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              VOCALS FOR METALLICA's 'BLACK ALBUM'

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- WRITTEN BY SHAMA  WHILE KUULI  READING
	     KUULI  WHILE JUUSTO READING
	     JUUSTO WHILE SHAMA  READING (and all other ways)
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	ENTER SANDMAN
   	(HETFIELD/ULRICH/HAMMETT)

	Say your prayers little one
        don't forget, my son
	to include everyone
	tuck you in, warm within
	keep you free from sin 
	till the sandman he comes
		
		sleep with one eye open
		gripping your pillow tight
		  exit: light
		  enter: night
		  take my hand
		  we're off to never never land

	something's wrong, shut the light
	heavy thought tonight
	and they aren't of snow white
	dreams of war, dreams of liars 
	dreams of dragon's fire
	and of things that will bite
		
        	sleep with one eye open
		gripping your pillow tight
		  exit: light
		  enter: night
		  take my hand
		  we're off to never never land

	now I me lay down to sleep	
	pray the lord my soul to keep 
	if I die before I wake
	pray the Lord my soul to take
	hush little baby, don't say a word
	and never mind that noise you heard
	it's just the beasts under your bed,
	in your closet, in your head

		  exit: light
		  enter: night
		  grain of sand
		  exit: light
		  enter: night
		  take my hand
		  we're off to never never land
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	SAD BUT TRUE
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)
       
	Hey
	I'm your life
	I'm the one who takes you there
	hey
	I'm your life
	I'm the one who cares
	they 
	they betray
	I'm your only true friend now
	they
	they betray
	I'm forever there
	
		I'm your dream, make you real
		I'm your eyes	when you must steal
		I'm your pain	when you can't feel
		sad but true
		I'm your dream, mind astray
		I'm your eyes	while you're away
		I'm your pain	while you repay
		you know it's sad but true

	you 
	you're my mask
	you're my cover, my shelter
	you
	you're my mask
	you're the one who's blamed
	do 
	do my work
	do my dirty work, scapegoat
	do 
	do my deeds
	for you're the one who's shamed

		I'm your dream, make you real
		I'm your eyes	when you must steal
		I'm your pain	when you can't feel
		sad but true
		I'm your dream, mind astray
		I'm your eyes	while you're away
		I'm your pain	while you repay
		you know it's sad but true

	hate 
	I'm your hate
	I'm your hate when you want love
	pay
	pay the price
	pay, for nothing's fair
	hey
	I'm your life
	I'm the one took you there
	hey
	I'm your life
	and I no longer care

		I'm your dream, make you real
		I'm your eyes	when you must steal
		I'm your pain	when you can't feel
		sad but true
		I'm your truth, telling lies
		I'm your reason	alibis
		I'm inside	open your eyes
		I'm you
		sad but true
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	HOLIER THAN THOU
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

	No more!
	the crap rolls your mouth again
	haven't chainged, your brain is still gelatin
	little whispers circle around your head
	why don't you worry about yourself instead
	who are you? where ya been? where ya from?
	gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue
	you lie so much you believe yourself
	judge not lest ye be judged yourself
		
		holier than thou 
		you are 
		holier than thou
		you are
		you know not 
	
	before you judge me take a look at you
	can't you find something better to do
	point the finger, slow to understand
	arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand
	it's not who you are it's who you know
	others lives are basis of your own 
	burn your bridges bild them back with wealth 
	judge not lest ye be judged yourself
		
		holier than thou
		you are 
		holier than thou
		you are 
		you know not
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	THE UNFORGIVEN
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH/HAMMETT)

	New blood join this earth
	and quickly he's subdued
	through constant pained disgrace
	the young boy learns their rules
	with time the child draws in
	this whipping boy done wrong 
	deprived of all his thoughts
	the young man struggles on and one he's known
	a vow unto his own
	that never from this day
	his will they'll take away
	
		what I've felt
		what I've known
		never shined through in what I've shown 
		never be 
		never see
		won't see what might have been
		what I've felt
		what I've known
		never shined through in what I've shown
		never free 
		never me 
		so I dub thee unforgiven

	they dedicate their lives 
	to running all of his
	he tries to please them all
	this bitter man he is 
	throughout his life the same
	his battled constantly 
	his fight he cannot been
	a tired man they see no longer cares
	the old man then prepares
	to die regretfully 
	that old man here is me

		
		what I've felt
		what I've known
		never shined through in what I've shown 
		never be 
		never see
		won't see what might have been
		what I've felt
		what I've known
		never shined through in what I've shown
		never free 
		never me 
		so I dub thee unforgiven

	you labeled me 
	I'll label you
	so I dub thee unforgiven
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	WHEREVER I MAY ROAM
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

