Lyrics for Fade To Black as interpreted by fennsk

Fade To Black Lyrics
Life it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filing me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now He's gone

No one but me can save myself, but it to late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death Greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye

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echo_into_darkness
12-04-2001

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for starters this is my fav metallica song... but umm... yeah, well i think this song is about someone wanting to commit suicide because they don't think they have anything to live for and they think they'd be better off dead. we've all been there. but maybe i'm just taking it for face value and not looking deep enough? i dunno.

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Prodigal
12-04-2001

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Actually the song was written when the bands equipment was stolen during one of the tours, James wrote it straight after.

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complete_loner
01-25-2002

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yeah but it's still about suicide, he was just inspired to write a song with depressing lyrics after all their stuff got stolen.

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residential evil
02-16-2002

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Well this song was acually was inspired by when someone stole the band's equipment, but the song is about suicide and Metallica has gotten thousands of fan letters from people who decided not to kill themselves becuase of this song. This is one of my favorite songs.

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metallica
03-01-2002

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2 words suicide letter

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unplug
03-09-2002

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this is the greatest song ever

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DrivenInHiFi
03-11-2002

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hetfield doesn't talk about his lyrics much, but residential evil is correct. someone stole his marshall amp and it depressed him immensely.

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ADMM85
03-20-2002

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this was the first Metallica song I ever heard. I have loved it ever since. This song introduced me to the wonderful world of Metallica. I knew every word to this song and would play is blasting and singing it, but until now I never thought about the meaning of it, and you guys are so right, it all makes so much sense. thanks

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hnky
04-05-2002

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this IS the best song ever.

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King Nothing
04-09-2002

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Losing everything after you've gotten so far and then losing the will to carry on.

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hell_i_call_my_head
04-10-2002

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this was not written with it in mind but i think it now refers to cliff burtons tragic demise

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dmh9385
04-12-2002

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I'd say that this is ONE of Metallica's best songs, and the best on the "Ride The Lightning" album. This song to me is about a guy thinking about comitting suicide.

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Metallican41
04-12-2002

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well the song is pretty all voer the place. Metallica is one of my favorite bands of all time but I have to admit, their lyrics aren't that good. The music is beautiful, and I love the structure of the song...but the lyrics really don't do it for me. "Jaymz" has written some lyrics I do appreciate...Mama says, UNforgiven, otheras...but for the most part...they're just Eh.

-J

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SOADmad
04-13-2002

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This was also the first metallica song i heard, it almost stopped my heart, i didnt think something that articulate could ever be made. It is one of the best metallica songs. If i were to introduce anybody to the wonderful band that is metallica, i would probably use this song. Everything in this song compliments the rest of the song. It has everything anybody could ask for.

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osu_cowboy2000
04-13-2002

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i read in a guitarworld i think it was that james wrote the song shortly after cliff died...i think it was just something he thought up oneday when he was sittin by himself not knowing how he was going to be able to go on after losing a great guy like cliff

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Metallican41
04-14-2002

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Much respect to cliff

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Metallithrasher2k2
04-18-2002

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It says in the biography of metallica that it the lyrics were made from the last words of a confessional of a suicide victim. I got this straight from Metallica Unbound, which is a biography written by a close friend of James. I personally love the song and the lyrics are good to listen to when your going through rough times.

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Dv8ingNME
04-18-2002

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The song was written after one of the bands rare amps were stolen, james searche din two different countries to try and find an amp exactly the same.

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Dv8ingNME
04-18-2002

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The song was written after one of the bands rare amps were stolen, james searche din two different countries to try and find an amp exactly the same.

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Seven
04-23-2002

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Positively Metallica's greatest song, I think they will never be able to top this. Metallica are master composers and are never given enough respect in that sence. To fully understand me just listen to
...And Justice For All (my favourite Metallica album ) very carefully and you will see what I mean

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Necroth
04-25-2002

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osu_cowboy2000 that is such bullshit! How could james write the a song about cliffs death three fucking years before he died? This song was written in October - December 1983. Cliff Burton died on the 27th of September 1986.

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Necroth
04-25-2002

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The first scraps of the song was written after a stolen amp. They were on a two month tour with Raven at the time i think. Then later when they started putting together the material for Ride the Lightning they completed the song, and it turned out to be about suicide.

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MrMojoRisin5552
05-02-2002

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"Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me but now He's gone." - I think that's such a beautiful lyric and a great way for Jaymz to illustrate the change that has occured in him.
to Metallican41: I think you should think before you type especially on a mesage board full of Metallica fans, because you saying that their lyrics are weak is the most ignorant thing I've heard in a while. Unless you're a 13 year old TRL watching kid and the only Metallica songs you know are the ones they play on the radio and MTV late at night, then I can see why you'd say that their lyrics are not dense. It's easy for someone who doesn't really know Metallica to make that generalization, but in reality Metallica has some of the most thought-provoking and emotion filled lyrics of any recent band, let alone a metal band that fucking rocks.
Everything off ...And Justice For All is packed with great lyrics about the corruption of the US government it's justice system, etc. In addition, songs like Disposable Heroes, Don't Tread On Me, and For Whom The Bell Tolls have distinctly anti-war messages (the true sign of an intelligent man because for a long time I was an ignorant patriotic kid until thing like Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Carlos Castaneda, Chuck Pahlaniuk, and Joseph Heller allowed me to open my mind). Metallica's songs point out the problems in our world that most people are too ignorant to see, and songs like Fade To Black and One convey emotion like no other band can.
I'm not trying to come down on you hard, but just think and have proof to back up statements such as Metallica not having good lyrics.

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MrMojoRisin5552
05-02-2002

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"Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me but now He's gone." - I think that's such a beautiful lyric and a great way for Jaymz to illustrate the change that has occured in him.
to Metallican41: I think you should think before you type especially on a mesage board full of Metallica fans, because you saying that their lyrics are weak is the most ignorant thing I've heard in a while. Unless you're a 13 year old TRL watching kid and the only Metallica songs you know are the ones they play on the radio and MTV late at night, then I can see why you'd say that their lyrics are not dense. It's easy for someone who doesn't really know Metallica to make that generalization, but in reality Metallica has some of the most thought-provoking and emotion filled lyrics of any recent band, let alone a metal band that fucking rocks.
Everything off ...And Justice For All is packed with great lyrics about the corruption of the US government it's justice system, etc. In addition, songs like Disposable Heroes, Don't Tread On Me, and For Whom The Bell Tolls have distinctly anti-war messages (the true sign of an intelligent man because for a long time I was an ignorant patriotic kid until thing like Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Carlos Castaneda, Chuck Pahlaniuk, and Joseph Heller allowed me to open my mind). Metallica's songs point out the problems in our world that most people are too ignorant to see, and songs like Fade To Black and One convey emotion like no other band can.
I'm not trying to come down on you hard, but just think and have proof to back up statements such as Metallica not having good lyrics.

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newfoundfinch
05-05-2002

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Will the world please forget about metallica? They haven't had cd worth paying for or even downloading since the black album. Please, someone kill them. Lars is a piece of shit.

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