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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1988 Album ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL)
F# 2 4 4 3 x x
G 3 5 5 4 x x
A 5 7 7 6 x x
E 0 2 2 1 x x
Gtr I, II (E A D G B E) - 'James - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III, IV (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk - Lead w/dist'
Intro - Fade In
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM----------------------------| PM------------|
E E S S E S S S S S S S S 14x E E S S E S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------||-||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||-||o---------------------------|
||-----------------------------||-||----------------------------|
||----------9------------------||-||----------------------------|
||o---------7-----------------o||-||o-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
2/4
PM----| PM------------------------| PM----------------------|
E E S S E S S S S S S S S 3x E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|----------------------------||---------------------------|------------||
|---------------------------o||---------------------------|------------||
|----------------------------||---------------------------|------------||
|----------------------------||---------------------------|------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--||
4/4
PM----------------------------------| ~ PM------| ~
S S E E E E S S S S E 4x S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S E Q
||-------------------------||-||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------o||-||o--------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------------||-||---------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------------||-||------------9-9-9-8--|-----------9-9-9-8--|
||o---7-----------7---7---o||-||o---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7-------7-7-7-7--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0----------|
1.
PM------| ~ PM------|
S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------9-9-9-8--|-----------8h9p8------------||
|---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7---------------7h8p7---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-------0--||
2.
2/4 4/4
PM------|
S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E E Q
|---------------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------8h9p8-----------|-----------------|-2----2------||
|-7-7-7-7-7---------7h8p7---|-----------------|-2----2------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-------0-|-6h7p6-0-2h3p2-0-|-0----0------||
Verse 1 & 3
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--------------------------4-|
||--------------------------5-|
||o-------------------------5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-Rhy Fig 1
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-------------------------4---|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------5---|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------5---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3---|
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|
|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
end Rhy Fig 1-|
PM--------------------| PM----------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S S E
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------7-|---------------------------7--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse 2, 4 & 5
$
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------5-|
|-------------------------5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------5-|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|
|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| PM--------------| PM
| S S S S S S S S E E E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------3-----3-|
|-------------------4-----4-|
|-------------------4-----4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|
|-play 2nd + 3rd times -----|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q=Q.
12/8
PM--------------------| PM-----| PM PM PM PM
|-3--| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|---------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|-3----(3)-----------||---9---9---10---7---7--8-|
|-------------------------5-|-4----(4)-----------||---9---9---10---7---7--8-|
|-------------------------5-|-4----(4)-----------||---7---7----8---5---5--6-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2----(2)-------3-2-||-0---0---0----0---0------|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8--|
|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8--|
|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6--|
|-0---0---0----0---0------|-0-7-0-7-0--8-0-5-0-5--6-|-0-7-0-7-0--8-0-5-0-5--6--|
PM PM PM PM PM PM--|
E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E H.
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|---9---9---10----7---7--8-|--------------------|
|---9---9---10----7---7--8-|---9--------9-------|
|---7---7----8----5---5--6-|---7--------7-------|
|-0-7-0-7-0--8-0--5-0-5--6-|---0--0-0-0---------|
|
| PM--| PM--|
| Q E E E E H. a Q E E E E H.
