Metallica: Load


| Ain't My Bitch | 2 X 4 | The House Jack Built | Until it Sleeps | King Nothing |
| Hero of the Day | Bleeding Me | Cure | Poor Twisted Me | Wasting My Hate |
| Mama Said | Thorn Within | Ronnie | The Outlaw Torn |



  1. AIN'T MY BITCH

  2. Out of my way
    Out of my day
    Out of your mind and into mine
    It's no more
    It's not born
    Into your step but out of time

    Head strong
    What's wrong
    I've already heard this song before
    You've arrived,  but now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye

    Dragging me down
    While you were round
    So useless
    It ain't my fault
    It ain't my call
    It ain't my bitch
    Ain't my bitch

    Down on the sun
    Down on your fun
    Down and out where the hell you've been

    Damn it all down
    Damn it unbound
    Damn it all down ta hell again

    Stand tall
    They fall
    Never even meant it all before
    You've arrived,  but now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye

    Dragging me down
    While you were round
    So useless
    It ain't my fault
    It ain't my call
    It ain't my bitch

    Out of my way
    Out of my day
    Out of your mind and into mine
    It's no more
    It's not born
    Into your step but out of time

    Head Strong
    What's wrong
    I've already heard this song before
    You've arrived,  but now it's time to kiss your ass good-bye

    Dragging me down
    While you were round
    So useless
    It ain't my fault
    It ain't my call
    It ain't my bitch

    No way but down
    While you were round
    No foolin'
    It ain't my smile
    It ain't my style
    It ain't my bitch

    Ain't mine
    Your kind
    Your stepin' out of time

    Dragging me down
    While you were round
    No foolin'
    It ain't my fault
    It ain't my call
    It ain't my bitch
    Ain't my


  3. 2 X 4

  4. Yeah
    I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
    I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
    Put the screws into ya, my way
    Yeah, c'mon, c'mon come and make my day
    Make my day

    Yeah
    Got some hell to pay you, steal your thunder
    The joy of violent movement, pulls you under
    Ooh bite the bullet, well hard
    Yea, but I bite harder, so go to far
    To far

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I can't hear ya... talk to me
    I can't hear ya... so talk to me
    I can't hear ya are you talking to me
    I can't hear ya are you talking to me
    I can't hear ya trying to be my lord
    I can't hear ya talking 2 by 4

    Yeah
    I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
    I'm gonna be that one who breaks you
    Put the screws into ya, my way
    Hey c'mon, c'mon, come and make my day
    Make my day

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I can't hear ya... talk to me
    I can't hear ya... talk to me
    I can't hear ya are you talking to me
    I can't hear ya while your talking to me
    I can't hear ya trying to be my lord
    I can't hear ya talking 2 by 4

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I'm going to make you... talk to me
    I'm going to trick you... so talk to me
    I can't hear ya are you talking to me
    I can't hear ya are you talking to me
    I can't hear ya trying to be my lord
    I can't hear ya talking 2 by 4


  5. THE HOUSE JACK BUILT

  6. Open doors 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 close again
    Well on my way
    On my way to where I graze
    It swallows me
    As it takes me in his home
    I twist away
    As I kill this world

    Open doors 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 close once again
    Don't want control
    As It takes me down and down again
    Is that the moon
    Or just a light that lights this deadend street?
    Is that you there
    Or just another demon that I meet?

    The higher you walk
    The farther you fall
    The longer the walk
    The farther you crawl
    My body my temple
    This temple it tells
    "Step into the house that Jack built"

    The higher you walk
    The farther you fall
    The longer the walk
    The farther you crawl
    My body my temple
    This temple it tells
    "Yes this is the house that Jack built"

    Open doors as I walk inside
    Swallow me so the pain subsides
    And I shake as I take this in

    Let the show begin

    The higher you walk
    The farther you fall
    The longer the walk
    The farther you crawl
    My body my temple
    This temple it tells
    "Yes this is the house that Jack built"

    The higher you walk
    The farther you fall
    The longer the walk
    The farther you crawl
    My body my temple
    This temple it tells
    "Yes I am I am I am"

    Open my eyes
    It swallows me
    Is that you there
    I twist away
    Away
    Away
    Away


  7. UNTIL IT SLEEPS

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

    So tear me open, pour me out
    These things inside they scream and shout
    And the pain still hates me
    So hold me until it sleeps

    Just like a curse, just like a 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...

