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Ain't My bitch

Outta my wayOutta my dayOut of your mind and into mine

Into no oneInto not one

Into your step but out of time

HeadstrongWhat's wrong?I've already heard this song beforeYou arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye

Dragging me downWhy you around?So useless

It ain't my fallIt ain't my call

It ain't my bitchIt ain't my bitch

Down on the sunDown and no funDown and out, where the hell you been?

Damn it all downDamn it unboundDamn it all down to hell again

Stand tallCan't fall

Never even bend at all beforeYou arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye

Dragging me downWhy you around?So useless

It ain't my fallIt ain't my callIt ain't my bitch

Outta my way

Outta my wayOutta my dayOut of your mind and into mine

Into no oneInto not oneInto your step but out of time

HeadstrongWhat's wrong?

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I've already heard this song beforeYou arrived, but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbyeAnd now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye

Dragging me downWhile you around?So useless

It ain't my fallIt ain't my callIt ain't my bitch

No way but downWhy you're aroundNo fooling

It ain't my smileIt ain't my styleIt ain't my bitchOh, it ain't mine

Ain't mineYour kindYou're stepping out of time

Ain't mineYour kindYou're stepping out of time

Taking me downWhy you aroundNo fooling

It ain't my fallIt ain't my callIt ain't my bitchYou ain't mine

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

2 x 4

I'm gonna make you, shake you, take youI'm gonna be the one who breaks you

Put the screws to you, yeah, my wayYeah, come on and come on, come and make my dayMake my day

Got some hell to pay, I steal your thunderThe joy of violent movement, pulls you underBite the bullet, well hardYeah, but I die harder, so go too farToo far

Friction, fusion, retribution

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I can't hear you, talk to meI can't hear you, so talk to meI can't hear you, are you talking to me?I can't hear you, are you talking to me?I can't hear you, time to meet my lordI can't hear you, talk to two by four

I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you

I'm gonna be that one who breaks youPut the screws to you, my wayHey, come on and come on, come and make my dayMake my day

Friction, fusion, retributionI can't hear you, talk to meI can't hear you, come talk to meI can't hear you, are you talking to me?I can't hear you, are you talking to me?I can't hear you, time to meet my lordI can't hear you, talk to two by four

Talk to two by fourIt don't take no more

Friction, fusion, retributionI'm gonna make you talk to meI'm gonna trick you, so talk to meI can't hear you, are you talking to me?I can't hear you, you talking to me?I can't hear you, time to meet my lordI can't hear you, talk to two by fourShe don't take no more

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

THE HOUSE JACK BUILT

Open door, so I walk insideClose my eyes, find my placeto hideAnd I shake as I take it inLet the show begin

Open my eyes just to have them close again

Well on my way, but on my way to where I've beenIt swallows me as it takes me in its fogI twist away as I give this world the nod

Open door, so I walk insideClose my eyes, find my place to hideAnd I shake as I take it inLet the show begin

Open my eyes just to have them closed once againDon't want control

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As it takes me down and down and down againIs 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 areThe farther you fallThe longer the walkThe farther you crawl

My body, my templeThis temple, it tiltsStep into the house that Jack built

The higher you areThe farther you fallThe longer the walkThe farther you crawlMy body, my templeThis temple, it tiltsYes, this is the house that Jack built

Open door, yes, I walk inside

Swallow me so the pain subsidesAnd I shake as I take the sinLet the show begin

The higher you areThe farther you fallThe longer the walkThe farther you crawlMy body, my templeThis temple, it tiltsYes, this is the house thatJack built

The higher you areThe farther you fallThe longer the walkThe farther you crawlMy body, my templeThis temple, it tiltsYes, I am, I am, I am

Open my eyesIt swallows meIs that you thereI twist awayAway

AwayAway

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

UNTIL IT SLEEPS

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

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So tear me open, pour me outThere's things inside that scream and shoutAnd the pain still hates meSo hold me until it sleeps

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

Now it stays

So tear me open but bewareThere's things inside without a careAnd the dirt still stains meSo wash me until I'm clean

It grips you, so hold meIt stains you, so hold meIt hates you, so hold meIt holds you, so hold meUntil it sleeps

So tell me why you've chosen meDon't want your grip,don't want your greedDon't want it

I'll tear me open, make you goneNo more can you hurt anyoneAnd the fear still shakes meSo hold me until it sleeps

It grips you, so hold meIt stains you, so hold meIt hates you, so hold me

It holds you, holds you,holds you until it sleeps

I don't want it

So tear me open but bewareThere's things inside without a careAnd the dirt still stains meSo wash me till I'm clean

I'll tear me open,make you goneNo longer will you hurt anyone

And the hate still shapes meSo hold me until it sleepsUntil it sleeps

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

KING NOTHING

Wish I may, wish I might

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Have this I wish tonightAre you satisfied?Dig for gold, dig for fameYou dig to make your nameAre you pacified?

