweat?

Yeah, I hunger
Oh, I hunger
I eat



13. FIXXXER


Yeah
Dolls of voodoo all stuck with pins
One for each of us and our sins
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

But tell me
Can you heal what fatherīs done
Or fix this hole in a motherīs son
Can you heal the broken worlds within
Can you strip away so we may start again
Tell me, can you heal what fatherīs done
Or cut this rope and let us run
Just when all seems fine and Iīm pain free
You jab another pin
Jab another pin in me

Yeah
Mirror, mirror upon the wall
Break the spell or become the doll
See you sharpening the pins
So the holes will remind us
Weīre just the toys in the hands of another
And in time the needles turn from shine to rust

Blood for face
Sweat for dirt
Three Xīs for the stone
To break this curse
A ritualīs due
I believe Iīm 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
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

No more pins in me, yeah
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more, no more
No, no, no


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