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P R O D U C E D B Y M E TA L L I C A W I T H F L E M M I N G
RA S M U S S E N.
E NGINEERED BY FLEMMING RASMUSSEN.
MIXED BY STEVE THOMPSON AND MICHAEL
BARBIERO AT BEARSVILLE STUDIOS, NEW
YORK, JUNE 1988.
ASSISTANT MIXING ENGINEER: GEORGE COWAN.
MASTERED BY BOB LUDWIG AT MASTERDISK,
NEW YORK.
RECORDED JAN.–MAY 1988 AT ‘ONE ON ONE,’
LOS ANGELES.
ASSISTANT AND ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING:
TOBY ‘RAGE’ WRIGHT.
SPECIAL THANX TO MIKE CLINK FOR ENGINEERING
D RUM TRAX ON “STRAW” AND “HARVESTER”
COVER CONCEPT: HETFIELD & ULRICH.
COVER ILLUSTRATION: STEPHEN GORMAN.
ALL PHOTOS: ROSS ‘TOBACCO ROAD’ HALFIN.
HAMMER ILLUSTRATION: PUSHEAD.
DESIGN & LAYOUT: REINER DESIGN
CONSULTANTS, INC.
MANAGEMENT: Q PRIME INC
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JAMES HETFIELD – RHYTHM GUITAR/VOCALS

KIRK HAMMETT – LEAD GUITAR

LARS ULRICH – DRUMS

JASON NEWSTED – BASS 3

BLACKENED ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL EYE OF THE BEHOLDER ONE
(HETFIELD, ULRICH, NEWSTED) (HETFIELD, ULRICH, HAMMETT) (HETFIELD, ULRICH, HAMMETT) (HETFIELD, ULRICH)
BLACKENED IS THE END HALLS OF JUSTICE PAINTED GREEN DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING
WINTER IT WILL SEND MONEY TALKING TRUTH IS AN OFFENCE CAN’T TELL IF THIS IS TRUE OR DREAM
THROWING ALL YOU SEE POWER WOLVES BESET YOUR DOOR YOUR SILENCE FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE DEEP DOWN INSIDE I FEEL TO SCREAM
INTO OBSCURITY HEAR THEM STALKING THIS TERRIBLE SILENCE STOPS ME
SOON YOU’LL PLEASE THEIR APPETITE DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
DEATH OF MOTHER EARTH THEY DEVOUR DOORS ARE SLAMMING SHUT NOW THAT THE WAR IS THROUGH WITH ME
NEVER A REBIRTH HAMMER OF JUSTICE CRUSHES YOU LIMIT YOUR IMAGINATION, KEEP YOU WHERE THEY MUST I’M WAKING UP, I CANNOT SEE
EVOLUTION’S END OVERPOWER THAT THERE’S NOT MUCH LEFT OF ME
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL? NOTHING IS REAL BUT PAIN NOW
NEVER WILL IT MEND BITTERING DISTRESS
THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY
NEVER EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY WHO DECIDES WHAT YOU EXPRESS? HOLD MY BREATH AS I WISH FOR DEATH
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY OH PLEASE, GOD, WAKE ME
FIRE DO YOU TAKE WHAT I TAKE?
