----------------------- Metallica - Load (1996) ----------------------- The lyrics 1. Ain't My Bitch 5:04 2. 2 x 4 5:28 3. The House Jack Built 6:38 4. Until It Sleeps 4:27 5. King Nothing 5:29 6. Hero Of The Day 4:21 7. Bleeding Me 8:18 8. Cure 4:54 9. Poor Twisted Me 4:00 10. Wasting My Hate 3:57 11. Mama Said 5:19 12. Thorn Within 5:51 13. Ronnie 5:17 14. The Outlaw Torn 9:48 Metallica - Load Lyrics https://dflund.se/~fernbom/metallica/ Last updated: November 30, 1998. 1. Ain't My Bitch (Hetfield/Ulrich) ----------------------------------- Out of my way Out of my day Out of your mind and into mine Into no one Into not one Into your step but out of time Headstrong What's wrong? I've already heard this song before you arrived But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch (yeah) It ain't my bitch Ooh Down on the sun Down and no fun Down and out where the hell you've been Damn it all down Damn it unbound Damn it all down to hell again Stand tall Can't fall Never even mend it all before you arrived But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless, heheh It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch Yeah Nooo, out of my way Freedom Out of my way Out of my day Out of your mind and into mine Into no one Into not one Into your step but out of time Headstrong What's wrong? I've already heard this song before you arrived But now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye And now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless, heheh It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch No way but down Why you around? No fooling, heheh-yeah It ain't my smile It ain't my style It ain't my bitch Oh, it ain't mine Ain't mine Your kind You're stepping out of time Ain't mine Your kind You're stepping out of time Dragging me down Why you around? No fooling It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my ooh bitch You ain't mine 2. 2 x 4 (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) ---------------------------------- Yeah-eh-yeah-eh I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be the one who breaks you Put the screws into you, yeah, my way Yeah, come on and come on, come and make my day Oh, make my day Yeah-eh Got some hell to pay you, I steal your thunder The joy of violent movement, pulls you under Ooh, bite the bullet, well hard Yeah, but I bite harder, so go too far Too far Friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear you, talk to me I can't hear you, so talk to me I can't hear you, are you talking to me I can't hear you, you talking to me I can't hear you, trying to be my lord I can't hear you, talk to 2 by 4, hey Yeah-eh-eh-eh I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be that one who breaks you Put the screws into you, my way Hey, come on and come on, come and make my day Make my day Friction, fusion, retribution Hehuh, I can't hear you, talk to me I can't hear you, come talk to me I can't hear you, you talking to me, ooh I can't hear you, you talking to me I can't hear you, trying to be my lord I can't hear you, talk to 2 by 4, hey-hey Yeah, talk to 2 by 4 It don't take no more Come on, yeah Come on, ooh Come on and come on, o-ooh Talk to 2 by 4 Talk to 2 by 4 Friction, fusion, retribution I'm gonna make you talk to me I'm gonna take you, ooh, so talk to me, hey I can't hear you, are you talking to me, hey I can't hear you, you talking to me I can't hear you, trying to be my lord I can't hear you, talk to, talk to 2 by 4 She don't take no more Yeah-eh 3. The House Jack Built (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) ------------------------------------------------- Open door so I walk inside Close my eyes, find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin Open my eyes Just to have them closed again Well on my way But on my way to where I graze It swallows me As it takes me in its fog Hm, I twist away As I give this world the nod Open door so I walk inside Close my eyes, find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin Open my eyes Just to have them closed once again Don't want control Hey, as it takes me down and down and down again Is 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 are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you come My body, my temple This temple it tilts Step into the house that Jack built The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you come My body, my temple This temple it tilts Yes, this is the house that Jack built, yeah Yeah Open door as I walk inside Swallow me, so the pain subsides And I shake as I take this in Let the show begin Let the show begin Let the show begin The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you come My body, my temple This temple it tilts Yes, this is the house that Jack built The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you come My body, my temple This temple it tilts Yes, I am, I am, I am Open my eyes It swallows me Is that you there? Hm, I twist away Away Away Away 4. Until It Sleeps (Hetfield/Ulrich) ------------------------------------ Where do I take this pain of mine I run but it stays right by my side So tear me open, pour me out There's things inside that scream and shout And the pain still hates me So hold me, until it sleeps Just like the curse, just like the stray You feed it once and now it stays Now it stays So tear me open, but beware There's things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me, until I'm clean It grips you, so hold me It stains you, so hold me It hates you, so hold me It holds you, so hold me Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps So tell me why you've chosen me Don't want your grip Don't want your greed Don't want it Now tear me open, make you gone No more can you hurt anyone And the fear still shakes me So hold me, until it sleeps It grips you, so hold me It stains you, so hold me It hates you, so hold me It holds you, holds you, holds you, until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps I don't want it I don't want it, want it, want it, want it, want it, no-oh-oh So tear me open, but beware There's things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me, 'til I'm clean Now tear me open, make you gone No longer will you hurt anyone And the hate still shapes me So hold me, until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps 5. King Nothing (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) ----------------------------------------- Wish I may Wish I might Have this I wish tonight Are you satisfied? Dig for gold Dig for fame You dig to make your name Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased And it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? Where's your crown? Hot and cold Bought and sold A heart as hard as gold Yeah, are you satisfied? Wish I might Wish I may You wish your life away Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? (yo, nothing) Oh, where's your crown? Huh! I wish I may I wish I might Have this wish, I wish tonight I want that star I want it now I want it all and I don't care how Careful what you wish Careful what you say Careful what you wish You may regret it Careful what you wish You just might get it Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? Nothing No, you're just nothing Where's your crown, King Nothing? No, you're just nothing Absolutely nothing Off to never never land 6. Hero Of The Day (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) -------------------------------------------- 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 Someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do you feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying? Mama, they try and break me Still they try and break me Excuse 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 fist I've made 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 end Waking screams That ever last the night So build a wall Behind it crawl And hide until it's light So can you hear your babies crying now? Still the window burns Time so slowly turns Someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Can't you hear your names? Can't you hear your babies crying? But now the dreams end Waking screams That ever last the night So build a wall Behind it crawl And hide until it's light So can't you hear your babies crying now? Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try Mama, they try Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try and break me Mama, they try Mama, they try 7. Bleeding Me (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) ---------------------------------------- I'm digging my way I'm digging my way to something I'm digging my way to something better I'm pushing to stay I'm pushing to stay with something I'm pushing to stay with something better Woo-oo-oo-ooh-ooh Woo-oo-ooh-ooh, yeah I'm sowing the seeds I'm sowing the seeds I've taken I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted This thorn in my side This thorn in my side is from the tree This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted Oh, it tears me and I bleed, yeah And I bleed, oh yeah, yeah Hey, caught under wheels' roll I take the leech, I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me, woah Oh, I can't take it Caught under wheels' roll Oh, the bleeding of me, yeah Oh, of me The bleeding of me Caught under wheels' roll I take the leech, I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me, o-ooh, o-ooh Oh, I can't take it Caught under wheels' roll Oh, the bleeding of me Ooh, the bleeding of me Yeah I am the beast that feeds the feast I am the blood I am release Come make me pure Bleed me a cure I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under Caught under wheels' roll I take that leech, I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me Oh, I can't take it I can't take it I can't take it O-ooh, oh, the bleeding of me Oh, come on, bleeding me Mmmm-yeah I'm digging my way I'm digging my way to something I'm digging my way to something better I'm pushing to stay I'm pushing to stay with something I'm pushing to stay with something better With something better 8. Cure (Hetfield/Ulrich) ------------------------- The man takes another bullet He keeps them all within He must seek no matter how it hurts So don't fool again Yeah, he thinks the answer's cold and in his hand He takes his medicine The man takes another bullet Yeah, he's been fooled again Uncross your arms Take and throw them to the cure, say I do believe Uncross your arms now Take them to it, say I do believe Yeah, I do believe, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah Yeah, the lies tempt her and she follows Again she lets him in She must believe to feel the hollow She's been fooled again Uncross your arms Take and throw them to the cure, say I do believe Uncross your arms now Take them to it, say I do believe Oh yeah, I do believe, yeah-ee-yeah, oh Betting on the cure It must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness 'cause everyone seems to need the cure Precious cure Betting on the cure 'cause it must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness 'cause everyone seems to need the cure Oh yeah, precious cure I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe I do believe Betting on the cure Yeah, it must get better than this Need to feel secure Yeah, it's got to get better than yeah-ee-yeah-this, yeah-ee-yeah-this, yeah-ee-yeah It must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness 'cause everyone seems to need the cure I do believe I do believe I do believe 9. Poor Twisted Me (Hetfield/Ulrich) ------------------------------------ [Hey, aha-ade-aha] Oh poor twisted me Oh poor twisted me I feast on sympathy I chew on suffer Yeah, I chew on agony Swallow whole the pain Oh, it's too good to be That all this misery Is for oh poor twisted me, ee-yeah, oh yeah Poor twisted me, oh Poor mistreated me Poor mistreated me I drown without a sea Lungs fill with sorrow Lungs fill with misery Inhaling the deep dark blue Oh, always me Such a burden to be The poor mistreated me, yeah-ee-yeah-yeah Yeah To finally reach the shore Survive the storm Now you're bare and cold The sea was warm So warm, you bathe your soul again Baby, again and again and again, yeah Baby Yeah To finally reach the shore Survive the storm Now you're bare and cold Yeah, the sea was warm So warm, you bathe your soul again Good to see my friend Oh, always me Such a burden to be Oh poor twisted me Yeah, yeah-yeah, yo poor twisted me, yeah Oh, yo, yo Poor twisted me 10. Wasting My Hate (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) --------------------------------------------- Good day How you do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Hate! Yeah