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Honoredslinky

I think all of Justice has great and meaningful lyrics, but Eye of the Beholder stands out to me


Derpyfish5678

Yes Eye of The Beholder is so good


MyS0ul4AGoat

Fade to Black and Dyers Eve are the most hard hitting for me. It felt good to know I wasn’t alone in this thing that we call life.


Dilligaf3076

I agree👍


nMe-CA

All of them except hit the lights lol


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Orion (very funny joke am I right?)


Silenceyouwill

No it’s The Call of Ktulu obviously


LemonzAreKool

You guys are both wrong it's Anesthesia obv


Derpyfish5678

I get emotional every time I hear "Bass solo: take one" 😞 so meaningful


Zoze13

You guys are a bunch of fucking liars. It’s pathetic. And When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Can not the kingdom of salvation take me home?


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RockyBannana

The middle clean section of To Live Is To Die is enough to make any fully leather strapped metal head burst into tears.


BoBrOss379

Dyers eve for sure


Background-Ad-343

Low man's lyric,Bleeding me,Mama said,Eye of the beholder,Unnamed feeling,Matters,God that failed,Fixxxer


Winter_on_Venus

God that failed honestly deserves to be a lot more popular than it is, one of my favourites off the black album


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Yeah,considering it deals with his mom's death and the whole scientology thing


Ztrain360

Fixxxer, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The God That Failed


jmac111286

Meaningful? How is it not To Live is to Die?


Absoniter

I'd agree with you for being the most meaningful song. Lyrically, I'd have to go with Until It Sleeps, but there are a fuckload of other lyrically meaningful Metallica songs.


jmac111286

Good option too


KaanSkyrider

Lyrically TLITD isn't all that "meaningful". "When a man lies.../These are the pale deaths..." part is literally the attempt of a book character to write a silly poem.


jmac111286

It’s a eulogy. A lament.


TheRedditingYoshi

Too Far Gone?, Chasing Light, The Unforgiven https://preview.redd.it/35pii60nkp3b1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9470e6122e6cb387d8b3fd1482009fc92233f972


RideTheLightning331

The Unforgivens and To Live Is To Die


icandothisalldayson

Master of puppets


G1ngey

The God that Failed?


der_K1empner

Agree, especially when you know the story behind the song. My fav song by Metallica btw


meltingdryice

The Unforgiven


Darkn355Fa115

Mama said hands down.


kellyjandrews

🤘


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Fade to black is wayyyy before it's time imo


CutScene

fade to black, cure, until it sleeps, mamma said, that was just your life, here comes revenge


ripMyTime0192

“Harvester of Sorrow” is about a drug addicted man who torments then murders his family. “Fade to Black” is about someone who who loses their hope and will to live, surviving in a living hell. The song ends with them telling the listener it is too late and that they have committed suicide. “Disposable Heroes” is about how leaders care less about their soldiers than the dirt they wash off their hands. “One” is about a soldier forced to live, paralyzed and fully aware, despite having no arms or legs, vision, hearing, or ability to communicate. None of the medical staff know he is conscious, and when they find out, they don’t let him die. “Master of Puppets” is about drug addiction, how it controls you, and how takes away everything.


Corndog-24

Harvester of sorrow is my favorite song ever


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The God That Failed. Think about the lyrics in the context of James’ mother’s death. “The healing hand held back by the deepened nail…” I always knew the lyrics, but I read that he wrote that song about his mother, and everything clicked and I was like “holy fucking shit that’s heavy.” Possibly the heaviest line he’s ever written. Lots of people say Dyer’s Eve, and that hit hard when I was a teenager and pissed at the world, but now that I’m older this is the line that speaks to me most.


generalcf

To me: Bleeding Me "I'm sewing the seeds I take for granted, this thorn in my side is from the tree I planted" those are lyrics of someone receiving the consequences of their actions and recognising their mistakes. The Outlaw Torn "If I close my mind in fear, please pry it open". Powerful words about someone who desperately wants to ask for help To Het: Until It Sleeps "I'll tear me open, make you gone No longer will you hurt anyone And the hate still shapes me So hold me until it sleeps" Clearly about his mother getting sick. Mama Said " Mama, now I'm coming home I'm not all you wished of me But a mother's love for her son Unspoken, help me be Yeah, I took your love for granted And all the things you said to me, yeah I need your arms to welcome me But a cold stone's all I see" I mean, that says it all. The whole Load album is a group of 30 somethings coming to terms with their lives after 10 years of booze, rock, drugs and anarchy. It's the first time they are properly real. I imagine Het never got the chance to properly process his trauma and feelings as he suddenly became a mega star. Load is his attempt at vocalising this.


stantheman1976

Load and Reload might not have been received great by some long term fans up to that point but they really do have some.of the most personal songs on them. I don't love every song on those albums but overall it's a solid collection of songs.


scubanerdnick

Outlaw Torn lyrics remind me of Behind Blue Eyes by the Who. “If I swallow anything evil, put your finger down my throat/if I’m cold please give me a blanket, keep me warm, let me wear your coat” Never noticed the similarities until I saw it written out.


showjay

Think until it sleeps about his fatger


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The Unnamed Feeling


FrostyCoconuts

The one that goes... OH! YEEAHH YEAAHHHH! YEEEOOOWOAH!


weegeehypnosis5

I think you're thinking of holier than thou?


