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Lorde - Glory And Gore

Lorde - Glory And Gore Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Pure Heroine
Released: 2013

Glory And Gore Lyrics

There's a humming in the restless summer air
And we're slipping off the course that we prepared
But in all chaos, there is calculation
Dropping glasses just to hear them break
You've been drinking like the world was gonna end (it didn't)
Took a shiner from the fist of your best friend (go figure)
It's clear that someone's gotta go
We mean it, but I promise we're not mean

And the cry goes out (ha)
They lose their minds for us, and how it plays out (ha)
Now we're in the ring and we're coming for blood

(Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But we're the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)
But secretly they're saviors
Glory And Gore go hand in hand
That's why we're making headlines (Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But victory's contagious

Delicate in every way but one (the swordplay)
God knows we like archaic kinds of fun (the old way)
Chance is the only game I play with, baby
We let our battles choose us

And the cry goes out (ha oh)
They lose their minds for us and how it plays out (ha oh)
Now we're in the ring and we're coming for blood

(Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But we're the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)
But secretly they're saviors
Glory and gore go hand in hand
That's why we're making headlines (Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But victory's contagious

No-one 'round here's good at keeping their eyes closed
The sun's starting to light up when we're walking home
Tired little laughs, gold lie promises,
We'll always win at this, I don't ever think about death
It's alright if you do, it's fine
We gladiate but I guess we're really fighting ourselves
Roughing up our minds so we're ready when the kill time comes
Wide awake in bed, words in my brain,
"Secretly you love this, do you even wanna go free?"
Let me in the ring, I'll show you what that big word means

(Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But we're the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)
But secretly they're saviors
Glory and gore go hand in hand
That's why we're making headlines (Oh! Oh!)
You could try and take us (oh-oh)
But victory's contagious

Writer/s: Little, Joel / Yelich-O'Connor, Ella
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Glory And Gore

This song finds Lorde casting a cynical gaze at our society's obsession with celebrities. She declares:

"Glory and gore go hand-in-hand
That's why we're making headlines."

The New Zealander is pointing out how most celebrities tend to appear in the media for their failures rather their triumphs. People delight in the downfall of a famous person, and are eager to find out just what has happened next reveling in their glorious gore.

The song gained popularity after it was featured in History's promotional campaign for the second season of its historical drama TV series, Vikings.

Mötley Crüe - You're All I Need

Mötley Crüe - You're All I Need Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Girls, Girls, Girls
Released: 1987

You're All I Need Lyrics

The blade of my knife
Faced away from your heart
Those last few nights
It turned and sliced you apart
This love that I tell
Now feels lonely as hell
From this padded prison cell

So many times I said
You'd only be mine
I gave my blood and my tears
And loved you cyanide
When you took my lips
I took your breath
Sometimes love's better off dead

You're All I Need make you only mine
I love you so I set you free
I had to take your life
You're all I need, you're all I need
And I loved you but you didn't love me

Laid out cold
Now we're both alone
But killing you helped me keep you home
I guess it was bad
Cause love can be sad
But we finally make the news

Tied up smiling
I thought you were happy
Never opened your eyes
I thought you were napping
I got so much to learn
About love in this world
But we finally made the news

You're all I need, make you only mine
I loved you so, so I put you to sleep.

Writer/s: KAPER, BRONISLAW/KAHN, GUS/JURMANN, WALTER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., IMAGEM U.S. LLC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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You're All I Need

The lyrics refer to a guy who kills his girlfriend because he doesn't want her to leave him. Crue bass player Nikki Sixx originally said he took the story from a newspaper headline, but later interviews reveal that he might have just made the whole thing up.

The video was banned from MTV, even though it wasn't particularly violent (except for the lyrics). (thanks, Doodle - St. Augustine, FL, for above 2)

Neneh Cherry - Spit Three Times

Neneh Cherry - Spit Three Times Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Blank Project
Released: 2014

Spit Three Times Lyrics

Spit Three Times

The death of Cherry's mother in 2009 was a devastating event for the singer. This song represents Cherry's lingering depression in the aftermath of her grief. "I was thinking about that duvet-diving syndrome you get into, where your depression – even though it's this hard, black thing that takes you under – becomes something you must find comfort in," she explained to NME. "I started to recognize an aspect to that darkness that was slightly addictive."

