“Dyer’s Eve”, one of the thrashiest tracks on …And Justice For All, is its closer. It takes the format of an angry, accusatory letter penned by the hand of a child whose fragile psyche was wounded during the developmental phase of life by the very ones who were supposed to be protecting and guiding...
[Verse 1]
Dear mother, dear father
What is this hell you have put me through?
Believer, deceiver
Day in, day out, lived my life through you
Pushed onto me what's wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call life
Dear mother, dear father
Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove
Curator, dictator
Always censoring my every move
Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired
[Refrain]
Innocence, torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality, I'm living blindly
[Verse 2]
Dear mother, dear father
Time has frozen still, what's left to be?
Hear nothing, say nothing
Cannot face the fact I think for me
No guarantee it's life as is
But damn you for not giving me my chance
Dear mother, dear father
You clipped my wings before I learned to fly
Unspoiled, unspoken
I've outgrown that fucking lullaby
Same thing I've always heard from you
Do as I say, not as I do
[Refrain]
Innocence, torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality, I'm living blindly
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I'm in hell without you
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim, please rescue me
[Verse 3]
Dear mother, dear father
Hidden in your world you've made for me
I'm seething, I'm bleeding
Ripping wounds in me that never heal
Undying spite I feel for you
Living out this hell you always knew
Dyers Eve was written by James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett & Lars Ulrich.
Dyers Eve was produced by Flemming Rasmussen & James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.