All the wants you wasteAll the things you've chased

Then it all crashes downAnd you break your crownAnd you point your fingerBut there's no one aroundJust want one thingJust to play the kingBut the castle's crumbledAnd you're left with just a name

Where's your crown,King Nothing?Where's your crown?

Hot and cold, bought and soldA heart as hard as goldAre you satisfied?Wish I might, wish I mayYou wish your life awayAre you pacified?

All the wants you wasteAll the things you've chased

Then it all crashes downAnd you break your crown

And you point your fingerBut there's no one aroundJust want one thingJust to play the kingBut the castle's crumbledAnd you're left with just a nameWhere's your crown, King Nothing?Where's your crown?

I wish I may, I wish I mightHave this wish I wish tonightI want that star, I want it nowI want it all and I don't care how

Careful what you wishCareful what you sayCareful what you wish, you may regret itCareful what you wish, you just might get it

Then it all crashes downAnd you break your crownAnd you point your fingerBut there's no one aroundJust want one thing

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And someone there is sighingKeepers of the flamesDid you feel your names?Did you hear your babies crying?

But now the dreams and waking screamsThat ever last the nightSo build a wall, behind it crawl

And hide until it's lightSo can't you hear your babies crying now?

Mama, they try and break meMama, they try and break meMama they tryMama they try

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

BLEEDING ME

I'm digging my wayI'm digging my way to somethingI'm digging my way to something better

I'm pushing to stayI'm pushing to stay with somethingI'm pushing to stay with something better

I'm sowing the seedsI'm sowing the seeds I've takenI'm sowing the seeds I take for granted

This thorn in my sideThis thorn in my side is from the treeThis thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted

It tears me and I bleedAnd I bleed

Caught under wheels' rollI take the leech, I'm bleeding meCan't stop to save my soulI take the leash that's leading meI'm bleeding meI can't take it

Caught under wheels' rollThe bleeding of meOf meThe bleeding of me

I am the beast that feeds the feastI am the blood, I am release

Come make me pureBleed me a cure

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I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under

Caught under wheels' rollI take that leech, I'm bleeding meCan't stop to save my soulI take the leash that's leading meI'm bleeding meI can't take it

I can't take itI can't take itThe bleeding of me

I'm digging my wayI'm digging my way to somethingI'm digging my way to something better

I'm pushing to stayI'm pushing to stay with somethingI'm pushing to stay with something betterWith something better

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

CURE

The man takes another bulletHe keeps them all withinHe must seek no matter how it hurtsSo don't fool again

He thinks the answer's coldand in his hand

He takes his medicineThe man takes another bulletHe's been fooled again

Uncross your armsTake and throw them to the cure, say,"I do believe"

Uncross your arms nowTake them to it, say"I do believe""I do believe"

The lies tempt her and she followsAgain she lets him inShe must believe to fill the hollowShe's been fooled again

Uncross your armsTake and throw them tothe cure, say,"I do believe"

Uncross your arms now

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Take them to it, say,"I do believe""Yeah, I do believe"

Betting on the cureIt must get better than thisBetting on the cureEveryone's got to have the sickness

'Cause everyone seems to need the curePrecious cure

Betting on the cure'Cause it must get better than thisBetting on the cureEveryone's got to have the sickness'Cause everyone seems to need the curePrecious cure

"I do believe"

Betting on the cure

It must get better than thisNeed to feel secureIt's got to get better than thisIt must get better than thisBetting on the cureEveryone's got to have the sickness'Cause everyone seems to need the cure

"I do believe"

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

POOR TWISTED ME

Oh, poor twisted meOh, poor twisted meI feast on sympathyI chew on sufferI chew on agony

Swallow whole the painOh, it's too good to beThat all this miseryIs just for, oh, poor twisted me

Poor twisted me

Poor mistreated mePoor mistreated meI drown without a seaLungs fill with sorrowLungs fill with misery

Inhaling the deep, dark blueOh, woe is meSuch a burden to be

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The poor mistreated me

To finally reach the shore, survive the stormNow you're bare and cold, the sea was warmSo warm, you bathe your soul again

Baby, again and again and again

You finally reached the shore, survived the stormNow you're bare and cold, the sea was warmSo warm, you bathe your soul again

Good to feel my friendOh, woe is meSuch a burden to beOh, poor twisted meYo, poor twisted me

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

WASTING MY HATE

Good day. How do?And I send a smile to youDon't waste, waste your breathAnd I won't waste my hate on you

Ain't gonna waste my hateAin't gonna waste my hate on youI think I'll keep it for myself

Ain't gonna give no more

Ain't got the time to help you scoreI think it's time you pleased yourselfYourself

Good day. How do?And I send a smile to youDon't waste, waste your breathAnd I won't waste my hate on youWaste my hate on youHate

You 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 feetI feel that blood that pumps in beatBut where the hell's my mind going now?Dead gone now

