that was just your life

the end of the line

broken, beat & scarred
the day that never comes
all nightmare long
cyanide
the unforgiven iii
the judas kiss
suicide & redemption
my apocalypse
produced by rick rubin
that was just your life
Like a siren in my head that always
threatens to repeat
Like a blind man that is strapped
into the speeding driver’s seat.
Like a face
that learns to speak
when all it knew was how to bite.
Like a misery that keeps me focused
though I’ve gone astray.
Like an endless nightmare that
I must awaken from each day.
Like conviction
A premonition
Not worthy of, so I deny…… I deny.
I blind my eyes and try to force
it all into place.
I stitch them up, see not my fall
from grace.
I blind my eyes, I hide and feel
it passing me by.
I open just in time to say goodbye.
Almost like your life.
Almost like your endless fight.
Curse the day is long.
Realize you don’t belong.
Disconnect somehow
Never stop the bleeding now.
Almost like your fight.
And there it went,
Almost like your life.
Like a wound that keeps on bleeding
to remind me not to think.
Like a raging river drowning when
I only need a drink.
Like a poison
That I swallow
but I want the WORLD to die.
Like a release from prison
that I didn’t know I was in.
Like a fight to live the past I prayed
to leave
from way back then.
Like a general
Without a mission
until the war will start again…… start again.
I blind my eyes and try to force it all into place.
I stitch them up, see not my fall from grace.
II hide
blind my eyes,
and feel it passing me by.
I open just in time to say goodbye.
Almost like your life.
Almost like your endless fight.
Curse the day is long.
Realize you don’t belong.
Disconnect somehow
Never stop the bleeding now.
Almost like your fight.
And there it went,
Almost like your life.
Like a touch from hell to feel how hot
That it can get if you get caught.
Like a strike from heaven turns that key
and brings you straight down to your knees.
Like a touch from hell to feel how hot
That it can get if I get caught.
Like a strike from heaven to reprieve
That brings you straight down to your knees.
Almost like your life.
Almost like your endless fight.
Curse the day is long.
Realize you don’t belong.
Disconnect somehow
Never stop the bleeding now.
Almost like your fight.
And there it went,
Almost like your life.
That was just your life.
The end of the line

NEED… MORE AND MORE NEED MORE AND MORE

TAINTED MISERY. NEW CONSEQUENCE MACHINE
BLEED… BATTLE SCARS BURN THrOUGH ALL YOUR GASOLINE.
CHEMICAL AFFINITY. ASYLUM OVERTIME
REIGN… LEGACY NEVERMIND…
INnOCENCE CORRODE. YOU’VE REACHED THE END OF THE LINE.
STAIN… ROT AWAY DROP THE HOURGLASS OF TIME
CATATONIC OVERLOAD. SPILLING SAND WE WILL NOT FIND
CHOKE… ASPHYXIA AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY
SNUFF REALITY. WE BID FAREWELL…
SCORCH… KILL THE LIGHT THE SLAVE BECOMES THE MASTER.
INCINERATE CELEBRITY. THE SLAVE BECOMES THE MASTER.
REAPER… BUTCHERY THE SLAVE BECOMES THE MASTER.
KARMA AMPUTEE. THE SLAVE BECOMES THE MASTER
BLOODLINE… REDEFINE NEED MORE AND MORE
DEATH CONTAGIOUS DEITY. RIGHT NOW AND EVERAFTER
HOOKED INTO THIS DECeiVER NEED MORE AND MORE
NEED MORE AND MORE NEW CONSEQUENCE MACHINE
INTO THE ENDLESS FEVER BURN THROUGH ALL YOUR GASOLINE.
NEED MORE AND MORE ASYLUM OVERTIME
NEW CONSEQUENCE MACHINE NEVERMIND…
YOU BURN THROUGH ALL YOUR GASOLINE. DEAD HOURGLASS OF TIME
ASYLUM OVERTIME SAND WE WILL NOT EVER FIND
NEVERMIND… WE GATHER HERE TODAY
YOU’VE REACHED THE END OF THE LINE. SAY GOODBYE
TIME... CHOKE THE CLOCK CAUSE YOU’VE REACHED THE END OF THE LINE.
STEAL ANOTHER DAY. THE END OF THE LINE.
DIE... FAITHFULLY THE END OF THE LINE.
NARCISSISTIC FADE AWAY. THE END OF THE LINE.