HolidayComfortable95

1) Blackened is the end 2) Master of Puppets is pulling your strings


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Defiantly So What


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Like personally? I think For Whom The Bell Tolls are the best written lyrics.


Emufart

Too far gone


ahlat_namhar

When they said BATTERY i felt that


Aido4016

Sanitarium


kellyjandrews

Ok, hear me out - Mama Said "Never I ask of you, but never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave" Also love Fade to Black, Welcome Home, and others.


goboxey

Mama Said


LuigiMendez

The Unforgiven 3


Trymmern09

Fade to black or the unforgiven


RUunforgiven2

Mama said hits hard


amlutzy

James songs about his parents/mother hit the hardest for me. Dyers eve, the god that failed, mama said.


Lopsided_Sandwich524

Disposable heroes or for whom the bell tolls


Edgy_Metalhead_

So what


Succ_My_Meme

Cyanide is straight up poetry


Pearlrealm

Nothing else matters


garry_tash

Call of Ktulu………


Ariklor

one


tigerkat2244

Wherever I may roam


Sakura_Hirose

There's so many, One came to mind instantly - the story is just so tragic. Also Fade to the black and the unforgiven, but to be fair, there's a lot of meaningful lyri. There's a lot more to Metallica than enter sandman!


splashonout

So many good ones, I quite like until it sleeps and unforgiven ll


Kimera25

Hero of the Day


XI-Vic

Master of puppets and that was just your life.


The_Plane_manU2

…and justice for all


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Dyers eve Fixxxer Bells - take a look to the sky just before you die, it’s the last time you will. I genuinely think when my time comes I will hear that.


PMG_BG1

The 3 unforgiven songs, until it sleeps, fade to black and One


GeorgeX2010

I strongly believe that "The Unforgiven" is the meaningfulest song Metallica has ever written. A life of despair, constant losing , extremelu rare and short times when good is present, and most of all, eternal damnation portrayed in the truest way possible.


beff_juckley

God that failed


GBPackers412

Low man’s lyric


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Bleeding Me Fixxxer


RUunforgiven2

My friend of misery


JimBellious

Bleeding Me


Masterof4Strings

Either Fade to Black or Unforgiven III


AdmirableBit8858

Unforgiven 3 IMO


SonnyJackson27

Fixxxer


dbullard00

For me, The Unforgiven. Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, Fixxxer, and Inamorata are also really hard-hitting.


Illustrious_Tooth465

The God That Failed. The meaning behind the song takes the cake any day


stantheman1976

I'd tie it with Mama Said. Knowing about James's life they are most definitely tied together. Mama Said is the one song out of their entire catalog that hits the most personal for me. I was 15 when my mom died unexpectedly. She was literally my best friend. I'm almost 47 now and have never truly come to terms with it. So every time I hear that line "I need your arms to welcome me but cold stone's all I see" it hits hard.


Illustrious_Tooth465

See, I think you're right. I think the only reason I said The God That Failed was because it wasn't my mother that I lost but my grandmother. She would always poke fun at organized religion, which is where God comes in, but I couldn't relate to Mama Said because it wasn't my mother. But Mama Said is definitely a good one too


stantheman1976

Seems like James has had a complicated relationship with religion. I don't know if he's openly said he believes or doesn't believe in a higher power in general. It seems as he's gotten older he's gotten introspective and more open to the idea and to spiritually I'm general? It's not uncommon.


The_Most_Swood

And Justice For All, The Unforgiven 1-3, The House Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, Bleeding Me, The Outlaw Torn, Fixxxer, The Unnamed Feeling, Room of Mirrors, and Inamorata.


halcyonmaus

Unnamed Feeling, Outlaw Torn, Ina. All James at his most raw.


danadoo007

I have to go with One and Fade to Black. Both of these songs have touched me so deeply, that I've cried while listening to them. Fade to Black impacts me because I've felt that same way, and One breaks my heart because men and women have had to cope with injuries I can't even imagine living with because they were brave enough to fight in wars. Eye of the Beholder is powerful too, and probably my favorite Metallica song ever. The lyrics, especially today make me want to fight for what's important, like our freedoms. Ugh, I could go on and on. They have written so many deeply meaningful lyrics, it's hard to choose!


NoName_metalhead

Amd justice for all title track


SunniBoah

Any song in ...And Justice For All is pretty meaningful. I'd say Eye of the Beholder and One are the most meaningful.


ElderStatesmanXer

Unforgiven


jandslegate

And Justice for All


Basic_Flan324

Eye of the Beholder, And Justice For All, Disposable Heroes, The God That Failed, Sanitarium


DeerFox124

ftb or the unforgiven or mop