Fade to Black (Live - Seattle ’89)

[Instrumental Intro]

[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, ohh
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
I need the end to set me free

[Verse 2]
Things not what they used to be
I’m missing one inside of me
Deathly loss, this can't be real
I cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn, yeah
I was me, but now he's gone, yeah... yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try, ooh yeah
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
Goodbye... Shit!

[Instrumental Outro]

[James Hetfield, spoken]
You guys dig that song, don't you?
Well, fuck you I dig it
Hey man, I don't know about you
But, uh, it's like summertime
And to me, it's, uh
Fucking beer-drinking weather, yeah?
You guys get lubed up on the way in here?
Have some fucking...
Bet you had some hot beers out in the car, didn't you?
Well, I'm gonna take time right now and fucking have myself one...
And I just want to say cheers to all you guys
And fucking thanks for coming down
And getting nutty with us, man
Cheers