    So tell me why you've choosen me
    Don't want your grip
    Don't want your greed
    Don't want it

    I'll Tear me open, make you gone
    No more can you hurt anyone
    And the fear still shakes me
    So hold me until it sleeps

    I don't want it.....NO

    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...

    So tear me open, but beware
    The pain's inside without a care
    And the dirt still stains me
    So wash me til I'm clean

    I'll Tear me open, make you gone
    No longer will you hurt anyone
    And the hate still shakes me
    So hold me until it sleeps
    Until it sleeps
    Until it sleeps
    Until it sleeps


  9. KING NOTHING

  10. 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
    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?
    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?
    Where's your crown?

    Huh!

    (Spoken)
    Wish I may, 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 may 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?
    Where's your crown?

    Oh, You're just nothing
    Where's your crown King Nothing?
    Oh, you're just nothing
    Absolutely nothing
    Off to never, never land


  11. HERO OF THE DAY

  12. The window burns to light the way back home
    A light that warms no matter where they go
    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
    And someone there is sighing
    Keepers of the flames
    Do you feel your name?
    Did you hear your babies crying?
    Mama they try and break me
    Still they try and break me

    Excuse me while I tell them how to feel
    These things we turn to me that still seem real
    Now deservingly this easy chair
    But the rocking stops by wheels of despair

    Don't want your hate
    But the fist I made
    For years won't hold or feel
    No not on me
    So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel

    But now the dreams end
    And now the dreams end
    They everlast 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
    And someone there is sighing
    Keepers of the flames
    Did you hear your name?
    Did you hear your babies crying?

    But now the dreams end
    And now the dreams end
    They everlast 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


  13. BLEEDING ME

  14. I'm diggin' my way
    I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
    I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

    I'm pushin' to stay
    I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
    I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better

    I'm sowing the seeds
    I'm sowing the seeds I take
    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
    It tears me and I bleed
    And I bleed

    Caught under wheels roll
    I take the leash
    I'm bleeding me
    Can't stop to save my soul
    I take the leash that's bleeding me
    I'm bleeding me
    I can't take it
    Caught under wheels roll
    Oh, the bleeding of me
    Of me
    The bleeding of me

    Caught under wheels roll
    I take the leash
    I'm bleeding me
    Can't stop to save my soul
    I take the leash that's bleeding me
    I'm bleeding me
    I can't take it
    Caught under wheels roll
    Oh, the bleeding of me
    Oh, the bleeding of me

    I am the beast that bleeds 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 lease
    I'm bleeding me
    Can't stop to save my soul
    I take the leash that's bleeding me
    I'm bleeding me
    I can't take it
    I can't take it
    I can't take it
    Oh, the bleeding of me

    I'm diggin' my way
    I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
    I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better

    I'm pushin' to stay
    I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
    I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
    With somethin' better


  15. CURE

  16. (Spoken)
    The man takes another bullet
    He keeps them all within
    He must seek no matter how it hurts
    So don't fool again

    He thinks the answer is cold and in his hand
    He takes his medicine
    The man takes another bullet
    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 I say...
    I do believe
    Yeah, I do believe

    The lie is tempted and she follows
    Again she hits 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 I say...
    I do believe
    Oh yeah, I do believe

    Betting on the cure
    It must get better than this
    Betting on the cure
    Yeah everyone's gotta 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 gotta to have the sickness
    Cause everyone seems to need the cure
    Precious cure

    I do believe

    Betting on the cure
    It must get better than this
    Need to feel secure
    Yeah it's got to get better than this
    It must get better than this
    Betting on the cure
    Everyone's gotta to have the sickness
    Cause everyone seems to need the cure
    I do believe


  17. POOR TWISTED ME

  18. Oh poor twisted me
    Oh poor twisted me
    I feast on sympathy
    I chew on suffer
    I chew on agony
    And swallow whole the pain
    Oh it's too good to be
    All this misery
    Is just for oh poor twisted me
    Poor twisted me

    Poor mistreated me
    Poor mistreated me
    I drown without a sea
    I'm filled with sorrow
    Once filled with misery
    And hated the deep dark blue
    Such a burden to bear
    Poor mistreated me

    Finally reached the shore
    Survival's gone
    Now your feeling cold ever since he was born
    Your pain is so over you