Spittle has been valued as a charm against all evil since ancient times. The Roman writer Pliny said it averted witchcraft and helped in giving an enemy a shrewder blow. The custom has continued to the present day and there are several examples in different countries of spitting thrice over the left shoulder being a way of protecting oneself from something bad. Cherry sings here of using the superstition to deal with the addictiveness of her depression. "I try not to be superstitious, but, you know, we never put any shoes on the table," she told The Observer. "That's totally against the law in our house. And I always salute when I see one magpie. People in Sweden – where they don't do that – they think I'm nuts."

Steely Dan - Green Earrings

Steely Dan - Green Earrings Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Royal Scam
Released: 1976

Green Earrings Lyrics

Cold, daring
No flies on me
Sorry, angel
I must take what I see
Green Earrings
I remember
The rings of rare design
I remember
The look in your eyes
I don't mind

Greek medallion
Sparkles when you smile
Sorry, angel
I get hungry like a child

Green earrings
I remember
The rings of rare design
I remember
The look in your eyes
I don't mind

Writer/s: BECKER, WALTER CARL / FAGEN, DONALD JAY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Green Earrings

This is about a jewel thief who feels no remorse whatsoever in what he does, even when he steals from a lover. (thanks, John - Wilmington, NC)

Pharrell Williams - Brand New

Pharrell Williams - Brand New Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: G I R L
Released: 2014

Brand New Lyrics

My love, ooo
My love

A winner never quits
And a quitter never wins
I thought about what I wanted
And you were on my list

Remember where I was?
In the desert with no love
No cactus's, just dust
And you swept me from above

My love

So I just wanna say
Thank you for this day
'Cause it is so good
Good

Honey, you got me feelin' Brand New
You got me feelin' brand new
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
So good morning, ooh girl
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me

My love, ooo
My love

Life to me is easy
People make it complicated
When love is the tool
No reason we can't make it

Come on, let's go, be brave
Feel somethin' at the [?]
Once we know that amaze
Then give it all the way

My love

So I just wanna say
Thank you for this day
'Cause it is so good
Good

Honey, you got me feelin' brand new
You got me feelin' brand new
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
So good morning, ooh girl
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me, oh

Listen, all my life, when I describe
What I want, I've been misunderstood
The more I try, at bein' satisfied
And didn't think that I could
But then you came along, and you made me strong
Like God said you would

So I just wanna say
Thank you for this day
'Cause it is so good
Good

Good
Honey, you got me feelin' brand new
You got me feelin' brand new
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
Jumpin' 'round in your bag
So good morning, ooh girl
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
You are the feeling I'm jammin' to (brand new)
Like the tag's still on me
Got the tags still on me

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, PHARRELL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Brand New

This duet with Justin Timberlake finds the pair singing of how the love of a good woman can make you feel like a revitalized person.

"You've got me feelin' brand new
Like the tag's still on me."

Pharrell commented during a listening party that the song "felt so urgent."

Williams wrote and produced multiple songs with his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo on Justin Timberlake's debut album Justified. Pharrell and Justin also both contributed to Beyonce's track "Blow" from her 2013 self-titled LP.

Blue Man Group - The Current

Blue Man Group - The Current Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Complex
Released: 2003

The Current Lyrics

The Current

This features Gavin Rossdale, guitarist and lead singer of Bush. He and 5 other artists are featured in songs throughout the Blues Man Group's album The Complex.

This is on the Terminator 3 soundtrack. (thanks, Beth - MN, for above 2)

Pharrell Williams - Gush

Pharrell Williams - Gush Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: G I R L
Released: 2014

Gush Lyrics

Gush, gush, gush,
Tell me when, gush
Make the pussy just gush
Make the pussy just gush
Make the pussy just gush
Make it, just gush
Make it, just gush
I make the pussy just gush
I make it, just gush

I'm imagining things
Do you wanna try?
Take off your halo and wings
Girl, I can make her fly

I don't know, what's come over me
My momma didn't raise me that way
You lit a fire, from inside of me
That'd light your seat ablaze, girl
Light that ass on fire