Good day. How do?And I send a smile to youDon't waste, waste your breathAnd I won't waste my hate on you

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Waste my hate on you

Think I'll keep it for myself

Hate

Ain't gonna waste my hateBut I'm so greedy when they say

Better to give than to receive

Ain't gonna waste my hateAin't got time to waste my hate on youI think I'll keep it all for myselfFor myself

Good day. How do?And I send a smile to youDon't waste, waste your breathAnd I won't waste my hate on youWaste my hate on you

Think I'll keep it for myself

Hate

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

MAMA SAID

Mama, she has taught me wellTold me when I was youngSon, your life's an open book

Don't close it 'fore it's doneThe brightest flame burnsquickestThat's what I heard her sayA son's heart's owed to motherBut I must find my way

Let my heart goLet your son growMama, let my heart goOr, let this heart be still

"Rebel," my new last name

Wild blood in my veinsApron strings around my neckThe mark that still remainsI left home at an early ageOf what I heard was wrongI never asked forgivenessBut what is said is done

Let my heart goLet your son growMama, let my heart go

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Or let this heart be still

Never I ask of youBut never I gaveBut you gave me your emptinessI now take to my graveNever I ask of youBut never I gave

But you gave me your emptinessI now take to my graveSo let this heart be still

Mama, now I'm coming homeI'm not all you wished of meA mother's love for her sonUnspoken, help me beI took your love for grantedAnd all the things you said to meI need your arms to welcome meBut a cold stone's all I see

Let my heart goLet your son growMama, let my heart goOr let this heart be still

Let my heart goMama, let my heart goYou never let my heart goSo let this heart be still

Never I ask of youBut never I gaveBut you gave me your emptiness

I now take to my graveNever I ask of youBut never I gaveBut you gave me your emptinessI now take to my graveSo let this heart be still

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

THORN WITHIN

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinnedFind me guilty of the life I feel within

When I'm branded, this mark of shameShould I look down, disgraced, or straight ahead and know that you must blame?

I am the secretI am the sinI am the guiltyAnd I am, I am the thorn within

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Forgive me, Father, for I have sinnedFind me guilty when true guilt is from within

So point your fingers, point right at meFor I am shadows and will follow you, one and the same are we

I am the secretI am the sin

I am the guiltyAnd I am, I am the thorn within

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

So point your fingers, point right at meFor I am shadows and will follow you, one and the same are we

I am your secretsI am your sinI am your guiltyAnd I am, I am the thorn within

I am the thorn withinI am the thorn within

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk HammettCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

RONNIE

Story starts, quiet townSmall-town boy, big-time frownNever talks, never plays

Different path, lost his way

Then streets of red red, I'm afraid� �There's no confetti, no paradeNothing happens in this boring placeBut, oh my God, how it all did change

Now they all pray,"Blood stain, wash away"

He said,"Lost my wayThis bloody day

Lost my way"

I heard itHe said,"Lost my wayThis bloody dayLost my way"Oh, please wash awayBut blood stained the sun red today

I always said something's wrong

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With little, strange Ronnie LongNever laughed, never smiledTalked alone for miles and miles and miles

"Gallow calls, son," I sayKeep your smile and laugh all dayThink once again in this boring placeFor little boys, how they soon change

And they all pray,"Blood stain, wash away"

He said,"I lost my wayThis bloody dayLost my way"I heard itHe said,"I lost my wayThis bloody dayI lost my way"Oh, please wash away

But blood stained the sun red today

Well, all the green things died when Ronnie moved to this placeHe said, Don't you dare ask why I'm cursed to wear this face� �Now we all know why the children called him Ronnie FrownWhen he pulled that gun from his pocket they all fall down, down, down

He said,"Lost my wayThis bloody dayLost my way"

Yeah, yeah

I heard itHe screamed,"Lost my wayThis bloody dayLost my way"

Oh, please wash awayBut blood stained the sun red today

All things wash awayAnd they all fall downBut blood stained the sun today

All things wash awayAnd they all fall downBut blood stained the sun today

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

THE OUTLAW TORN

And now I wait my whole lifetime for you

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And now I wait my whole lifetime for you

I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for youI search the outside, search inside for you

To take back what you left meI know I'll always burn to beThe one who seeks so I may find

And now I wait my whole lifetime

Outlaw of tornOutlaw of tornAnd I'm torn

So on I wait my whole lifetime for youSo on I wait my whole lifetime for you

The more I search, the more my need for youThe more I bless, the more I bleed for you

You make me smash the clock and feel

I'd rather die behind the wheelTime was never on my sideSo on I wait my whole lifetimeOutlaw of tornOutlaw of tornOutlaw of tornAnd I'm torn

Hear meAnd if I close my mind in fearPlease pry it openSee meAnd if my face becomes sincere

BewareHold meAnd when I start to come undoneStitch me togetherSave meAnd when you see me strutRemind me of what left this outlaw torn

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars UlrichCopyright 1996 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)�International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved