• 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
  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
  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 beast 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

SAD BUT TRUE
Pure power stomp, it's a song of obsessive manipulation.

• Hey
  I'm your life
  I'm the one who takes you there
  hey
  I'm your life
  I'm the one who cares
  they
  they betray
  I'm your only true friend now 
  they
  they'll betray
  I'm forever there
  I'm your dream, make you real
  I'm your eyes when you must steal
  I'm your pain when you can't feel
  sad but true
  I'm your dream, mind astray
  I'm your eyes while you're away
  I'm your pain while you repay
  you know it's sad but true
  you
  you're my mask
  you're my cover, my shelter
  you
  you're my mask
  you're the one who's blamed
  do
  do my work
  do my dirty work, scapegoat
  do
  do my deeds
  for you're the one who's shamed
  I'm your dream, make you real
  I'm your eyes when you must steal
  I'm your pain when you can't feel
  sad but true
  I'm your dream, mind astray
  I'm your eyes while you're away
  I'm your pain while you repay
  you know it's sad but true
  hate
  I'm your hate
  I'm your hate when you want love
  pay
  pay the price
  pay, for nothing's fair
  hey
  I'm your life
  I'm the one who took you here
  hey
  I'm your life
  and I no longer care
  I'm your dream, make you real
  I'm your eyes when you must steal
  I'm your pain when you can't feel
  sad but true
  I'm your truth, telling lies
  I'm your reasoned alibis
  I'm inside open your eyes
  I'm you
  sad but true
  

HOLIER THAN THOU
The album's most aggressive track, the song's message is "those who live in glass houses should not throw stones". Is it a crack against music critics?

• No more!
  the craps rolls out your mouth again
  haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin
  little whispers circle around your head
  why don't you worry about yourself instead
  who are you? where ya been? where ya from?
  gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue
  you lie so much you believe yourself
  judge not lest ye be judged yourself
  holier than thou
  you are
  holier than thou
  you are
  you know not
  before you judge me take a look at you
  can't you find somethig better to do
  point the finger, slow to understand
  arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand
  it's not who you are it's who you know
  others lives are the basis of your own
  burn your bridges build them back with wealth
  judge not lest ye be judged yourself
  holier than thou
  you are
  holier than thou
  you are
  you know not
  

THE UNFORGIVEN
Metallica's first song including orchestral instrumentation, it details the life of a person brow-beaten into conforming to society while being denied the chance to be open minded and creative.

• New blood joins this earth
  and quikly he's subdued
  through constant pain disgrace
  the young boy learns their rules
  with time the child draws in
  this whipping boy done wrong
  deprived of all his thoughts
  the young man struggles on and on he's known
  a vow unto his own
  that never from this day
  his will they'll take away
  what I've felt
  what I've known
  never shined through in what I've shown
  never be
  never see
  won't see what might have been
  what I've felt
  what I've known
  never shined through in what I've shown
  never free
  never me
  so I dub thee unforgiven
  they dedicate their lives
  to running all of his
  he tries to please them all
  this bitter man he is
  throughout his life the same
  he's battled constantly
  this fight he cannot win
  a tired man they see no longer cares
  the old man then prepares
  to die regretfully
  that old man here is me
  what I've felt
  what I've known
  never shined through in what I've shown
  never be
  never see
  won't see what might have been
  what I've felt
  what I've known
  never shined through in what I've shown
  never free
  never me
  so I dub the unforgiven
  you labeled me
  I'll label you
  so I dub the unforgiven

WHEREVER I MAY ROAM
Beginning with an electric sitar, this road song is the edict of person who is constantly on the go, who never has the chance to plant his roots or settle down in one place. The song's narrator eventually admits that anywhere he pauses is his home.

