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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cmadg25
03-12-2003

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this is the greatest song. the emotions expressed by the lyrics are great, yes, but what makes this song SO great and different from almost all other songs heard in today's culture, especially pop and hip-hop, is the emotions expressed through the actual music. after the lyrics stop you can almost feel the torment the writer was going through when he wrote each note, it is truly inspired. try, next time you hear it, to ignore the lyrics and just focus on the emotion that the guitar insites in you, you cant do this with most songs, its great.

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Muzzy
03-15-2003

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I actually think they should have let the guitar solo actually be solo, instead of keepthing the rythym going, and the beat as well. Should have been just kirk playing the solo, it could be better heard that way.

And this is by FAR the best Metallica song, and one of the greatest songs ever written, musically. Only maybe Zeppelin or Floyd could write music and lyrics better than this.

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EvilLawyer
03-22-2003

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Muzzy, interesting point. Metallica vs. Pink Floyd vs. Led Zepplin, lyricallty speaking. Hmmm..........I love Pink Floydm don't get me wrong, but 75% of their stuff is getting high, whereas the 25% is the contraversial issues like politics and stuff, so I rule them out. Zepplin is Zepplin and will always rule in their own right, but a lot of their lyrics do tend to not be very deep or meaningful. ( I'm speaking mainly of a few songs by them mind you, you really can't fin any bad Zepplin, just some is better than others.) So i choose Metallica for lyrics simply because everyone song Hetfield is pouring out his heart and soul to take it to a deeper level. They also have a song for everything, something few bands can say.

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mb1604
04-21-2003

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i have a problem, i heard this metallica song on the radio and once again the damn radio ppl dint say the name. i dont remember much, but i think the chorus starts out with the singer yelling jesus christ, the song seems sad. Anyone know the name?

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seekandestroy916
04-24-2003

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this is my favorite song to play, wether on bass or guitar. definelty the greatest metal song of all time.
zeppelin is great, but this song is a huge departure from met's music, it's a masterpiece, classical, blues, fed into rock. the solo is by far the best metal solo ever, perfect fit for the song

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IronMaidenMan
05-01-2003

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duh this song is about james' stolen rare ass amp, what asshole would steel one of the rares amps in the world that belonged to metallica's guitarist but whatever IRON MAIDEN is beter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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IronMaidenMan
05-01-2003

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duh this song is about james' stolen rare ass amp, what asshole would steel one of the rares amps in the world that belonged to metallica's guitarist but whatever IRON MAIDEN is beter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sandman8727
05-08-2003

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it's about committing suicide, on mtvICON they said it was because they were such big alcoholics they couldn't do anything

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Muzzy
05-10-2003

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Yes, all you people saying it ISN'T about suicide, James said so himself on MTV Icon.

And anybody who beleives this song is about a stolen amp is a moron. Sorry.

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TheUsedFinch
06-17-2003

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lol good call muzzy.
no one can make a song this powerful about a freaking amp.
This is one of the most powerful songs ive ever heard especially the line "need the end to set me free"

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TheUsedFinch
06-17-2003

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and iron maiden blows a$$

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Sysys
06-17-2003

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awesome....and iron maiden does kick ass


their singer sounds like a castrated pirate

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Vertiis
06-20-2003

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People can relate to this song being about suicide, people can relate to it being about whatever you like but the official word (from an interview with James Hetfield) says that it's half about about Metallica's equipment being stolen on a world tour but the other half is written about James' addictive nature - same as 'Until It Sleeps' is "So tear me open, pour me out, There's things inside that scream and shout and the pain still shakes me, so hold me until it sleeps" (yeah, I know it's off a MUCH later album but IT'S AN EXAMPLE...

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LilRyan732
06-24-2003

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This sounds like the theme song from Kingdom Hearts.

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_gothqueen_
07-01-2003

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newfoundfinch - Metallica probably influenced Finch. :|.

I love this song my stepdad first introduced it to me, when I was small, and I have loved it ever since.. especially the intro... gorgeous riff.

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BlackMage
07-02-2003

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I only have one thing to say, as the song has been explained thoroughly. I just want to address the fact that this was not Cliff's favorite song; Orion was. The band played that song for him at his funeral. Can you just think of the imagery that combination has (a funeral and a Metal-Instrumental)?

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Razormasticator
04-25-2004

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newfoundfinch is a fucking prick.

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spikemeister_03
05-04-2004

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hey i dnt like the long comment at the top just because ur 13 dnt mean u cant be a fan ive listened to metallica sice birth asshole

an by the way he wont talkin about me

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spikemeister_03
05-04-2004

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hey i dnt like the long comment at the top just because ur 13 dnt mean u cant be a fan ive listened to metallica sice birth asshole

an by the way he wont talkin about me

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dansj882
05-07-2004

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James and Lars were obsessing about death, they said so on MTV icon

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bongo
05-17-2004

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the intro is the best part of this song. its downhill after that

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TruthSpeaker
05-26-2004

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I was reading the comments at the top and crap...and i kept reading people talking about the stolen amp... that made me kinda upset. I mean... how can you make a song like this from a fucking amp? but then again... people talked about it being about suicide. That seems like a better explanation to me... newfoundfinch is a fucking prick who listens to pop punk and thinks "shiiiiiiiit... I don't have to listen to metallica... they're never on mtv...".
And people who start talking about mtvICON... dont get on my case... I saw that when i didn't no that much about metallica... I just knew a few songs that they played on it, but not many. And finally, I agree with spikemeister, you can still be 13 and be a metallica fan... hell, i am. I have the older albums and i think they're awesome, bitch.

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korn_child
06-06-2004

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yeah i think its about suicide my friend is a huge fan of metallica and she said that when that song was written the band had problems about that...i love that song

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opivy7898
06-07-2004

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This is definitely about suicide. examples:
"I have lost the will to live" -Come on, this screams suicide.
"Need the end to set me free" -This has to mean that only death will set him free from all this agony.
These are just a couple examples, but if you look at the song, almost every single line makes sense to suicide, and not about a stolen amp.

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nechronius
06-10-2004

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One word: suicide. Anybody who reads differently is from another planet and their universal language translator is broken.

By the way, this is the 100th comment for this song. Nice.

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