    Finally reached the shore
    Survival's gone
    Now your feeling cold ever since he was born
    Your pain is so over you
    Could ya be my friend
    Such a pain to see
    Oh poor twisted me


  19. WASTING MY HATE

  20. 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 kill no more
    Ain't got the time to help you score
    I think it's time you pleased yourself
    Yourself

    Doing dead
    I would do in the same
    A smile to you

    Don't waste
    Waste your breath
    Now I will waste my hate on you
    Waste my hate on you

    And I think your working now
    You think enough to even raise the brow
    And to life that tip that you belong
    Come on

    When I see my hate I see my feet
    I feel that blood that pumps in me
    Where the hell's my mind
    Don't know
    Don't know now

    Doing dead
    I would do in the same
    A smile to you

    Don't waste
    Waste your breath
    Now I will waste my hate on you
    Waste my hate on you
    Then I'll keep it for myself
    Hate

    Ain't gonna waste my hate
    But I don't clean it when they say
    Better to give then to receive

    Ain't gonna waste my hate
    Ain't got time to waste my hate on you
    I think I'll keep it all for myself
    For myself

    Doing dead
    I would do in the same
    A smile to you

    Don't waste
    Waste your breath
    Now I will waste my hate on you
    Waste my hate on you

    Think I'll keep it for myself
    Yeah

    Hate


  21. MAMA SAID

  22. Mama, she has taught me well
    Told me when I was young
    "Son, your life's an open book
    Don't close it 'fore its 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
    Let this heart be still
    Yeah, still

    Rebel, mind your last name
    Wild blood in my veins
    They bring 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
    Let this heart be still

    Never I ask of you
    But never I gave
    But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
    Never I ask of you
    But never I gave
    But you gave me your emptiness that I'll 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
    I took your love for granted
    Not a thing you said to me
    I needed 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
    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

    Never I ask of you
    But never I gave
    But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
    Never I ask of you
    But never I gave
    But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
    Let this heart be still


  23. THORN WITHIN

  24. Forgive me father
    For I have sinned
    Find me guilty of the life I feel within

    When I'm branded
    This mark of shame
    So I look down disgraced for saying I know that you must feel

    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 with true guilt that's from within

    So point your fingers
    Point right at me
    For I am shadows and will follow you whatever see my way

    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 whatever see my way

    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


  25. RONNIE

  26. Stories taught
    Quiet town
    Small time for big time crowd
    Never talks
    Never plays
    Different path
    Lost his way

    The streets are red
    Red I'm afraid
    There's no confetti
    No parade
    Nothing happens in this boring place
    But oh my god how it all dismays
    And they all pray
    Blood stain wash away

    He said
    "Lost my way
    This bloody day
    Lost my way"

    I heard it
    He said
    "Lost my way
    This bloody day
    Lost my way"
    Oh please wash away
    But blood stains the sun red today

    I always said
    Something wrong
    Little strange
    All day long
    Never laugh
    Never smile
    Talked alone for miles and miles and miles

    Yellow comes
    Sun I say
    Keep your smile and laugh all day
    He falls again in this foreign place
    For little boys how they do chase
    And they all pray
    Blood stain wash away

    He said
    "Lost my way
    This bloody day
    Lost my way"

    I heard it
    He said
    "Lost my way
    This bloody day
    Lost my way"
    Oh please wash away
    But blood stains the sun red today

    (Spoken)
    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"
    I 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"

    I heard it
    He screamed
    "Lost my way
    This bloody day
    Lost my way"
    Oh please wash away
    But blood stains the sun red today

    All things wash away
    They all fall down
    But blood stains the sun today

    All things wash away
    They all fall down
    But blood stains the sun today


  27. THE OUTLAW TORN

  28. You know 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
    No one seeks so I may find
    And now I wait my whole lifetime
    My whole lifetime

    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 whole lifetime

    And I'm torn
    And if I close my mind in fear
    Please pry it open
    And if my face becomes sincere
    Beware
    And when I start to come undone
    Stitch me together
    And when you see me stretched remind me of what left this outlaw torn

    And if I close my mind in fear
    Please pry it open
    And if my face becomes sincere
    Beware
    And when I start to come undone
    Stitch me together
    And when you see me stretched remind me of what left this outlaw torn


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