metallica

One

A haunting anti-war masterpiece from *...And Justice for All*, 1988

I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me

Chorus

Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Verse 2

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me
Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live

Bridge

Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries, will be wasted
Oh, feed my eyes, now you've sewn them shut

Verse 3

I see the world, feel the heat
And that's a beat, now I can see
It's the only thing that I got

Outro

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see, absolute horror
I cannot live, I cannot die
Trapped in myself, body my holding cell
Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech, taken my hearing
Taken my arms, taken my legs
Taken my soul, left me with life in hell