Ride The Lightning (song)

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Ride The Lightning is the second track as well as the title track on Metallica's 1984 album Ride The Lightning.

It is their first song which directly pointed on the misery of the criminal justice system. The lyrics are written from the perspective of someone who is anticipating death-by-electrocution. The song is one of two on the album that credits former member Dave Mustaine.

Lyrics

Guilty as charged
But damn it, it ain't right
There's someone else controlling me
Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can't be happening to me

Who made you God to say,
I'll take your life from you?

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Wait for the sign
To flick the switch of death
It's the beginning of the end
Sweat, chilling cold
As I watch death unfold
Consciousness my only friend

My fingers grip with fear
What am I doing here?

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Someone help me
Oh please, God help me
They are trying to take it all away
I don't want to die

Time moving slow
The minutes seem like hours
The final curtain call I see
How true is this
Just get it over with
If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by horrid scream
Freed from this frightening dream

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Notes

Written By: Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
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