Dyers Eve

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Dyers Eve is the ninth and final track on Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice For All.

This song is said to be James Hetfield's anger for what happened in his childhood. It can be easily discovered while all the lyrics start with "Dear mother, dear father". Another song written by Metallica for Hetfield's childhood is The God That Failed.

"Dyers Eve" was not performed live until 16 years after its release. The live debut took place on March 5, 2004 in Inglewood, CA, USA, during Metallica's Madly In Anger With The World tour.

Lyrics

Dear Mother
Dear Father
What is this hell you have put me through?
Believer
Deceiver
Day in, day out, live my life through you
Pushed onto me what's wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call "life"

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove
Curator
Dictator
Always censoring my every move
Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Time has frozen still what's left to be
Hear nothing
Say nothing
Cannot face the fact I think for me
No guarantee, it's life as-is
But damn you for not giving me my chance

Dear Mother
Dear Father
You've clipped my wings before
I learned to fly
Unspoiled
Unspoken
I've outgrown that fucking lullaby
Same thing I've always heard from you,
"Do as I say, not as I do"

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly

I'm in hell without you
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim, please rescue me

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Hidden in your world you've made for me
I'm seething
I'm bleeding
Ripping wounds in me that never heal
Undying spite I feel for you
Living out this hell you always knew

Notes

Written By: Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett
Copyright © 1988 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
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