I could be the guy to treat you
To a nice movie, feed you
But I don't wanna mislead you
Tonight I think I wanna be dirty, girl
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? Come on
Light that ass on fire
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? C'mon let's go

Girl the world's watchin'
From sunset to midnight
They're tryna catch a glimpse (intimacy)
Of you and I

I don't know, I don' know what's come over me
My momma didn't raise me that way
You lit a fire, from inside of me
That'll light your seat ablaze, girl
Ha I light that ass on fire

I could be the guy to treat you
To a nice movie, feed you
But I don't wanna mislead you
Tonight I think I wanna be dirty, girl
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? Come on
Light that ass on fire
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? C'mon let's go

I don't know, what's come over me
My momma didn't raise me that way
You lit a fire, from inside of me
That'd leave those panties in flames, girl
I light that ass on fire

I could be the guy to treat you
To a nice movie, feed you
But I don't wanna mislead you
Tonight I think I wanna be dirty, girl
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? Come on
Light that ass on fire
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? C'mon let's go
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? Come on
Light that ass on fire
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? C'mon let's go
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? Come on
Light that ass on fire
Do you wanna get dirty, girl? C'mon let's go

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, PHARRELL / ZIMMER, HANS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Gush

G I R L's most explicit sex jam, this disconcertingly titled song (pronounced "goosh") finds Pharrell threatening a paramour to "leave those panties in flames." There are times where I get a little bit cute," Skateboard P had warned before he started playing the album at the listening party. "But I should be allowed to do that."

The song's hook of "Light that ass on fire," is a repeat of Pharrell's line on his 2003 Busta Rhymes collaboration "Light Ya Ass on Fire."

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Siamese Dream
Released: 1993

Mayonaise Lyrics

Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plan
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Writer/s: Corgan, William Patrick / Iha, James
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Mayonaise

Billy Corgan got the title for this song after looking in his refrigerator. Corgan had many interesting names for songs. He said this about coming up with titles: "Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song 'Cow.'"

The title is not the correct way to spell "Mayonnaise." Corgan also used alternate spellings with the song "Galapogos" (Galapagos) and the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Melancholy). (thanks, Cam - St. Catharines, Canada, for above 2)

According to Billy Corgan, when he wrote the lyric he just "threw together a bunch of weird one liners." He says that while the song doesn't have any continuity, it later made some sense to him, as he could see that it reflected what he was going through at the time.

In 1756 a sauce made from olive oil and egg yolks was invented by the French chef of Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu. While the Duke was defeating the British at the successful siege of the English-held St. Philip's Castle, his chef was creating a victory feast that included a sauce made of cream and eggs. When the chef realized that there was no cream in the kitchen, he improvised, substituting olive oil for the cream. Located in Mahón, port city and the capital of Minorca, the successful siege had resulted in the French's gain of the entire island. The chef named the new sauce "Mahonnaise", (or mayonnaise) in honor of the Duke's victory. (From the book Food for Thought: Extraordinary Little Chronicles of the World by Ed Pearce)

The distinctive guitar sound came about in a very lo-tech fashion. Corgan explained: "The origin of the squealing high note was, I bought this guitar for $65, and it was such a cheap guitar that every time I'd stop playing it would make that whistle. So when we wrote the song, we wrote in these parts that would stop so the whistle became part of the song because every time I would stop it would whistle."

Pharrell Williams - Gust of Wind

Pharrell Williams - Gust of Wind Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: G I R L
Released: 2014

Gust of Wind Lyrics

My heart is filled, with love and care
Not an ounce of gas, I would get up there
The answer's simple
You lift me up
The view up here, I see all the stars
There go Venus, and there go Mars
Somethin' you been through
You're from above

Hey, when I first saw you, I got excited
Tried to keep my composure, tryna hide it
But I didn't know
I didn't let go
Then it occurred to me while tryna fight it
Just like a kite, you learn to ride it
But I didn't know
You're s'posed to let it go

Like a Gust of Wind
You hit me off sometimes
Like a gust of wind
You push me back every once in a while
Like a gust of wind
You remind me there's someone up there
Who whooshes in
The air I need to power myself

When I open the window
I wanna hug you
'Cause you remind me of the air
I said yeah
'Cause when I'm feelin' real low
I remember I love you
I put my hands in the air
And you were there

