Master Of Puppets (song)
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Master Of Puppets is the second track as well as the title track on Metallica's 1986 album Master Of Puppets. It was the first single of the album. It has been a staple of every tour since its release. James Hetfield plays the first solo while Kirk Hammett plays the second.
The song, as lead singer James Hetfield explained, "deals pretty much with drugs. How things get switched around, instead of you controlling what you're taking and doing, it's drugs controlling you."
This song was Cliff Burton's favorite song on the album, as quoted when the album was released.
The videos Cliff 'Em All and S&M include live performances of the song in its entirety. A shortened form appears in Cunning Stunts. Both versions can be seen in the Live Shit: Binge & Purge set.
In the later 1990s, Metallica would often combine the song with Welcome Home (Sanitarium) in concert, calling it "Mastertarium".
Lyrics
End of passion play, crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear Leading on your death's construction Taste me, you will see More is all you need You're dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master Master Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Needlework the way, never you betray Life of death becoming clearer Pain monopoly, ritual misery Chop your breakfast on a mirror Taste me you will see More is all you need You're dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master Master Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Master, master Where's the dreams that I've been after? Master, master You promised only lies Laughter, laughter All I hear and see is laughter Laughter, laughter Laughing at my cries Fix me Hell is worth all that, natural habitat Just a rhyme without a reason Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days Now your life is out of season I will occupy I will help you die I will run through you Now I rule you, too Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master Master Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master
Notes
Written By: Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett
Copyright © 1986 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
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