     ...And the road becomes my bride
	I have stripped of all but pride
	so in her I do confide 
	and she keeps me satisfied
	gives me all I need
     ...and with dust in throat I grave
	only knowledge will I save 
	to the game you stay a slave
	rover 	wanderer
	nomad	vagabond
	call me what you will
		
		but I'll take my time anywhere
		free to speak my mind anywhere
		and I'll redefine anywhere
		  anywhere I roam
		  where I lay my head is home
 
     ...and the earth becomes my throne 
	I adapt to the unknown
	under wandering stars I've crown
	by myself but not alone
	I ask no one
     ...and my ties are severed clean
	the less I have the more I gain
	off the beaten path I reign
 	rover 	wanderer
	nomad	vagabond
	call me what you will
		
		but I'll take my time anywhere
		free to speak my mind anywhere
		and I'll redefine anywhere
		  anywhere I roam
		  where I lay my head is home

		but I'll take my time anywhere
		free to speak my mind 
		and I'll take my find anywhere
		  anywhere I roam
		  where I lay my head is home
		carved upon my stone
		my body lie, but still I roam
		  wherever I roam
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	DON'T TREAD ON ME
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

	Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
	once you provoke her, rattling off her tail
	never begins it, never, but once engaged...
	never surrendes, so in the fangs of rage
	don't tread on me
	
		So be it
		threaten no more
		to secure peace is to prepare for war
		so be it
		settle the score
		touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
	
	Don't tread on me
	love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
	quick is the blue tongue, forked as the lightning strike
	shining with brightness, always on surveillance
	the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
	don't tread on me
	
		So be it
		threaten no more
		to secure peace is to prepare for war
		so be it
		settle the score
		touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
	
	Don't tread on me
		
		So be it
		threaten no more
		to secure peace is to prepare for war
	
	Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
	once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
	
		So be it
		threaten no more
		to secure peace is to prepare for war
		so be it
		settle the score
		touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
	
	Don't tread on me
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	THROUGH THE NEVER
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH/HAMMETT)

	All that is, was and will be 
	universe much too big to see
	time and space never ending
	disturbing thoughts, questions pending
	limitations of human understanding
	too quick to criticize 
	obligation to survive 
	we hunger to be alive
	
		all that is, ever 
		ever was 
		will be ever
		twisting 
		turning
		through the never
	
	In the dark, see past our eyes
	pursuit of truth no matter it lies 
	gazing up to the breeze of the heavens
	on a quest, meaning, reason
	came to be, how it begun 
	all alone in the family of the sun
	curiosity teasing everyone
	on our home, third stone from the sun
	
		all that is, ever 
		ever was 
		will be ever
		twisting 
		turning
		through the never
	
	on through the never 
	we must go 
	on through the never
	out to the 
	edge of forever
	we must go
	on through the never 
	then never comes 
	
		all that is, ever
		ever was
		will be ever
		who we are 
		ask forever
		twisting 
		turning
		through the never
		never
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	NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

	So close no matter how far
	couldn't be much more from the heart
	forever trusting who we are
	and nothing else matters
	never opened myself this way
	life is ours, we live it our way
	all these words i don't just say
	and nothing else matters
	trust I seek and I find in you
	every day for us something new
	open mind for a different view
	And nothing else matters
	
		Never cared for what they do
		but never cared what they know
		but I know
		
	So close no matter how far
	couldn't be much more from the heart
	forever trusting who we are
	and nothing else matters
		
		Never cared for what they do
		but never cared what they know
		but I know

	Never opened myself this way
	life is ours, we live it our way
	all these words i don't just say
	trust I seek and I find in you
	every day for us something new
	open mind for a different view
	And nothing else matters
	
		Never cared for what they say
		never cared for games they play
		never cared for what they do
		never cared for what they know
		and I know
	
	So close no matter how far
	couldn't be much more from the heart
	forever trusting who we are
	and nothing else matters
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	OF WOLF AND MAN
 	(HETFIELD/ULRICH/HAMMETT)