With your love, I can board the skies
Finding a way that electrifies, mother's your other
Cannot stow away
Telephone winds of the northern sky
Is the closest thing, and here is why
'Cause we're color
You blow me away

I need you, like I'm breathing
Music umbrellas can make one cover
Who cares if they don't see you?
Don't you know that they're the same?
I need it like I'm breathing
If you never discover, forever you'll suffer
Who cares if they don't see you?
You got until then to learn the way

Like a gust of wind
You hit me off sometimes
Like a gust of wind
You push me back every once in a while
Like a gust of wind
You remind me there's someone up there
Who whooshes in
The air I need to power myself

When I open the window
I wanna hug you
'Cause you remind me of the air
I said yeah
'Cause when I'm feelin' real low
I remember I love you
I put my hands in the air
And you were there

When I first saw you, I got excited
Tried to keep my composure, tryna hide it
But I didn't know
I didn't let go
Then I realized I'm tryna fight it
Just so they can learn to ride it
But I didn't know
I had to let it go

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, PHARRELL / BANGALTER, THOMAS / ZIMMER, HANS / HOMEM-CHRISTO, G.M.
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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Gust of Wind

This song finds Pharrell in love with a lady who lifts him up mentally and emotionally like a force of nature. It features a vocal contribution from Daft Punk – the Robots previously recruited Pharrell to appear on their 2013 Random Access Memories album.

The song was inspired by Pharrell's wife, model and designer Helen Lasichanh. He explained to The Sun: "That song came to me in a dream. It's the only time it has ever happened to me in my life."

Pharrell continued: "I woke up and sang them to my girl and said: 'Babe, this is about you. It's about the divine force you have which could be compared to a gust of wind.' I told her: 'Like a gust of wind, you remind me there's someone out there who ushers in the air as I need to power in myself."

"And my wife was overjoyed when she first heard that song," he added. "She was also a little teary-eyed but then we have the Robots on there. It was like, 'Wow! Those guys are like, the next level."

This is Pharrell's "personal favorite" song on G I R L, and during the album's listening party he played it twice, excitedly jumping back to the start at the part where Hans Zimmer's string arrangement kicks in.

The offbeat electric guitar was played by 17-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter Francesco Yates, who is signed to Atlantic Records.

Pharrell takes the opportunity to rep his i am OTHER YouTube channel and cultural movement when he sings on the second verse: "Mothership Other cannot go away."

The song was mixed by former Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones collaborator Nathan "Mick" Guzauski. He was also the recording engineer for Random Access Memories.

Directed by British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), the music video finds Pharrell walking through an autumnal forest in his trademark hat accompanied by some girls demonstrating their ribbon dancing skills. Daft Punk don't appear in the clip, however the French duo's famous helmets feature as ancient stone statues, which fly and glow during their chorus.

Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy

Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Billion Dollar Babies
Released: 1973

No More Mr. Nice Guy Lyrics

I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me.
I opened doors for little old ladies,
I helped the blind to see.
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean.

No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean.

No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

My dog bit me on the leg today.
My cat clawed my eyes.
Ma's been thrown out of the social circle,
And dad has to hide.
I went to church incognito.
When everybody rose, the Reverend Smith,
He recognized me,
And punched me in the nose.
No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

Writer/s: BRUCE, MICHAEL / COOPER, ALICE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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No More Mr. Nice Guy

Cooper wrote this song about the reaction of friends and family toward his over-the-top stage persona. The maniac he plays on stage goes over well with his audiences, but the folks in his mother's church groups were unsure how to handle it and were uncomfortable talking about it. This song was the shock rocker's declaration that the "gloves are off," and he's no longer going to apologize for his wild-man stage antics, as there are many worse things that he could be doing with his life.

The upbeat pop-rock anthem boasts an irresistible sing-along chorus that helped its chart fortunes.

Cooper co-wrote this song with Michael Bruce, who was a member of the original Alice Cooper Group. Bruce played guitar, keyboards and contributed vocals as a band member. He was also the group's chief songwriter and wrote or co-wrote many of their most-recognized songs, including "School's Out," "Under My Wheels," "I'm Eighteen," "Ballad of Dwight Fry," "Be My Lover," "Desperado" and "Billion Dollar Babies."