YOU’VE REACHED THE

TWISTED... JUMP THE RAIL
SHATTER THE CROWD BELOW.
BREAKER... CHASE THE GHOST
FROM LATEST HIGH TO ALLTIME LOW.
HOOKED INTO THIS DECeiVER END OF THE LINE.
NEED MORE AND MORE
INTO THE ENDLESS FEVER
Broken, Beat & Scarred

You rise.
You fall.
You’rE down, then you rise again.
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Through black days
Through black nights
Through pitch black insides
Breaking your teeth on the hard life comin’.
Show your scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth runnin’.
Show your scars.
Breaking your life, broken, beat and scarred
But we die hard.
The dawn,
The death,
The fight to the final breath.
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Dawn, death, fight, final breath.
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Dawn, death, fight, final breath.
What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
They scratch me
They scrape me
They cut and rape me
Breaking your teeth on the hard life comin’.
Show your scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth runnin’.
Show your scars.
Breaking your life, broken, beat and scarred
But We Die Hard
Breaking your teeth on the hard life comin’.
Show your scars.
Cutting your feet on the hard earth runnin’.
Show your scars.
Bleeding your soul in a hard luck story.
Show your scars.
Spilling your blood in the hot sun’s glory.
Show your scars.
Breaking your life, broken, beat and scarred
We Die Hard.
The Day That Never Comes
Born to push you around
Better just stay down.
You pull away
He hits the flesh
You hit the ground.
Mouth so full of lies
Tend to black your eyes.
Just keep them closed
keep praying
Just keep waiting
Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the son shine never comes.
No, the son shine never comes.
Push you cross that line,
Just stay down this time.
Hide in yourself
Crawl in yourself
You’ll have your time.
God I’ll make them pay
Take it back one day.
I’ll end this day.
I’ll splatter color on this gray.
Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the son shine never comes.
LOVE… is a four letter word,
and never spoken here.
LOVE… is a four letter word,
here in this prison.
I suffer this no longer,
I’ll put an end to this, I swear.
This, I swear. The son will shine.
This, I swear,
This, I swear,
This, I swear!
­All Nightmare Long

Luck. Runs. Out.

Crawl from the wreckage one more time.
Horrific memory twists the mind.
Dark, rutted, cold and hard to turn.
Path of destruction feel it burn.
Still life… incarnation. Luck. Runs. Out.
Still life… infamy. You crawl back in, but your luck runs out.
Hallucination. Then you crawl back in,
Heresy. Into your obsession.
Still you run, what’s to come, what’s to be. Never to return.
Cause we... This is your confession.
Hunt you down without mercy Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long Hunt you down all nightmare long
Luck. Runs. Out. Luck. Runs. Out.
You crawl back in,
but your luck runs out.
Luck. Runs. Out. You crawl
The light that is not light is here
To flush you out with your own fear
You hide, you hide but will be found back in, but
Release your grip without a sound
Still life… immolation.
Still life… infamy.
your luck
Hallucination.
Heresy.
Still you run, what’s to come, what’s to be.
runs out.
Your luck runs out.
Cause we...
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Cyanide

Sleep and dream of this An air of freshly broken ground.