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD I CAN’T BELIEVE ENDURANCE IS THE WORD BACK IN THE WOMB IT’S MUCH TOO REAL
BLACKENED IS THE END I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY MOVING BACK INSTEAD OF FORWARD SEEMS TO ME ABSURD IN PUMPS LIFE THAT I MUST FEEL
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU BUT CAN’T LOOK FORWARD TO REVEAL
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SEE LOOK TO THE TIME WHEN I’LL LIVE
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED JUSTICE IS LOST OR INTO IT WHAT YOU READ
BLISTERING OF EARTH JUSTICE IS RAPED YOU CAN DO IT YOUR OWN WAY FED THROUGH THE TUBE THAT STICKS IN ME
TERMINATE ITS WORTH JUSTICE IS GONE IF IT’S DONE JUST HOW I SAY JUST LIKE A WARTIME NOVELTY
DEADLY NICOTINE PULLING YOUR STRINGS TIED TO MACHINES THAT MAKE ME BE
JUSTICE IS DONE INDEPENDENCE LIMITED CUT THIS LIFE OFF FROM ME
KILLS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FREEDOM OF CHOICE
SEEKING NO TRUTH
CALLOUS FRIGID CHILL WINNING IS ALL CHOICE IS MADE FOR YOU MY FRIEND HOLD MY BREATH AS I WISH FOR DEATH
NOTHING LEFT TO KILL FIND IT SO GRIM FREEDOM OF SPEECH OH PLEASE, GOD, WAKE ME
NEVER SEEN BEFORE SO TRUE SPEECH IS WORDS THAT THEY WILL BEND NOW THE WORLD IS GONE, I’M JUST ONE
BREATHING NEVERMORE SO REAL FREEDOM WITH THEIR EXCEPTION OH GOD, HELP ME
NEVER APATHY THEIR STEPPING STONE DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR? HOLD MY BREATH AS I WISH FOR DEATH
SO UNFEELING LIVING PROPERLY OH PLEASE, GOD, HELP ME
FIRE TRUTHS TO YOU ARE LIES TO ME
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD HIDDEN DEEP ANIMOSITY DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME
BLACKENED IS THE END SO DECEIVING DO YOU CHOOSE WHAT I CHOOSE? ALL THAT I SEE
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD THROUGH YOUR EYES THEIR LIGHT BURNS MORE ALTERNATIVES ABSOLUTE HORROR
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED HOPING TO FIND ENERGY DERIVES FROM BOTH THE PLUS AND NEGATIVE I CANNOT LIVE
BLACKENED INQUISITION SINKING YOU I CANNOT DIE
WITH PRYING MINDS DO YOU NEED WHAT I NEED? TRAPPED IN MYSELF
OPPOSITION. . . CONTRADICTION. . . PREMONITION. . . COMPROMISE BOUNDARIES OVERTHROWN BODY MY HOLDING CELL
THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY LOOK INSIDE, TO EACH HIS OWN
AGITATION. . . VIOLATION. . . . . . . MUTILATION. . . PLANET DIES EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY LANDMINE HAS TAKEN MY SIGHT
DARKEST COLOR I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY DO YOU TRUST WHAT I TRUST? TAKEN MY SPEECH
BLISTERED EARTH I CAN’T BELIEVE ME, MYSELF AND I TAKEN MY HEARING
TRUE DEATH OF LIFE I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY PENETRATE THE SMOKE SCREEN, I SEE THROUGH THE SELFISH TAKEN MY ARMS
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU LIE TAKEN MY LEGS
TERMINATION. . . EXPIRATION. . . CANCELLATION. . . HUMAN RACE
EXPECTATION. . . LIBERATION. . . POPULATION. . . LAY TO WASTE JUSTICE IS LOST DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SEE TAKEN MY SOUL
SEE OUR MOTHER JUSTICE IS RAPED OR INTO IT WHAT YOU READ LEFT ME WITH LIFE IN HELL
PUT TO DEATH JUSTICE IS GONE YOU CAN DO IT YOUR OWN WAY
SEE OUR MOTHER DIE PULLING YOUR STRINGS IF IT’S DONE JUST HOW I SAY
SMOULDERING DECAY JUSTICE IS DONE INDEPENDENCE LIMITED
TAKE HER BREATH AWAY SEEKING NO TRUTH FREEDOM OF CHOICE
MILLIONS OF OUR YEARS WINNING IS ALL CHOICE IS MADE FOR YOU MY FRIEND
IN MINUTES DISAPPEARS FIND IT SO GRIM FREEDOM OF SPEECH
SO TRUE SPEECH IS WORDS THAT THEY WILL BEND
DARKENING IN VAIN SO REAL FREEDOM WITH THEIR EXCEPTION
DECADENCE REMAINS
ALL IS SAID AND DONE LADY JUSTICE HAS BEEN RAPED
TRUTH ASSASSIN DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW?
NEVER IS THE SUN YOUR MONEY AND YOUR WEALTH
ROLLS OF RED TAPE SEAL YOUR LIPS
NEVER NOW YOU’RE DONE IN YOUR SILENCE JUST TO HEAR YOURSELF
FIRE THEIR MONEY TIPS HER SCALES AGAIN DO YOU WANT WHAT I WANT?
