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 thoughts 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 lay me 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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    General Comment:Both Motorhead and Metallica (at least their earlier stuff when they was still a metal band) are both very awesome and very talented bands. Sure they have different styles, with Motorhead being a rock 'n roll band and Metallica being one of the pioneers of trash. But both utilize the very simply and easy to very complexed and highly structured. And like any good band, they make both and everything in between sound great.
    Who is better? I guess it depends on my mood. Sometimes Rock 'n' Roll satisfies, and other times nothing beats Master of Puppets.
    God, quit fucking arguing over who is better because it takes too much time away from enjoying two of the finest bands of the time.
    Flag Warharton July 09, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:These lyrics are just plain lame. Come on...childish imagery and cliches.. Hetfields and Metallicas attempts to be scary and macho and dangerous and whatever have "heavy thoughts that arent snow white" are just gringeworthy crap. But I guess thats what occupies Mr. Hetfields mind, so it´s not that surprising that the whole band needed a psychiatrist to make yet another piece of shit album. And don´t tell me it matters how many units this garbage has sold. Metallica is a bunch of douchebags, just watch Some Kind Of Monster for confirmation of this fact. (not to mention all the crap they give out in the media).

    Lemmy puts them in their place by just playing this song and naming it "Fuck Metallica". The best parody of Metallica is to just play this song as it is. If you read Motorhead lyrics you would soon realize that Lemmy represents everything that Metallica is not. You either get it or you dont, and I think all those millions of Metallica fans are wrong (at least in their taste in lyrics, if they even listen to them) I mean come on, who the hell gets off to this weak shit? Apart from 14 year olds? It´s funny how Lemmy has gone on stage with these celebrity MTV Icon douchebags... now THAT´s the definition of IRONY just like this song. Priceless.

    Flag migraneboyon June 27, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:ok...i'm just gonna say what i think about the song and not be submerged into the argument about who's better.this song is ok but lemmy's vocals could have been better particularly at the chorus where his voice stays too flat.the percussion is pretty heavy which i like.not their best song overall.
    Flag fungion July 31, 2010   Link
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    My Opinion:Music is an art form. Opinions on music are NOT facts. Claiming that one band is better than another band is purely based on OPINION. YOUR OPINION. NOT FACT. Is Metallica technically more proficient than Motorhead? That can be turned into a discussion based on fact... which musicians can perform more acurately? Which can play faster? Hard to compare, since Motorhead's style is sloppy rock-n-roll with a punk edge while Metallica is more precise metal in nature. Just remember that musicians who craft SONGS (not show-off fests) do not need to showcase all their talents in their songs - only what they fell necessary to get their ideas across. Was Metallica influenced by Motorhead. Yes... they admit it... THAT is a fact. Lars has repeatedly stated that "if there had been no Motorhead, there would be no Metallica). Does that make Motorhead better? No. Does any other element in this debate make Metallica better? No. Was Metallica more successful than Motorhead? Hmmm... depends on your OPINION of "success." If you refer to money, then yes Metallica wins out on that. I get a feeling that Lemmy doesn't give a rats ass about selling records in the millions. And I'm sure if you ask both bands, they will be mature enough to say that BOTH of their bands have been pretty damned successful... It boils down to keyboard commandoes who wank off over and over about who is better and who sucks, simply because they have nagging inferiority complexes and detrimental competitive streaks and have to lash out from behind the safety of their own monitors.
    The absolute WORST thing I see is the number of idiots who bash one band or another and insist they be respected for stating something forcefully... although they shout in ignorance because they don't do their homework. So many dorks who are debating out their asses without any idea of what the facts are. Less typing, more reading... maybe you'll learn something.

    So which band "roolz" and which band sucks ass? No matter what you think, it is important for you to remember that your answer to that question is and always be an OPINION... NOT A FACT.
    Flag boneyard23on November 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:actually metallica turned me on to motorhead. i love them both and fuck everybody who doesn't. i also love megadeth and slayer. and i will actually have the balls to say i love blink-182. so everyone elce can fuck off.
    Flag gg allinon September 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Was there a DDSO convention on this page, or is it just coincidence that there were so many retards posting on it?