Death angel’s kiss
Brings final bliss A concrete angel lit right down
Completely
Empty they say, upon the grave which swallows fast
Death, won’t you let me stay?
Empty they say,
It’s peace at last, Peace at last!
Death, hear me call your name, Empty they say,
call your name… SUICIDE
I’ve already died. Death, won’t you let me stay?
you’re just the funeral
I’ve been waiting for… CYANIDE Empty they say,
Living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more. Death, hear me call your name,
Wait, wait patiently
Your death black wings call your name… SUICIDE
unfolding sleep
Spreading o’er me I’ve already died.
Empty they say,
Death, won’t you let me stay?
you’re just the funeral
Empty they say, I’ve been waiting for… CYANIDE
Death, hear me call your name,
call your namE… SUICIDE
I’ve already died.
Living dead inside
you’re just the funeral Break this empty shell forever more.
I’ve been waiting for… CYANIDE
Living dead inside To end this war
Break this empty shell forever more.
Say, is that rain or are they tears? To end this war
That has stained your concrete
face for years. it’s just the funeral
The crying, weeping, shedding strife
Year after year, life after life. I’ve been waiting for.
The Unforgiven III
How could he know this new dawn’s light
would change his life forever?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
by the light of golden treasure.
Was he the one causing pain
with his careless dreaming?
Been afraid, always afraid,
of the things he’s feeling.
He could just be gone.
He would just sail on
He’ll just sail on.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you, when it’s me I can’t forgive?
These days drift on inside a fog
Thick and suffocating.
His sinking life, outside its hell.
Inside, intoxicating.
He’s run aground. Like his life,
water much too shallow.
Slipping fast, down with his ship,
fading in the shadows.
Now a castaway.
They’ve all gone away.
They’ve gone away.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? in remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you, when it’s me I can’t forgive?
Forgive me.
Forgive me not.
Why can’t I forgive Me?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
by the light of golden treasure.
How could he know this new dawn’s light
would change his life forever?
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
So how can I blame you, when it’s me I can’t forgive?
The Judas Kiss
So, What now?
When the world has turned its back Where go I?
When the days have turned pitch black When you think it’s all said and done.
When the fear abducts your tongue Bow down
When the fire’s dead and gone Sell your soul to me
So, What now? I will set you free
Where go I? Pacify your demons
When you think it’s all said and done. Bow down
When you are the ostracized Surrender unto me
Selfish ridden dead goodbyes Submit infectiously
Twisting on the tourniquet Sanctify your demons
When the pieces never fit Into abyss,
So, What now? You don’t exist.
Where go I? Cannot resist,
When you think it’s all said and done. the Judas kiss.
Bow down Judas lives, recite this vow.
Sell your soul to me I’ve become your new God now.
I will set you free Followed you from dawn of time
Pacify your demons Whispered thoughts into your mind.
Bow down Watched your towers hit the ground
Surrender unto me Lured your children never found
Submit infectiously Helped your kings abuse their crown
Sanctify your demons In the heart of feeble man
Into abyss, Plant the seed of my own plan
You don’t exist. The strong and powerful will fall
Cannot resist, Find a piece of me in all…
the Judas kiss. Inside you all,
When the storm has blacked your sky So, Bow down
Intuition crucify Sell your soul to me
When the ego strips your reign. I will set you free
Assassinate the living flame. Pacify your demons
So, What now? Bow down
Where go I? Surrender unto me
When you think it’s all said and done. Submit infectiously
Venom of a life insane Sanctify your demons
Bites into your fragile vein Into abyss,
Internalize and decimate You don’t exist.
Patronize and complicate Cannot resist,
the Judas kiss.
Suicide & redemption
My Apocalypse

Claustrophobic What makes me drift a little

Crawl out of this skin bit closer?
Heart explosive Dead man takes the steering
Reach in, pull that pin wheel.
Fear thy name: extermination What makes me know it’s time
Desecrate inhale the fire to cross over?
So we Cross That Line Born to repeat until I feel.
Into the grips See through the skin, bones
Total eclipse they all rattle.
Suffer unto my Apocalypse Future and past, they disagree.
Deadly vision Flesh falls away, bones they all
Prophecy reveal shatter.
Death magnetic I start to see the End. In. Me.
Claustrophobic
Pulling closer still Climb out of this skin
Fear thy name: annihilation Heart explosive
Desolate inhale the fire Reach in, pull that pin
So we Cross That Line Violate, annihilate
Into the grips All wounds unto my eyes
Total eclipse Obliterate, exterminate
Suffer unto my Apocalypse As life itself denied
Crushing metal, ripping skin. Fear thy name as hell awakens
Tossing body, mannequin. Destiny inhale the fire
Spilling blood, bleeding gas. But we’ve Crossed That Line
Mangle flesh, snapping spine. Into the grips
Dripping bloody valentine. Total Eclipse
Shatter face, spitting glass. Suffer unto my Apocalypse
Split apart Tyrant awaken my Apocalypse.
Split apart Demon awaken my Apocalypse.
Split apart Heaven awaken my Apocalypse.
Spit Suffer forever my Apocalypse.
Spit it out.

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METALLICA
JAMES HETFIELD
LARS ULRICH
KIRK HAMMETT
ROBERT TRUJILLOMETALLICA
JAMES HETFIELD
PRODUCED BY RICK RUBIN
LARS ULRICH
KIRK HAMMETT
MIXED BY GREG FIDELMAN & ANDREW SCHEPS
ROBERT
RECORDED BY GREG TRUJILLO
FIDELMAN
ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY MIKE GILLIES
DIGITAL EDITING BY DANA NIELSEN, DAN MONTI, KENT MATCKE, DD ERLICH
ASSISTED BY SARA PRODUCED
LYN KILLION, BY RICK
JOSHUA RUBIN
SMITH, ADAM FULLER, JASON GOSSMAN, JASON MOTT
ALBUM PRODUCTION COORDINATION BY LINDSAY CHASE
MIXED BY GREG FIDELMAN & ANDREW SCHEPS
RECORDED APRIL 2007 – MAY 2008 AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS IN VAN NUYS, CA, SHANGRI LA STUDIOS
RECORDED BY GREG FIDELMAN
IN MALIBU, CA, & HQ IN SAN RAFAEL, CA
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BY ANTON CORBIJN COORDINATION BY LINDSAY CHASE
Strings Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell
Mastered
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDY by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York
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