The lineup on this track was Cooper (vocals), Glen Buxton (lead guitar), Michael Bruce (rhythm guitar), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Neal Smith (drums). In our interview with Smith , he explained that this song came at a time when the band was burnishing their Shock Rock for greater appeal. "'No More Mr. Nice Guy' is a good combination between the dark side and the commercial side," he said.

This was the third single from Billion Dollar Babies, the sixth studio album by Alice Cooper (the name of both the singer and the band at the time). This was the band's most commercially successful album. It topped the album charts in both the United States and the UK, and also made the Top 10 in Australia, Austria and Canada.

The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, who has produced many albums for Cooper - both the Alice Cooper band and his solo LPs. With this album, Ezrin aimed for a more polished sound, but the tracks still have Cooper's signature Hard Rock flavor. Ezrin was one of the most commercially successful and acclaimed producers of the 1970s. Highlights in his career include his production work for Pink Floyd's groundbreaking album The Wall and KISS's multi-platinum Destroyer. Other notable albums he's produced for Cooper include Welcome to My Nightmare, School's Out, Love It To Death and Lace and Whiskey. Cooper has described Ezrin as "our George Martin."

Pat Boone pulled off an ironic cover of this song for his album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, released in 1997. The Thrash Metal band Megadeth recorded a more sincere version for the 1989 horror film Shocker, which was later included on the band's EP Hidden Treasures in 1995.

This was featured in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused during a scene where the school seniors (one of which was played by Ben Affleck) paddle a freshman per tradition. It was an appropriate choice, as the movie was set in 1976. When this scene was spoofed in the 2005 Family Guy episode "Jungle Love," the song was also used. The song also appears in the 2011 episode of The Simpsons titled "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing."

In 2010, Cooper rerecorded the song for the popular video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Dave Mustaine, the frontman for Megadeth, became Alice Cooper's godson after Cooper became his mentor. When the video for Megadeth's version of this song was being shot in 1989, director Penelope Spheeris remembered Mustaine being so messed up on drugs he could not do the vocals and guitar playing at the same time, so the parts had to be recorded separately. (thanks, Molly - Allegan, MI)

Pharrell Williams - Freq

Pharrell Williams - Freq Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: G I R L
Released: 2014

Freq Lyrics

Freq

This hidden track follows "Lost Queen" on the G I R L tracklisting. It acts as an interlude track, with the sound of crashing waves morphing into bubbling synths, before Pharrell intones some pseudo-spiritual lyrics. Skateboard P said at the album's listening party that the song has a "meditative vibe."

Pharrell is joined by R&B singer JoJo, who is best known for her 2006 hit, "Too Little, Too Late."

Metallica - Mama Said

Metallica - Mama Said Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Load
Released: 1996

Mama Said Lyrics

Mama she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
"Son your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore its done"

"The brightest flame burns quickest"
That's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owed to mother
But I must find my way

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still
Yeah, still

Rebel, my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck

The mark that still remains
Left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what is said is done

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
So let this heart be still

Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
A mother's love for her son
Unspoken, and maybe
Yeah, I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me
I need your arms to welcome me
But, a cold stone's all I see

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still
Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go

You never let my heart go
So let this heart be still

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave

So let this heart be still

Writer/s: SUGG, PATRICK/GARRETT, SCOTT/ORTEGA, DEAN/LEE, GARY /
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Mama Said

This is a song for James Hetfield's mother, who died of cancer when he was young. The song talks about his regrets of not being able to spend more time with her and how he hopes that she will still love him when he sees her again ("Mama now I'm coming home. I'm not all you wished of me. A mother's love for her son unspoken, help me be. Yeah I took your love for granted and all the things you said to me. I need your arms to welcome me. But a cold stone is all I see.") (thanks, Josh - El Paso, TX)

In an interview with Mojo magazine December 2008, Hetfield referred to this song about his mother as, "like a prodigal son song: leaving and then coming back and it's too late, you can't talk to her now." He added: "It was a realization that lots of questions went unanswered. 'I want to say this. I want to ask you this.' And you're unable to. But through therapy I was able to do a lot of grief work, about both parents."