• ...and the road becomes my bride
  I have stripped of all but pride
  so in her I do confide
  and she keeps me satisfied
  gives me all I need
  ...and with dust in throat I crave
  only knowledge will I save
  to the game you stay a slave
  rover wanderer
  nomad vagabond
  call me what you will
  but I'll take my time anywhere
  free to speak my mind anywhere
  and I'll redefine anywhere
  anywhere I may roam
  where I lay my head is home
  ...and the earth becomes my throne
  I adapt to the unknown
  under wandering stars I've grown
  by myself but not alone
  I ask no one
  ...and my ties are severed clean
  the less I have the more I gain
  off the beaten path I reign
  rover wanderer
  nomad vagabond
  call me what you will
  but I'll take my time anywhere
  I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
  and I'll never mind anywhere
  anywhere I may roam
  where I lay my head is home
  but i'll take my time anywhere
  free to speak my mind
  and I'll take my find anywhere
  anywhere I may roam
  where I lay my head is home
  carved upon my stone
  my body lie, but still I roam
  wherever I may roam
  

DON'T TREAD ON ME
Taking it's name from the revolutionary flag that bears the coiled snake, it's the album's most controversial track. It's patriotic stance starkly contrasts the anti-Americanism slant of ...And Justice For All.

• Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
  once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
  never begins it, never, but once engaged...
  never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
  don't tread on me
  so be it 
  threaten no more
  to secure peace is to prepare for war
  so be it
  settle the score
  touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
  don't tread on me love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
  quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
  shining with brightness, always on surveillance
  the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
  don't tread on me
  so be it
  threaten no more
  to secure peace is to prepare for war
  so be it
  settle the score
  touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
  don't tread on me
  so be it
  threaten no more
  to secure peace is to prepare for war
  liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
  once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
  so be it
  threaten no more
  to secure peace is to prepare for war
  so be it
  settle the score
  touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
  don't tread on me

THROUGH THE NEVER
Another frantic track, it's about the never-ending pursuit of knowledge, no matter how unfeasible it may seem in the perpetual universe.

• All that is, was and will be
  universe much too big to see
  time and space never ending
  disturbing thoughts, questions pending
  limitations of human understanding
  too quick to criticize
  obligation to survive
  we hunger to be alive
  all that is, ever
  ever was
  will be ever
  twisting
  turning
  through the never
  in the dark, see past our eyes
  pursuit of trhuth no matter where it lies
  gazing up to the breeze of the heavens
  on a quest, meaning, reason
  came to be, how it begun
  all alone in the family of the sun
  curiosity teasing everyone
  on our home, third stone from the sun 
  all that is, ever
  ever was
  will be ever
  twisting
  turning
  through the never
  on through the never
  we must go
  on through the never
  out of the
  edge of forever
  we must go
  on through the never
  then ever comes
  all that is, ever
  ever was
  will be ever
  who we are
  ask forever
  twisting
  turning
  through the never
  never

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
The closest the band has ever come to writing a love song, this ballad is arguably the band's most accomplished song featuring vocal harmonies and strings.

• So close no matter how far
  couldn't be much more from the heart
  forever trusting who we are
  and nothing else matters
  never opened myself this way
  life is ours, we live it our way
  all these words I don't just say
  and nothing else matters
  trust I seek and I find in you
  every day for us something new
  open mind for a different view
  and nothing else matters
  never cared for what they do
  never cared for what they know
  but I know
  so close no matter how far
  couldn't be much more from the heart
  forever trusting who we are
  and nothing else matters
  never cared for what they do
  never cared for what they know
  but I know
  never opened myself this way
  life is ours, we live it our way
  all these words I don't just say
  trust I seek and I find in you
  every day for us something new
  open mind for a different view
  and nothing else matters 
  never cared for what they say
  never cared for games they play
  never cared for what they do
  never cared for what they know
  and I know
  so close no matter how far
  couldn't be much more from the heart
  forever trusting who we are
  no nothing else matters

OF WOLF AND MAN
A werewolf song, it symbolizes the hunter who believes he is one with nature.

• Off through the new day's mist I run
  off from the new day's mist I have come
  I hunt
  therefore I am
  harvest the land
  taking of the fallen lamb
  off thruogh the new day's mist I run
  off from the new day'smist I have come
  we shift
  pulsing with the earth
  company we keep
  roaming the land while you sleep
  shape shift nose to the wind
  shape shift feeling I've been
  move swift all senses clean
  earth's gift back to the meaning of life
  bright is the moon high in starlight
  chill is the air cold as steel tonight
  we shift
  call of the wild
  fear in your eyes
  it's later than you realized
  shape shift nose to the wind
  shape shift feeling I've been
  move swift all senses clean
  earth's gift back to the meaning of life
  I feel I change
  back to a better day
  hair stands on the back of my neck
  in wildness is the preservation of the world
  so seek the wolf in thyself
  shape shift nose to the wind
  shape shift feeling I've been
  move swift all senses clean
  earth's gift
  back to the meaning of wolf and man

THE GOD THAT FAILED
Bass driven tirade on people who believe in Christian Science and thus deprive their child of medical attention. It is also a thinly-veiled autobiographical song involving Hetfield's strict religious parents.

• Pride you took
  pride you feel
  pride that you felt when you'd kneel
  not the word
  not the love
  not what you thought from above
  it feeds
  it grows
  it clouds all that you will know
  deceit
  deceive
  decide just what you believe
  I see faith in your eyes
  never your hear the discouraging lies
  I hear faith in your cries
  broken is the promise, betrayal
  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
  follow the god that failed
  find your peace
  find your say
  find the smooth road in your way
  trust you gave
  a child to save
  left you cold and him in grave
  it feeds
  it grows
  it clouds all that you will know
  deceit
  deceive
  decide just what you believe
  I see faith in your eyes
  never you hear the discouraging lies
  I hear faith in your cries
  broken is the promise, betrayal
  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
  follow the god that failed
  I see faith in your eyes
  broken is the promise, betrayal
  the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
  follow the god that failed
  pride you took
  pride you feel
  pride that you felt when you'd kneel
  trust you gave
  a child to save
  left you cold and him in grave
  I see faith in your eyes
  never you hear the discouraging lies
  I hear faith in your cries
  broken is the promise, betrayal
  the healing hand held back by deepened nail
  follow the god that failed

MY FRIEND OF MISERY
Outsider view of someone reveling in self-pity and maintaining a pessimistic view of the entire world.

• You just stood there screaming
  fearing no one was listening to you
  they say the empty can rattles the most
  the sound of your voice must soothe you
  hearing only what you want to hear
  and knowing only what you've heard
  you you're smothered in tragedy
  you're out to save the world
  misery
  you insist that the weight of the world
  should be on your shoulders
  misery
  there's much more to life than what you see
  my friend of misery
  you still stood there screaming
  no one caring about these words you tell
  my friend before your voice is gone
  one man's fun is another's hell
  these times are sent to try men's souls
  but something's wrong with all you see
  you you'll take it on all yourself
  remember, misery loves company
  misery
  you insist that the weight of the world
  should be on your shoulders
  misery
  there's much more to life than what you see
  my friend of misery
  you just stood there creaming
  my friend of misery

THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
With a drummer's march intro, the dramatic conclusion of Metallica's fifth album deals with a person suffering from a self-defeating personality.

• Reaching out for something you've got to feel
  while clutching to what you had thought was real
  kicking at a dead horse pleases you
  no way of showing your gratitude
  so many things you don't want to do
  what is it? what have you got ot lose
  what the hell
  what is you think you're gonna find?
  Hypocrite
  boredom sets into the boring mind
  struggle within it suits you fine
  struggle within your ruin
  struggle within you seal your own coffin
  struggle within the struggling within
  home is not a home it becomes a hell
  turning it into your prison cell
  advantages are taken, not handed out
  while you struggle inside your hell
  reaching out
  grabbing for something tou've got to feel
  closing in
  the pressure upon you is so real
  struggle within it suits you fine
  struggle within your ruin
  struggle within you seal your own coffin
  struggle within the struggling within
  reaching out for something you've got to feel
  while clutching to what you had thought was real
  what the hell
  what is you think you're gonna find
  hypocrite
  boredom sets into the boring mind
  struggle within it suits you fine
  struggle within your ruin
  struggle within you seal your own coffin
  struggle within the struggling within