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD MAKE YOUR DEAL DESIRE NOT A THING
BLACKENED IS THE END JUST WHAT IS TRUTH? I CANNOT TELL I HUNGER AFTER INDEPENDENCE, LENGTHEN FREEDOM’S
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD CANNOT FEEL RING
FIRE DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SEE
IS THE OUTCOME OF HYPOCRISY THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY
EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY OR INTO IT WHAT YOU READ
DARKEST POTENCY YOU CAN DO IT YOUR OWN WAY
IN THE EXIT OF HUMANITY I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY
I CAN’T BELIEVE IF IT’S DONE JUST HOW I SAY
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED
BLACKENED I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE WE PAY INDEPENDENCE LIMITED
NOTHING CAN SAVE US FREEDOM OF CHOICE
JUSTICE IS LOST CHOICE IS MADE FOR YOU MY FRIEND
JUSTICE IS RAPED FREEDOM OF SPEECH
JUSTICE IS GONE SPEECH IS WORDS THAT THEY WILL BEND
PULLING YOUR STRINGS FREEDOM NO LONGER FREES YOU
JUSTICE IS DONE DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SEE
SEEKING NO TRUTH OR INTO IT WHAT YOU READ
WINNING IS ALL YOU CAN DO IT YOUR OWN WAY
FIND IT SO GRIM IF IT’S DONE JUST HOW I SAY
SO TRUE
SO REAL
SEEKING NO TRUTH
WINNING IS ALL
FIND IT SO GRIM
SO TRUE
SO REAL 4
THE SHORTEST STRAW BEHIND YOU, HANDS ARE TIED THE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY PUSHED ONTO ME WHAT’S WRONG OR RIGHT
(HETFIELD, ULRICH) YOUR BEING, OSTRACIZED (HETFIELD, ULRICH, HAMMETT) HIDDEN FROM THIS THING THAT THEY CALL “LIFE”
YOUR HELL IS MULTIPLIED DEAR MOTHER
SUSPICION IS YOUR NAME UPENDING NEVER HUNGER
YOUR HONESTY TO BLAME NEVER PROSPER DEAR FATHER
THE FALLOUT HAS BEGUN EVERY THOUGHT I’D THINK YOU’D DISAPPROVE
PUT DIGNITY TO SHAME OPPRESSIVE DAMAGE DONE I HAVE FALLEN PREY TO FAILURE
DISHONOR STRUGGLE WITHIN CURATOR
YOUR MANY TURNED TO NONE DICTATOR
WITCHHUNT MODERN DAY TO NOTHING TRIGGERED AGAIN
DETERMINING DECAY NOW THE CANDLE BURNS AT BOTH ENDS ALWAYS CENSORING MY EVERY MOVE
YOU’RE REACHING YOUR NADIR CHILDREN ARE SEEN BUT ARE NOT HEARD
THE BLATANT DISARRAY YOUR WILL HAS DISAPPEARED TWISTING UNDER SCHIZOPHRENIA
DISFIGURE TEAR OUT EVERYTHING INSPIRED
THE LIE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR FALLING DEEP INTO DEMENTIA
THE PUBLIC EYE’S DISGRACE DEFENDING INNOCENCE
DEFYING COMMON PLACE OLD HABITS REAPPEAR TORN FROM ME WITHOUT YOUR SHELTER
UNENDING PAPER CHASE CHANNELS RED FIGHTING THE FEAR OF FEAR BARRED REALITY
UNENDING ONE WORD SAID GROWING CONSPIRACY I’M LIVING BLINDLY
BLACKLISTED EVERYONE’S AFTER ME
DEAFENING WITH VERTIGO MAKE YOU DEAD FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY DEAR MOTHER
PAINSTAKING HEAR THEM CALLING DEAR FATHER
RECKONING SHORTEST STRAW TIME HAS FROZEN STILL WHAT’S LEFT TO BE
CHALLENGE LIBERTY HEAR THEM CALLING ME
THIS VERTIGO IT DOTH BRING HEAR NOTHING
DOWNED BY LAW BIRTH OF TERROR SAY NOTHING
SHORTEST STRAW LIVE IN INFAMY DEATH OF MUCH MORE
CHALLENGE LIBERTY CANNOT FACE THE FACT I THINK FOR ME
RUB YOU RAW I’M THE SLAVE OF FEAR, MY CAPTOR NO GUARANTEE, IT’S LIFE AS IS
DOWNED BY LAW WITCHHUNT RIDING THROUGH NEVER WARNINGS
