Blackened
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Blackened is the first track on Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice For All.
It was bassist Jason Newsted's first co-writing effort on a Metallica album. The song's intro is a minute long dual-guitar harmony that is played in reverse. During live performances, the intro is played from a recording before the band takes over.
The song's lyrics are about the end of the world and human civilization, prominently through destruction and pollution of the environment. Parts of the lyrics may hint of a nuclear holocaust, such as the lines "Blackened is the end, winter it will send", and "Millions of our years in minutes disappears".
Lyrics
Blackened is the end Winter it will send Throwing all you see Into obscurity Death of Mother Earth Never a rebirth Evolution's end Never will it mend Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Blistering of earth Terminate its worth Deadly nicotine Kills what might've been Callous, frigid chill Nothing left to kill Never seen before Breathing nevermore Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Blackened Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise Agitation, violation, mutilation, planet dies Darkest color Blistered earth True death of life Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race Expectation, liberation, population laid to waste See our mother Put to death See our mother die Smoldering decay Take her breath away Millions of our years In minutes disappears Darkening in vain Decadence remains All is said and done Never is the sun Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Fire Is the outcome of hypocrisy Darkest potency In the exit of humanity Color our world blackened Blackened
Notes
Written By: Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted
Copyright © 1988 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
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