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-4----------4-------------|------------4-------|
|-4----------4-------------|-4s5--------4-------|
|-2----------2-------------|-4s5--------2-------|
|-----0-0-0--0-------------|-2s3--0-0-0-0-------|
|-play 3rd time only ---|
Q.=Q
2/4
PM--| PM--| PM--------|
a Q E E E E H. a Q E E E E H. S S e S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|
|------------4---------|----------------------|--------------|
|-4s5--------4---------|-4s5------------------|--------------|
|-4s5--------2---------|-4s5--5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-5-5-5/-|
|-2s3--0-0-0-0---------|-2s3--3-3-3-3---------|-6-6-6-3-3-3/-|
|---play this bar -----||---play this bar-----|
1st + 2nd time only 1st time only
F# G F# G F# G F# G
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W W Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
PM--------------------|
S S e S S e S S e S S e Q E E Q Q W W
|--------------------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|-3----4s3--------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|-4----5s4--------||--------------|--------------|
|-/7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-4----5s4--------||--------------|--------------|
|-/5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2--3-3s2--/12---||--------------|--------------|
F# G F# G F# G F# G F# G F# G
Q Q Q. E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q. E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
To Coda-|
F# G F# G F# G F# G F# A E
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q H Q. E Q. E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------||
Gtrs I, II
PM------| ~ PM------| ~ PM------| ~
S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S E Q
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------9-9-9-8--|-----------9-9-9-8--|-----------9-9-9-8---|
|---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7-------7-7-7-7---|
|-0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
PM------| PM PM PM PM--|
S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------o||----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
|-----------8h9p8-----------|-----------------2-----||-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
|---7---------------7h8p7---|-----------------2----o||-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-------0-|-6h7p6-0-2h3p2-0-0-----||-0-0-0-0--0--0----0---|
PM----| ~ PM--|
E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------9-9-9-8--|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
|---------7-7-7-7--|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|
PM----| ~ PM--|
E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------9-9-9-8--|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
|---------7-7-7-7--|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|
PM----| PM PM------------------
E E E E E e E E E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------5---|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
|-----------5---5-|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-7-------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|
-------| PM PM---------------|
E E E E E e E E E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------5---|------------------------|
|-----------5---5-|-9-------10-10-10-8-9---|
|-0-0-0-0-7-------|-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7---|
5/4 4/4
PM--------| PM PM-------------------------| PM
E E E E E e E e E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E E
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------5---5---|----------------------|-------------5---||
|-----------6---6---5-|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|-----------6---5-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||
Gtrs III, IV
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E
|-----------------8---------------|---------------------8-------|
|---10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8-------------|
|---10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
|-------------12------------------|-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-------| PM------|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7---------------8-8-8--6-7------|------------------------3----|
|-5--5-5-------5--5-5-5--5-5------|--5--5--5-5----------3-----3-|
|---------------------------------|------------------5----------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
w/Rhy Fig 2
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E
|------------------8---------------|---------------------8-------|
|----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8-------------|
|-10-10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
|-12-----------12------------------|-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
5/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------5-------------|---------------5-------------|
|---5-4h5p4---------5-4h5p4-|-----5-4h5p4-----5p4---5p4---|
|-7---------7---------------|-7-5---------7-------7-----7-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM------| PM----| PM PM
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E e E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-------------------------|-----------------3-----3-----|
|-7-----------8-8-8-6-7-----|---------------3-----3-----3-|
|-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-------|-5-5-5-5-----5---------------|
4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E E S S S E Q E S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------5---------------|
|---5-4h5p4---------5-4h5p4---|
|-7---------7-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7-----------8-8-8-6-7-------|
|-5-5-5-----5-5-----5---------|
|-3--| |-3--|
E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S E Q E S S S
|---------------------|------------------8---------------|
|---------------5-----|----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|
|-----5p4-5p4-----5---|----10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|
|-7-5---------7-------|-12-----------12------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
| E E S S S E Q E S S S
| |-3--| |-3--|
|
| PM------| PM
| E E E E E e E E
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| w/Rhy Fig 2
|-----------------3---|
|---------------3---3-|
|-5-5-5---5---5-------|
|-3--|
E E E S S S E E E E
|---------------------8-------|
|-------10-8h10p8-------------|
|-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
|-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
E E E S S S E E E E
|-3--|
5/4
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E
|------------------8---------------|---------------------------------|