LIVE IN INFAMY BUT DAMN YOU FOR NOT GIVING ME MY CHANCE
SHORTEST STRAW SPREADING ITS WINGS
RUB YOU RAW THE SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN AS I WAIT FOR THE HORROR SHE BRINGS DEAR MOTHER
WITCHHUNT RIDING THROUGH PULLED FOR YOU DEAR FATHER
SHORTEST STRAW PULLED FOR YOU LOSS OF INTEREST, QUESTION, WONDER YOU’VE CLIPPED MY WINGS BEFORE I LEARNED TO FLY
THE SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR WAVES OF FEAR THEY PULL ME UNDER UNSPOILED
YOU OLD HABITS REAPPEAR UNSPOKEN
HARVESTER OF SORROW
PULLED FOR YOU FIGHTING THE FEAR OF FEAR I’VE OUTGROWN THAT FUCKING LULLABY
(HETFIELD, ULRICH) SAME THING I’VE ALWAYS HEARD FROM YOU,
SHORTEST STRAW GROWING CONSPIRACY
PULLED FOR YOU MY LIFE SUFFOCATES EVERYONE’S AFTER ME “DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO”
SHORTEST STRAW PLANTING SEEDS OF HATE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY INNOCENCE
PULLED FOR YOU I’VE LOVED, TURNED TO HATE HEAR THEM CALLING TORN FROM ME WITHOUT YOUR SHELTER
SHORTEST STRAW TRAPPED FAR BEYOND MY FATE HEAR THEM CALLING ME BARRED REALITY
THE SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR I GIVE INTO RUIN I’M LIVING BLINDLY
YOU YOU TAKE I AM SINKING I’M IN HELL WITHOUT YOU
THE ACCUSATIONS FLY THIS LIFE THAT I FORSAKE HOSTAGE OF THIS NAMELESS FEELING CANNOT COPE WITHOUT YOU TWO
DISCRIMINATION, WHY? BEEN CHEATED OF MY YOUTH SHOCKED AT THE WORLD THAT I SEE
YOU TURNED THIS LIE TO TRUTH HELL IS SET FREE
YOUR INNER SELF TO DIE FLOODED I’LL BE INNOCENT VICTIM PLEASE RESCUE ME
INTRUDING ANGER FEEL THE UNDERTOW INSIDE ME
DOUBT SUNK ITSELF IN YOU DEAR MOTHER
MISERY DEAR FATHER
ITS TEETH AND TALONS THROUGH YOU’LL SUFFER UNTO ME HEIGHT, HELL, TIME, HASTE, TERROR, TENSION
YOU’RE LIVING CATCH 22 LIFE, DEATH, WANT, WASTE, MASS DEPRESSION HIDDEN IN YOUR WORLD YOU’VE MADE FOR ME
DELUDING HARVESTER OF SORROW I’M SEETHING
LANGUAGE OF THE MAD OLD HABITS REAPPEAR I’M BLEEDING
A MASS HYSTERIA FIGHTING THE FEAR OF FEAR
A MEGALOMANIA HARVESTER OF SORROW RIPPING WOUNDS IN ME THAT NEVER HEAL
GROWING CONSPIRACY UNDYING SPITE I FEEL FOR YOU
REVEAL DEMENTIA PURE BLACK LOOKING CLEAR MYSELF IS AFTER ME
REVEAL LIVING OUT THIS HELL YOU ALWAYS KNEW
MY WORK IS DONE SOON HERE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY
SECRETLY TRY GETTING BACK TO ME HEAR THEM CALLING
SILENTLY GET BACK WHICH USED TO BE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY
CERTAINLY DRINK UP HEAR THEM CALLING
IN VERTIGO YOU WILL BE SHOOT IN HEAR THEM CALLING ME
LET THE BEATINGS BEGIN ALL LYRICS BY HETFIELD, EXCEPT “TO LIVE
SHORTEST STRAW IS TO DIE” BY BURTON.
CHALLENGE LIBERTY DISTRIBUTOR OF PAIN TO LIVE IS TO DIE
YOUR LOSS BECOMES MY GAIN (HETFIELD, ULRICH, BURTON) ALL ARRANGEMENTS BY HETFIELD, ULRICH.
DOWNED BY LAW ALL HARMONY, MELODY AND ACOUSTIC
LIVE IN INFAMY ANGER WHEN A MAN LIES HE MURDERS GUITARS ON ALL SONGS, AND THE 2ND SOLO
RUB YOU RAW MISERY SOME PART OF THE WORLD IN “TO LIVE IS TO DIE” BY HETFIELD
WITCHHUNT RIDING THROUGH YOU’LL SUFFER UNTO ME THESE ARE THE PALE DEATHS WHICH ALL SONGS © 1988 CREEPING DEATH MUSIC,
SHORTEST STRAW MEN MISCALL THEIR LIVES ASCAP.