Ain't gonna waste my hate Ain't gonna waste my hate on you I think I'll keep it for myself Ain't gonna give no more Ain't got the time to help you score I think it's time you pleased yourself Yourself Good day How you do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Hate! Haha You think you're worthy now You think enough to even raise the brow And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown When I see my hands I see my feet I feel that blood that pumps in beat But where the hell's my mind going now? Get going now Good day How you do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Think I'll keep it for myself Hate! Ain't gonna waste my hate But I'm so greedy when they say Better to give than to receive Ain't gonna waste my hate, no, no Ain't got time to waste my hate on you I think I'll keep it all for myself For myself Good day How you do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Think I'll keep it for myself Yeah Hate! 11. Mama Said (Hetfield/Ulrich) ------------------------------- [One, two, three, four One, two] Mama, she has taught me well Told me when I was young "Son, your life's an open book Don't close it 'fore it's done The brightest flame burns quickest" That's what I heard her say A son's heart sowed to mother But I must find my way Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or, let this heart be still Yeah, still Rebel, my new last name Wild blood in my veins Apron strings around my neck The mark that still remains Left home at an early age Of what I heard was wrong I never asked forgiveness But what is said is done Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or, let this heart be still Never I ask of you But never I give But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you But never I give But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still Mama, now I'm coming home I'm not all you wished of me A mother's love for her son Spoken, help me be Yeah, I took your love for granted And all the things you said to me, yeah-ee-yeah I need your arms to welcome me But a cold stone's all I see Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or, let this heart be still Let my heart go Mama, let my heart go You never let my heart go So let this heart be still, o-o-o-o-oo-ooh Never I ask of you But never I give But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you But never I give But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still 12. The Thorn Within (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) ---------------------------------------------- Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty of the life I feel within When I'm branded This mark of shame Should I look down disgraced Or straight ahead And know that you must blame I am, I am the secret I am, I am the sin I am, I am the guilty And I, I am the thorn within Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty when true guilt is from within So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow you One and the same are we I am, I am the secret I am, I am the sin I am, I am the guilty And I, I am the thorn within I do your time I take your fall I'm branded guilty for a soul So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow you One and the same are we I am, I am your secrets I am, I am your sin I am, I am your guilty And I, I am the thorn within I am the thorn within I am the thorn within I am the thorn within I am the thorn within I am the thorn within 13. Ronnie (Hetfield/Ulrich) ---------------------------- Stories taught Quiet town Small time boy Big time frown Never talks Never plays Different path Lost his way The streets of red Red I'm afraid There's no confetti No parade Nothing happens in this boring place But oh my god how it all did change Now they all pray Blood stains wash away He said "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" I heard him He said "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today I always said Something wrong Little strange Ronnie Long Never laughed Never smiled Talked alone for miles and miles and miles Gallow calls Son I say "Keep your smile and laugh all day" Think once again in this foreign place For little boys how they soon change Now they all pray Blood stains wash away He said "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" Yeah, I heard him He said "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today, yeah Yeah, well all the green things died When Ronnie moved to this place He said "Don't you dare ask Why I'm cursed to wear this face" Now we all know why the children called him Ronnie Frown When he pulled that gun from his pocket They all fall down, down, down He said "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" Yeah, yeah, I heard him He screamed "Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way" All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today That's right All things wash away And they all fall down But blood stained the sun today, yeah (Ronnie Long), yeah All things wash away And they all fall down But blood stained the sun today, yeah Yeah, mm 14. The Outlaw Torn (Hetfield/Ulrich) ------------------------------------- And now I wait my whole lifetime for you And now I wait my whole lifetime for you I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you I search the outside, search inside for you To take back what you left me I know I'll always burn to be The one who seeks so I may find And now I wait my whole lifetime My outlaw torn My outlaw torn And I'm torn So on I wait my whole lifetime for you So on I wait my whole lifetime for you The more I search, the more my need for you The more I blast, the more I bleed for you You make me smash the clock and feel I'd rather die behind the wheel Time was never on my side So on I wait my whole lifetime My outlaw torn My outlaw torn My outlaw torn And I'm torn Hear me And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me And if my face becomes sincere Beware Hold me And when I start to come undone Stitch me together Save me And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn Hear me And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me And if my face becomes sincere Beware Hold me And when I start to come undone Stitch me together Save me And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn