“Cyanide” is a song about death, be it suicide or abortion.
The first guitar riff (as well as the drums that Ulrich plays along with it), which is also played after each chorus, follows the rhythm of the Morse code for S.O.S. (the … — … pattern), implying that he attempted to get help before contem...
[Verse 1]
Sleep, and dream of this
Death angel's kiss
Brings final bliss
Completely
[Pre-Chorus]
Empty they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty they say
Death, hear me call your name
Ooh, call your name
[Chorus]
Suicide, I've already died
You're just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
[Verse 2]
Wait, wait patiently
Your death-black wings
Unfolding sleep
Spreading o'er me
[Pre-Chorus]
Empty they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty they say
Death, hear me call your name
Ooh, call your name
[Chorus]
Suicide, I've already died
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
[Verse 3]
Say, is that rain or are they tears
That stained your concrete face for years?
The crying, weeping, shedding strife
Year after year, life after life
An air of freshly broken ground
A concrete angel laid right down
Upon the grave which swallows fast
It's peace at last
Oh, peace at last
[Pre-Chorus]
Empty they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty they say
Death, hear me call your name
Call your name
[Chorus]
Suicide, I've already died
You're just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
[Outro]
Forevermore
Forevermore
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide was written by James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo & Lars Ulrich.
Cyanide was produced by Rick Rubin.