A very “Thrashy” song by Metallica, it explores the concept of PTSD. The narrator is a soldier who suffers from it and describes how it affects their life, preventing them from living normally, in a constant struggle with insanity.
The instrumental intro to this song is incredibly similar to the in...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Wake to face the day
Grab this life and walk away
War is never done
Rub the patch and battle on
Make it go away
Please, make it go away
[Chorus]
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
All sanity is but a memory
My life, the war that never ends
[Verse 2]
Leave the battlefield
Yet its horrors never heal
Coming home from war
Pieces don't fit anymore
Make it go away
Please, make it go away
[Chorus]
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
All sanity is but a memory
My life, the war that never ends
[Bridge]
Father, please come home
Shell shocked all I've known
Father, please come home
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Label him a deadwood soldier now
Cast away and left to roam
Rapid is the road to sacrifice
Just takes longer to come home
Come home
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
Crossfire ricochets inside me
Trapped in a memory forever
My life, the war that never ends
Confusion was written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.
Confusion was produced by Greg Fidelman & James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.