    Yes, Motorhead was before Metallica and they were a huge influence on them, but they are in NO way a better band than Metallica and anyone who says otherwise has no knowledge of music, whatsoever. Motorhead had one great song, Ace of Spades, and a bunch of mediocre ones. Metallica, on the other hand, has written songs on levels musically, technically, and emotionally that Motorhead could never even dream of.

    What it seems to me is that everyone here is just a bunch of bandwagoners. "Oh, Metallica's old stuff was good but now they suck!" "They're sellouts, fuck the mainstream!" blah blah blah. It's all a bunch of nonconformist crap being spewed by, most likely, a bunch of teenage social outcasts who somehow think that going against the grain makes them smarter than everyone else when it's just a pathetic attempt at seeking attention. But hey, if you want to think that Metallica are sellouts, then go right ahead.....but first, will someone please define the term sellout for me? Because I'm pretty sure a band who was, at one point, THE biggest band in metal and then drastically changed their style when they had reached an even wider audience (more than once, might I add) to the type of music THEY wanted to play, not what the media/fans wanted....well, that's the exact opposite of sellouts for me.

    I mean, how stupid can people be? Think about it: The Black Album was a huge success for the band and if they had written another arena-metal album with catchy sing-along songs like Enter Sandman they would surely have made tons more money (surely the goal of any sellouts). So what did they do? Completely change their sound, even despite the fact that they might lose many fans (and money) by moving away from their already proven formula. Still not convinced? A few years after they made St. Anger, possibly their LEAST mainstream album. This was not the type of music the media wanted, and this was certainly not the kind of music the fans wanted, but it was what the band wanted to write. So someone please tell me how doing what you want, rather than the same old thing every album, makes you a sellout, because I really don't understand?

    By the way, Motorhead is by no means a bad band, but it's laughable to compare them with a band like Metallica who had written songs 1000 times more complex than anything Motorhead could ever have written, songs way more emotional, songs showcasing way more technical skill, some songs way catchier than even Ace of Spades, songs with incredible lyrics, and basically songs better in every aspect better than anything Motorhead (or most other band) had/could ever write.

    Case in point: Motorhead is a great and very influential heavy metal band, but can, in no way, be compared with Metallica, who have achieved more than most any other band could ever dream of.
    Flag The Firmon May 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Fuck you people are stupid. Metallica SUCKS. They had one good release. No Life Til Leatha, with Dave Mustaine. That's it. Metallica should not be given the credit for any influence it had on Thrash metal. There are millions of bands that should have gotten the credit Metallica did. Same with Slayer.


    Any real, TRUE, metalhead would realize Metallica is horrid and Motorhead destroys posers.


    Metallica was stupid to fire Dave, they should have fired Lars.
    Flag HEAVYMETALHEADon January 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Metallica is just a bunch of pussy sellouts. Motorhead was formed 6 years before Metallica, Motorhead precedes Metallica. Moreover, there were metal bands before either of them. And Motorhead denies that they're a metal band. They prefer to call it rock'n'roll. Furthermore ya dumbasses, ask anyone of these so called "pioneers" of metal that began in the 80's and they will all cite Black Sabbath. That's where that form of rock originated, No one had heard it before that so stop it you stupid dipshits.
    Flag Bobboyon December 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:If you have to choose one band over the other, then you don't get metal. F**K all of you!!!!
    Flag punk-bastardon June 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:YOU BITCHES ARE ACTUALLY FIGHTING ABOUT WHO'S BETTER? IF YOU ARE YOU HAVE DISGRACED METAL. SHAME ON YOU DUMBASSES. Also, it's a shame that this song is one of the most commented on. Most people have no idea how good Motorhead really are. If all you people know is Ace of Spades and the songs from WWE, then you deserve to be castrated.
    Flag FRYEGUYon June 01, 2008   Link

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