THIS SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR HARVESTER OF SORROW
LANGUAGE OF THE MAD ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY PERMISSION.
YOU TO WITNESS ANY LONGER
HARVESTER OF SORROW
PULLED FOR YOU CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF SALVATION
SHORTEST STRAW ALL HAVE SAID THEIR PRAYERS TAKE ME HOME
PULLED FOR YOU INVADE THEIR NIGHTMARES
SHORTEST STRAW TO SEE INTO MY EYES DYERS EVE
PULLED FOR YOU YOU’LL FIND WHERE MURDER LIES
(HETFIELD, ULRICH, HAMMETT)
SHORTEST STRAW INFANTICIDE
SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR YOU DEAR MOTHER
SHORTEST STRAW HARVESTER OF SORROW DEAR FATHER
PULLED FOR YOU LANGUAGE OF THE MAD WHAT IS THIS HELL YOU HAVE PUT ME THROUGH?
SHORTEST STRAW HARVESTER OF SORROW BELIEVER
PULLED FOR YOU LANGUAGE OF THE MAD DECEIVER
SHORTEST STRAW HARVESTER OF SORROW DAY IN DAY OUT LIVE MY LIFE THROUGH YOU
PULLED FOR YOU
SHORTEST STRAW
SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR YOU

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MANAGEMENT: CLIFF BURNSTEIN & PETER MENSCH
FOR Q PRIME INC.
MANAGEMENT STAFF:GEORGE KNEMEYER & LINDA
WALKER.
AGENCY REPRESENTATION: ICM/MARSHA VLASIC,
NEW YORK
FAIR WARNING/JOHN JACKSON, LONDON.
ACCOUNTING: JONI SCHNEIDER & FRED DUFFIN
FOR SIEGEL & FELDSTEIN, SAN FRANCISCO.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION: PETER PATERNO,
LOS ANGELES.
MERCHANDISING: BROCKUM/NEW YORK,
TORONTO, LONDON.
TRAVEL: MARLA WAX FERGUSON FOR
LINDEN TRAVEL, NEW YORK.
IMMIGRATION: GAIL LEIBOWITZ, NEW YORK.
PHOTOGRAPHER: ROSS HALFIN.
T-SHIRT & ART GUY: PUSHEAD.
CREW FUCKERS 88/89:
BOBBY ‘SLENDER’ SCHNEIDER...TOUR MANAGER
AND LIMO
‘NOT SO BIG’ MICK HUGHES...SOUND ENGINEER
AND PICKLES
FLEMMING ‘CYMBAL HOLDER’ LARSEN...DRUMS
AND HEALTH
ANDY ‘I’VE TONED DOWN’ BATTYE...JAMES’ GUITAR
AND INSULTS
DANNY ‘IT WAS WORKING A MINUTE AGO’ MURPHY
...KIRK’S GUITAR AND SUNGLASSES
ZACH ‘DON’T EVEN LOOK TOUGH’ HARMON...
STAGE MANAGER, BASS AND HE-MANS
TONY ‘SWIFT’ SMITH...MINDER
AND ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR
STEVE ‘BLOOD’ FOWLER...BUS DRIVER
AND VODKA SWILLER
IF WE HAD TO THANK ALL THE FUCKERS WHO HAVE BEEN LARS ULRICH PLAYS:
COOL TO US IN THE 2 1 2 YEARS SINCE ‘PUPPETS’:
A) THE LIST WOULD BE PRINTED SO SMALL YOU COULDN’T
READ IT.
KIRK HAMMETT PLAYS:
B) THERE WOULDN’T BE ROOM FOR LYRICS, PICTURES AND
OTHER SHIT.
C) WE WOULD HAVE A 36 PAGE BOOKLET.
D) LONG LISTS ARE FUCKING BORING. J A S O N N E W S T E D P L AY S :
E) ALL OF THE ABOVE.
F) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
G) DO YOU REALLY GIVE A SHIT ANYWAY??
SO HERE IS A ‘FUCK YEAH’ TO OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, F O R F A N C L U B I N F O R M AT I O N G O T O W W W. M ETALLICA.COM
DRINKING PARTNERS AND BANDS WE’VE TOURED WITH.
M E TA L L I C A . C O M
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!
C 1988 BLACKENED RECORDINGS.
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