Lyrics for Master of Puppets as interpreted by elmoz

Master of Puppets Lyrics
End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Feeding on your death's construction
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Master, master
Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master, master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master, master

Needlework the way, never you betray
life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Master, master
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master, master

Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master master master master master

Master, master, where's the dreams that I've been after?
Master, master, you promised only lies
Laughter, laughter, all I hear and see is laughter
Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries

FACE ME!!!

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
now your life is out of season

I will occupy
I will Help you die
I will run through you
Now I'll rule you, too

Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Master, master
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master, master

Ha- Ha- Ha- Ha- Ha- Ha- Ha- Ha

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King Nothing
04-05-2002

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Song about drug addiction

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cmoore
04-17-2002

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well the song is about drugs but mainly cocane very good song

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master of puppets
04-28-2002

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this song is about me

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supernaut1978
05-01-2002

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COCAINE and heroin
"Needlework the way, never you betray
life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
chop your breakfast on a mirror"

I've heard this song is about Dave Mustaine

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xMaYnArDx
05-05-2002

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this song is about MetallicA's drug addictive habits, i've also read that it was somewhat of a tribute to the previous member, Dave Mustaine

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Kookkie
05-06-2002

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"End of passion play, crumbling away"
"I'm your source of self-destruction"
- I = drug will kill you
"Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear"
- The darkest = heroin
"Leading on your death's construction"
- It is determining your fate
"Taste me you will see"
"More is all you need"
- Become addicted
"You're dedicated to"
"How I'm killing you"

"Come crawling faster"
"Obey your master"
- Master = drug
"Your life burns faster"
"Obey your master"
"Master"

"Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings"
- The drug is now controlling you
"Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams"
- The impact of the drug
"Blinded by me, you can't see a thing"
- Can't see that it's killing you
"Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream"
"Master"
"Master"
"Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream"
"Master"
"Master"

"Needlework the way, never you betray"
- Needlework = fixing
"Life of death becoming clearer"
"Pain monopoly, ritual misery"
- You're playing with your life
"Chop your breakfast on a mirror"
- Breakfast = taking cocaine on a mirror; or heroin if mirror = spoon
"Taste me you will see"
"(...)"

"Come crawling faster"
"(...)"

"Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings"
"(...)"

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noisicus
05-19-2002

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Battery has ended.A slight whisper of the silent tape mars the perfect silence .A lethal guitar sound starts.I had resolved to resist it this time.It's no use.The right finger moves towards the volume wheel of the Walkman steadily, as if under the command of a spell.The sound output increases to a maximum.My headphones pump the music inches from my soft,pink brain.The eyes are wide,slightly tearful as the brain reels under the assault of heavy metal music at its best and fiercest.I am carried through music sweet and bitter till a million heads laugh in my head.I manage to gather myself together, just sufficiently to push stop.
I am as if stoned.That'll keep me going for a few days,I guess

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ks7702
05-23-2002

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hey noisicus, what can i say but FUCK YA!!!!!!!!!!


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I_LIKE_BEANS
05-29-2002

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well yer all wrong about the cocaine thing!...its about heroine and thats jus one thing. The meaning of the song also falls along the same line as Disposable Heroes, where the goverment who is "pulling the strings" of soldiers and sending them to their deaths

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SSJVegeto
06-02-2002

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A Metal Metaphor: Drug Addiction as Enslavement

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bmwkilchik
06-03-2002

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clearly its about herione (and maybe cocaine)

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exeventu
06-12-2002

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It is about both heroin (sucking darkest clear) and cocaine (chop your breakfast on a mirror) as well as what SSJVegeto said about the enslavement due to the addiction. Metallica has never been a drug band, but no doubt while touring they probably encountered the mad stoners, hence probably received a little inspiration from watching others.

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amchris
06-18-2002

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Bullshit! its 100% about cocaine... i know... and if anyone thinks any different they can suck my balls...


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Farrantionion
06-18-2002

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I like the way that they use this as a metaphor they do this wiv a lot of songs which is gr8 it's not my fav song but it's stil good. I do love metallica best band in the world in my opinion obviuosly there r loadz people who disagree but this is my view box so tough shit.

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I_LIKE_BEANS
06-30-2002

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THANK U AMCHRIS!!! IT IS ABOUT COCAINE!! NOT HEROINE SO EVERYONE STOP SAYING THAT FOR CHRIST SAKE!!

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amchris
07-05-2002

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i know! for fucks sake! like for instance 2 weeks ago i brought a gram of coke... i saved me a line for the next day... i took it in the morning and then spent the rest of the day desperately trying to get some more... it sux! hence...
"taste me you will see,
more is all you need"

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amchris
07-05-2002

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nicole? is nicole from marbella here?

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IanoDublin
07-13-2002

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Reading the lyrics here, Master of Puppets is clearly about herion addiction.

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Swordmaster132
07-19-2002

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I have lsitened to both versions of Master of Puppets, I personally like the S&M version beter the solos in that kick ASS!!!!!


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socken
08-02-2002

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wow u guys are all wrong. seriously look at it here. its about the devil. selling your sole for false promises when u get your ass screwed in the end. read it its not hard to understand it

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socken
08-02-2002

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wow u guys are all wrong. seriously look at it here. its about the devil. selling your sole for false promises when u get your ass screwed in the end. read it its not hard to understand it

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4saken4
08-06-2002

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socken you are so wrong
Choping your breakfast on a mirror.....
Dedicated to....
Master of Puppets which is an excpresion for drugs...
Why do people always connect songs with the devil?


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navlakha
08-12-2002

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drugs


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Mr_Montez
08-15-2002

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DUDE IT'S ABOUT CRYSTAL METH!!!!!!!!!

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nimrod18037
08-21-2002

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First off, the one lyric on this page is wrong. When James shouts before the guitar solo, he says "FACE ME," not "fix me." Second, no offense to anyone, but why argue over whether or not it is specifically about a herione or a cocaine addiction? Really, people. For me, the song isn't even about drugs or a drug addict. Yes, that is what it is saying on the surface, but for me it is saying that we are all being pulled by the strings of fate (or being toyed around with by god), with absolutely no power over ourselves. As humans, we enjoy our destructive behavior, no matter how much it makes us suffer, and in a way our dark nature is like a drug that we simply cannot get enough of, or come to terms with and overcome. Anyone else with intelligent ideas to offer on this song, I'd love to chat.

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