The meaning of songs by Metallica
Kill 'em all
Anesthesia(pulling teeth)-instrumental song composed by Cliff Burton. It's one of the best instrumental songs in heavy metal.
Hit the lights-about early days of Metallica. About their fans.
The four horsemen-about the four horsemen of apocalypse.
Motorbreath-about living in the fast way of life. Not sitting back and letting life go by.
Jump in the fire-about man who likes to be in the fire and says "Jump in the fire" to everybody who likes temptation.
Whiplash-song is a tribute to Metallica's headbanging fans.
Phantom lord-took it's name from the first band of James Hetfield.
No remorse-song is about soldier being sent to war to kill people.
Seek and destroy-about looking for victims.
Metal militia-about madness, war. The soldier goes through the war. Song tells the story of heavy metal as the militia. Metal militia is dedicated to Metallica's fans too.
Ride the lightning
Fight fire with fire-about apocalypse caused by nuclear warfare.
Ride the lightning-about spending the final moments in an electric chair.
For whom the bell tolls-song is inspired by Ernest Hemingway's novel.
Fade to black-song is about man who wants to commit suicide.
Trapped under ice-about man who was cryogenically frozen and woke up from his sleep.
Escape-about personal freedom.
Creeping death-based on the story of the first Passover from book Exodus.
The call of Ktulhu-instrumental song. About mystical creature Ctullhu.
Master of puppets
Battery-about battery that is crushing everything. It never ends.
Master of puppets-about drugs that destroys man's life and mind.
The thing that should not be-a song references H.P.Lovecraft's Ctullhu mythos.
Referencing "The shadow over innsmouth" which has human-fish hybrids called Deep Ones.
Welcome home(Sanitarium)-about man who is manipulated, mistreated, abused.
Disposable heroes-anti war song. It describes a soldier in never ending terrible war. Is about spending the life in war.
Leper Messiah-this song is about corruption in religion.
Orion-instrumental song which is absolutely the best by Metallica. Full of beautiful, marvelous melodies, atmosphere, emotions.
Damage, Inc.-about savage and vicious corporation that enslaves the population and lays wast to humanity.
And justice for all
Blackened-description of how world will end.
And justice for all-about how the rich and powerful corrupt Justice and the legal system and abuse for their own ends much to detriment of the poor and vulnerable.
Eye of the beholder-about politicians, special interest groups which controls everyone's freedom of speech and expression.
One-song is based on the novel Johnny got his gun by Dalton Trumbo.
The shortest straw-about scatching critique of the blacklisting of people with controversial political opinions.
Harvester of sorrow-is about man who descends into madness and decides to murder his family, including the children.
The frayed ends of sanity-man who is becoming paranoid.
To live is to die-instrumental song is a tribute to Cliff Burton.
Dyer's eve-is about damaged child by parents.
The black album(Metallica)
Enter sandman-about childhood fear, in nightmares with the eponymous Sandman symbolizing sleep that he dreads.
Sad but true-about a person's darker side taking control.
Holier than thou-about self righteous man.
The unforgiven-about man who is quickly subdued by society and he is not allowed be expressive.
Wherever I may roam-about man who just walks the earth. About desire of traveling.
Don't tread on me-inscription on the Gadsden flag whose rattlesnake adorns the cover of album.
Through the never-a reflection upon the universe and how mankind has taken it's place in it.
Nothing else matters-about love.
Of wolf and man-man is shape-shifting into a wolf at full moon.
The god that failed-about Hetfield's mother and her refusal of cancer treatment because of her Christian Science belief.
My friend of misery- about misery of friendship.
The struggle within-man who fights with bad things inside himself, inside his mind.
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