Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newsted (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
Additional personnel: Marianne Faithfull (vocals); Bernardo Begalli (violin); David Miles (hurdy-gurdy); Jim McGillveray (percussion).
Producers: Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich.
Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausilto, California between May 1995 and February 1996 and from July to October 1997.
LYRICS
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
A hunter in cloth 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 Hope
Burn your face upon the crome
Yeah!
Take the corner, going to crash,
Headlights, Headlines
Another Junkie, who 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!
Gimmie Fuel....
Gimmie Fire....
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!!!!!!
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
That hide and swallow mansions whole
In 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
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...
But the memory remains
Yeah
Faded prima donna yeah, yeah
Dance little tin goddess dance
DEVIL'S DANCE
Yeah
I feel you too
Feel, those things ya do
In your eyes I see a fire that burns just for you
That's running through
Deep inside you know, seeds I plant will grow
One day you will see
The Dance come down to me
Yeah come on, come on now take the chance
That's right
Lets dance
Snake (echo)
I am the snake
Tempting, that bite you take
Let me make your mind, leave yourself behind
Be not afraid
I've got what you need, hunger I will feed
One day you will see
The dance come down to me
Yeah come on, come on now take a chance
Ha ha!
Come dance
Yeah Come dancin'
One day you will see
The dance come down to me
Yeah come on, come on now take a chance
Yeah
I feel you too
Feel
those things you do
In your eyes Isee afire that burns just for you
That's running through
Deep inside you know, seeds I plant will grow
One day you willsee
The dance come down to me
Yeah come on, come on now take the chance
That's right
Let's dance!
It's nice to see you here
HA HA!!!
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 theme, than 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 there's no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still, but there'sno 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?
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
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits,
The onewho 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
BETTER THAN YOU
I look at you, then you me
Hungry and thirsty I wait
Holding the lion's share
Holding the key
Holding me back 'cause I'm striving to be
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Lock horns, I push and I strive
Some how I feel more alive
Bury the need for it
Bury the seed
Bury me deep when there's no will to be
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Better than you
Oh, can't stop this train from rollin'
Oh, nothing brings me down
No, can't stop this train from rollin', no, no, no, no, no,
No, no, forever only no...
Oh, can't stop this train from rollin'
Oh, you can't take it down
No, never stop this locomotion, no, no, no, no, no, no,
No, you can't bring it down 'cause I'm
Better Than You
Better Than You
Better Than You
Better Than You
Oooh 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
Can't stop this train from rollin'
Forever on and on and on
Forever on and on, on
Better Than You
Yeah
Better Than You
SLITHER
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before ?
Ohhh, watch the puppets dancin'
Yeah, see the clowns fall down
Hey, tie your tapshoes tightly
Yeah, wear them into town
See you crawling...
See you crawling...
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before ?
There ain't no heros here...no....no
Hey hey
Oooh, play the game so nicely
Oh, check, its your move now
Yeah, were standing in this jungle
Yeah, with some things I have found
See you crawling...
See you crawling...
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before ?
Have your heroes disappeared?
See you crawling....
See you crawling....
So don't go looking for snakes you might find them
Don't turn your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven't I seen you here before ?
No there ain't no heros here.......no no
Haven't I seen you here before ?
No there ain't no heros here.
Don't go looking for snakes you might find them...
Haven't I seen you here before?
Have your heroes disappeared?
Don't turn your eyes to the sun you might blind them...
CARPE DIEM BABY
Hit dirt
Shake tree
Split sky
Part Sea
Strip smile
Lose cool
Bleed the day
Break the rule
Live to win
Dare to fail
Eat the dirt
Bite the nail
Then make me miss you...
Then make me miss you...
So wash your face away with dirt
It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem baby
Drawl in
This wine
Sink teeth
All mine
Start fire
Break me
Suffer through this
Cheat on dead air
Under curve
Lose the time
Turn the map
And shoot the sign
Then make me miss you...
Then make me miss you...
So wash your face away with dirt
It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem baby
Yeah, Suck it!
Live to win
Dare to fail
Eat the dirt
Bite the nail
Strip smile
Lose cool
Bleed the day
Break the rule
Under curve
Lose the time
Turn 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 don't 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
BAD SEED
(Cough)
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah
Ooooohhhh Yeah
Yeah
Come Clean
'fess Up
Tell All
Spill Guts
I'm the bad
Standard Deal
Show the card
Bring it on, Break the seal
(Ladies and Gentleman, step right up and see the man who told the truth)
Swing the noose again
Peirce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Ohh you're choking on a bad seed
On a bad seed
Ahhh choking
Let it on
Load up
Confess
Care so
In the mercy
Cat is out
Drop through the sky
Spit it up, spit it out
(And now what you've all been waiting for, we give you He Who Suffers The Truth)
Swing the noose again
Peirce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Ohhh you're choking on a bad seed
Choking on the bad seed, Yeah
Off the vieil, Stand revealed, Bring it on, Break the Seal
At the mercy, Cat is out, Spit it up, Spit it out
Spit it up, Spit it out, Spit it out NOW
(Swing the noose again, Peirce the apple skin, you bit more than you need, choking on the seed)
Swing the noose again
Peirce the apple skin
Yeah you bit more than you need
Ohhh you're choking on a
Choking, choking, choking on a bad seed
Choking on a bad seed, Yeah
Off the vieil, Stand revealed, Bring it on, Break the Seal
At the mercy, Cat is out, Spit it up, Spit it out
Spit it up, Spit it out, Spit it out NOW
Choking on a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed.