	Off through the new day's mist I run
	out from the new day's mist I come
	I hunt 
	therefore I am
	harvest the land taking of the fallen lamb
	off through the new day's mist I run 
	out from the new day's mist I come
 	we shift 
	pulsing with the earth
	company we keep
	roaming the land while you sleep
	
		Shape shift 	nose to the wind
		Shape shift	feeling I've been
		move swift 	all senses clean
		earth's gift 	back to the meaning of life 
		
	bright is the moon high in starlight 
	chill in the air cold as steel tonight
	we shift 
	call of the wild
	fear in your eyes
	it's later than you realized
	
		Shape shift 	nose to the wind
		Shape shift	feeling I've been
		move swift 	all senses clean
		earth's gift 	back to the meaning of life 
		
	I feel a change 
	back to a better day 
	hair stands on the back of my neck
	in wildness is the preservation of the world
	to seek the wolf in thyself
	
		Shape shift 	nose to the wind
		Shape shift	feeling I've been
		move swift	all senses clean
		earth's gift 	
		back to the meaning of wolf and man
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	THE GOD THAT FAILED
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

	Pride you took 
	pride you feel
	pride that you felt when you'd kneel
	not the word 
	not the love
	not what you thought from above
		
		It feeds 
		it grows
		it clouds all that you will know
		deceit
		deceive
		decide just what you believe
		  I see fate in your eyes
		  never you hear the discouraging lies
		  I hear fate in your cries
		  broken is the promise, betrayal
		  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
		  follow the god that failed
	
	find your peace
	find your say
	find the smooth road on your way
	trust you gave 
	a child to save
	left you cold and in grave
	
		It feeds 
		it grows
		it clouds all that you will know
		deceit
		deceive
		decide just what you believe
		  I see fate in your eyes
		  never you hear the discouraging lies
		  I hear fate in your cries
		  broken is the promise, betrayal
		  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
		  follow the god that failed
		  I see fate in your eyes
		  broken is the promise, betrayal
		  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
		  follow the god that failed

	Pride you took 
	pride you feel
	pride that you felt when you'd kneel
	trust you gave 
	a child to save
	left you cold and in grave

		I see fate in your eyes
		never you hear the discouraging lies
		I hear fate in your cries
		broken is the promise, betrayal
		the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
		follow the god that failed
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	MY FRIEND OF MISERY
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH/NEWSTED)

	You just stood there screaming
	Fearing no one was listening to you
	they say the empty can rattles the most
	the sound of your own voice must soothe you
	hearing only what you want to hear
	and knowing only what you'we heard
	you	you're smothered in tragedy
	you're out to save the world
	
		Misery
		you insist that the weight of the world
		should be on your shoulders
		misery
		there's a much more to life that what you see
		my friend of misery
	
	You just stood there screaming
	no one caring about these words you tell
	my friend before your voice is gone
	one man's fun is another's hell
	these times are sent to try men's souls
	but something's wrong with all you c
	you	you'll take it on ourself
	remember, misery loves company

		Misery
		you insist that the weight of the world
		should be on your shoulders
		misery
		there's a much more to life that what you see
		my friend of misery
	
	You just stood there screaming
	my friend of misery
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	THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
	(HETFIELD/ULRICH)

	Reaching out for something you've got to feel
	while clutching to what you had tought was real
	kicking at a dead horse pleases you 	
	no way of showing your gratitude
	so many things you don't want to do
	what is it? what have you got to lose
	what the hell
	what is it you think you're gonna find?
	hypocrite 
	boredom sets into the boring mind
		
		struggle within	    it suits you fine
		struggle within     your ruin
		struggle within     you seal your own coffin
		struggle within     the struggling within
	
	home is not a home it becomes a hell
	turning it into your prison cell 
	advantages are taken, not handed out
	while you struggle inside your hell
	reaching out
	crabbing for something you've got to feel
	closing in 
	the pressure upon you is so unreal

		struggle within	    it suits you fine
		struggle within     your ruin
		struggle within     you seal your own coffin
		struggle within     the struggling within

	reaching out for something to feel	
	while clutching to what you had thought was real
	whatta hell?
 	what is it you think you're gonna find
	hypocrtite
	boredom sets into the boring mind

		struggle within	    it suits you fine
		struggle within     your ruin
		struggle within     you seal your own coffin
		struggle within     the struggling within


