Fade to Black
Metallica * Track #4 On Ride the Lightning
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Fade to Black by Metallica
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MetallicaWrited by
Kirk Hammett & Cliff Burton & Lars Ulrich & James HetfieldAbout
“Fade to Black” is a powerful ballad about a man that wants to commit suicide, and eventually does it. The depressive lyrics regarding someone with suicidal desires were inspired by James Hetfield’s first Marshall amplifier, which his mother helped him get before she died, being stolen just before t...
Fade to Black Lyrics
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone
[Bridge]
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
(Goodbye)
[Guitar Solo]
Fade to Black Q&A
Who wrote Fade to Black's ?
Fade to Black was written by Kirk Hammett & Cliff Burton & Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield.
Who produced Fade to Black's ?
Fade to Black was produced by Metallica & Flemming Rasmussen.
When did Metallica release Fade to Black?
Metallica released Fade to Black on Fri Jul 27 1984.
What did Metallica say about "Fade to Black"?
[…] “Fade to Black” got good and bad response. When the censorship thing started, that was one of the songs they tried to attack. These parents finding their kids dead in the garage with these lyrics, sucking on an exhaust pipe. People tried to sue bands for their mistakes. But we got tons and tons...