The song was first played live on December 25th, 2011 in San Francisco.
This song is about the feeling of rage and hate that can build up in someone when what they care most about has been taken from them and their future becomes bleak. This song also explores the subsequent need for revenge, a the...
[Verse 1]
Hate is a train
That thunders aimless through my head
And hate is the fame
Chained to the wheel until I am dead
[Verse 2]
Rage is a flame
Creates a touch to boil the seas
And rage is to blame
Forever sorry I shall be
[Pre-Chorus]
And from a darkness I descend
Clenching a torch of sweet revenge, no
[Chorus]
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
I ride into the sorrow, still I stand
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
Straight down into the sorrow, but still I stand
[Verse 3]
Wrath is the name
Branding suffer onto you
And wrath takes the shame
And holds me down until it's through
[Pre-Chorus]
And from a darkness I descend
Clenching a torch of sweet revenge
[Chorus]
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
I ride into the sorrow, still I stand
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
I sink into the sorrow, but still I stand
[Bridge]
And hate is a train
That hungers for the flesh's call
And hate takes the blame
A beast that never slows at all
[Pre-Chorus]
And from a darkness I descend
Clenching a torch of sweet revenge
Burst into flame, the bitter end
And shake these gates of hell again
Yeah, cursed to drown in sorrow
[Chorus]
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
I ride into the sorrow, still I stand
You took away tomorrow, still I stand
Left me here in sorrow, but still I stand
[Outro]
Still I stand
Hate Train was written by James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo & Lars Ulrich.
Hate Train was produced by Rick Rubin.
Metallica released Hate Train on Tue Dec 13 2011.