(Several More Coughs)
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
So wake up sleepy one...
It's time to save your world...
Steal dreams and give to you
Shop lift a thought or two
All children touch the sun
Burn your fingers one by one
By one...
Will this earth be good to you
Keep you clean or stain through....
So wake up sleepy one...
It's time to save your world...
You're where the wild things are...
Yeah, toy soldiers off to war...
Big eyes to open to
Beating now under sun and moon
But does heavan know you're here?
And did they give you smiles or tears?
no, no tears
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through....
So wake up sleepy one...
It's time to save your world...
You're where the wild things are...
Yeah, toy soldiers off to war...
You swing your on down
Call to arms the trumpets sound
Toy horses start the charge
robots, chessmen standing guard
We Shall Never Surrender!!!!
Hand puppets storm the base
Flags up now cannons rage
Hand puppets storm the base
Flags up now cannons rage
All clowns head for the rear
Slingshots fire to the air
All clowns head for the rear
Slingshots fire to the air
Slip into the edge of death
Crossfire our superior nets
Slip into the edge of death
Crossfire our superior nets
We Shall Never Surrender!!!!
All children touch the sun
Burn your fingers one by one
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through....
So wake up sleepy one...
It's time to save your world...
You're where the wild things are...
Yeah, toy soldiers off to war...
So close your little eyes...
PRINCE CHARMING
It's a black cloud over head, that's me
And the poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes him cry
There's a dirty needle in your child, haha, stick me
Empty bottles still in hand still dead, still me
I'm the suit and tie that bleeds the street and still wants more
I'm the 45 that's in your mouth
I'm a dirty, dirty whore
Yeah look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but too old to see
Hey look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma look it's me
Yeah, he wants to become father now, me again me
The marks inside your arms still leaves me alone to me
I'm a nothing face that plants the bomb and stroles away
I'm the one who doesn't look quite right as children play
Yeah look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus, but to old to see
Hey look it's me
When no one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma look it's me
It's me...
Look up to me,
What you've been is what you've fear
Look up to me
Look it's me, at what you hear
See right through me
See the one who can't be free
See right through me
Look it's me when no one wants to see
Hmmm, now, see the black cloud up ahead, that's me
In this poison ivy chokes the tree, again it's me
And I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on by
I'm the little boy that pushes, pushes, makes him cry
Yeah look it's me
The one who can't be free
Much too young to focus but to old to see
Hey, hey look it's me
When no-one wants to see
See what you brought this world
Just what you want you want to see
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
Hey ma, hey ma, look it's me
LOW MAN"S LYRIC
(Humming)
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my viens
Theres a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my viens
The Trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
What is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for flame
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste
The Trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
What is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
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 alley way
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken, to match my face
The Trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
What is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
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
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my viens
(humming)
ATTITUDE
Suppose I say, I'm 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
I'm oh so born to die
Ohhhh, I hunger
I hunger
I eat
Born Into Attitude
Asleep at the wheel
Throw all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
I get a 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 satifaction this way comes
And satifaction this way comes
And satifactions here and gone
gone, yeah gone again
Ohhhh, I hunger
Ooh 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
I get a fever, what ever happened to sweat?
Just let me kill you for a while
Just let me kill you for a smile
Just let me kill you once for me
I'm born to die
And satifaction this way comes
And satifaction this way comes
And satifactions here and gone
gone, gone again
Yeah I hunger
Ohhh 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
Throwing all your bullets in the fire
And run like hell
I get a fever, what ever happened to sweat
FIXXER
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'll fall or mearly stumble
But tell me
Can you heal what father's done
Or fix this hole in mother's son
Can you heal the broken worlds within
Can you strip away so we may start again
Tell me can you heal what father's done
Or cut this rope and let us run
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free
You jab another pin
Jab another pin in me
Mirror, mirror upon the wall
Break the spell or become the doll
See you sharpening the pins
So the holes will remind us
We're just the toys in the hands of another
And in time needles turn from shine to rust
But tell me
Can you heal what father's done
Or fix the hole in mother's son
Can you heal the broken worlds within
Can you strip away so we may start again
Tell me can you heal what father's done
Or cut this rope and let us run
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free
You jab another pin
Jab another pin in me
Blood for face
Sweat for dirt
Three x's for the stone
To break this curse
A ritual's due
I believe I'm 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
So tell me
Can you heal what father's done
Or fix the hole in mother's son
Can you heal the broken worlds within
Can you strip away so we may start again
Yeah, tell me can you heal what father's done
Or cut this rope and let us run
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free
You jab another pin
Jab another pin in me
No more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more pins in me
No more, no more, no more
No, no, no