Fade To Black
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"Fade To Black" is the fourth track on the 1984 album Ride The Lightning. It was the first "ballad" by Metallica. The song begins with clean acoustic guitar, soon joined by melodic guitar solo and progressively becoming heavier.
The lyrics deal with suicide and were inspired by feelings of sadness and depression when Metallica's gear was stolen after a gig in Boston in the early 1984.
Jason Newsted, the long time bassist, played "Fade To Black" during his very last performance as a member of Metallica at My VH-1 Music Awards in November 2000.
It has been played occasionally on the World Magnetic Tour and is on the Orgullo, Pasión Y Gloria - Tres Noches En La Ciudad De México live DVD.
Lyrics
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 Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me free Things not what they used to be Missing one inside of me Deathly lost, this can't be real Cannot stand this hell I feel Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkness taking dawn I was me but now he's gone No one but me can save myself But it's too late Now I can't think Think why I should even try Yesterday seems as though It never existed Death greets me warm Now I will just say goodbye
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