|----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8s6-5-6p5---6p5---|
|-10-10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-7-5-5-4-7-5-4-5-|
|-12-----------12------------------|-12-10-------------------7-----5-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
|
| PM-------| PM------| PM PM PM
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E e E e
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--7---------------8-8-8--6-7------|---------------------3-----3-----|
|--5--5-5-------5--5------5--------|--5--5--5-5--------3-----3-----3-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------5---------------|
4/4
Q Q H W W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Q Q H
|
|
PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|
|-7--7-7-8-8-8-6-6-6-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-6-6-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-|
|-5--5-5-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, II
F# G F# G
W Q E E Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtrs I, II Gtr III
4___/ 2.5____/ 2.5____/
PM--------|
E E e e e e e e Q a +Q a +Q a +Q
|-----------------||------------------------------------|
|-----------------||------------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----||-2----4-(4)s=====9-(9)s====11-(11)--|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-||------------------------------------|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-5-5-||------------------------------------|
|-------------3-3-||------------------------------------|
F# G F# G
Q E E Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
2.5____/
~~~~
Q. a +E +Q +S S E
|-----------------------------------------22b25==|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-/22b23----22-----(22)b23==(22)--(22)r-x--------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
F# G F# G E G F#
G
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
Q
| | | | | | |
|
/ / / / / / /
/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--|
+Q Q +E S S S E. S S S S E +E S S S S H
|-(22)r--22b25====(22)r-19h22p19-18--18-|-18h19p18s15-(15)-15-15h18p15s14-----|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F# G F# G
Q E E Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
~~
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-14h15p14----14----------------------------------|
|----------17----17-15-14----15p14----------15p14-|
|-------------------------16-------16-15-16-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F# G F# G F# G F#
G
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
Q
| | | | | | |
|
/ / / / / / /
/
~~ ~~
|--3--|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------14-15-14h15p14----14-15-18-18-|
|----------15p14-----------15p14----------|---15p14----14-15-17----------------17-------------|
|-16-15-16-------16-15-16--------16-15-16-|-x-------16----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
F#
E E E E H
| | | |
/ / / /
2.5____/
T T T T
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S a +H D.S. al Coda
|-19p18p15-19p18p15-19p18p15-19p18p15----------------||
|-------------------------------------19-----(19)----||
|-------------------------------------19-----(19)----||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
&
F# A E
Gtrs I, II
H Q. E Q. E Q E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|-------------|---------------|
Q=Q.
12/8
PM PM PM PM PM--|
E E E E E E E E E Q E 4x Q E E E E H.
||---------------------------||------------------||
||o-------------------------o||------------------||
||----9---9s7-10---7---7--8--||------------------||
||----9---9s7-10---7---7--8--||-2--------2-------||
||o---7---7s5--8---5---5--6-o||-2--------2-------||
||--0-7-0-7s5--8-0-5-0-5--6--||-0--0-0-0-0-------||
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM--|
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|------------------|
|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|-2--------2-------|
|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|-2--------2-------|
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#1 by More Cowbell at Jan 31, 1971 at 5:13 AM EST |
| It's about how today's goverment is hypocritical about the bill of rights and constitution. | |
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marc Professional |
#2 by marc at Oct 9, 1973 at 5:53 PM EST |
| The great thing about most of Metallica's songs is that they're open to different interpretations :) | |
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Phillip Average |
#3 by Phillip Nguyen at Nov 17, 1984 at 11:26 PM EST |
| I think its about how the government controlls everything about our daily lives even though this is a free country. As they say in the chorus "Independence Limited, Freedom of choice is made for you my friend.." "Freedom no longer frees you" just think about it that is exactly the message they are sending out to everyone | |
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Mauricio Wanna Be |
#4 by Mauricio Tonon at Feb 3, 1985 at 8:10 PM EST |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah--injustice, perversion of truth, disenfranchisement, etc. No one has addressed what the paragraph that is sung three times in the song is about, that goes: Doesn't matter what you see, or into it what you read, you can do it your own way, if it's done just how I say. I am not certain, but there seems to be a bit of irony here. It could be that James is declaring a call to arms against the government, in a covert sort of way, or that he is pointing out what GregL touched on. Sort of like, if I hate the government, and this song sounds like a song that is about hating the government, then I will subscribe to the meaning of this song. Even though James is possibly making fun of people like this, in this song. For instance, 99% of this song might have lyrics that are saying things like, "government is corrupt, I hate the government, etc.". Then a tiny paragraph in the song is saying, "See, I can make you join a cause, by manipulating you with 99% of the lyrics to my song". Subscribing to a certain theory or cause, just because superficially, it sounds like what they want to believe in. James is ironic that way. Although I am leaning towards the call to arms thing. James Hetfield is very cool. | |
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Laurence Average |
#5 by Laurence Alam at Feb 19, 1997 at 7:30 PM EST |
| The whole album is all about politics. And this one is about media censorship as already said | |
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Maggot Man Wanna Be |
#6 by Maggot Man at Oct 11, 1998 at 3:05 PM EST |
| The song is about freedom and it is only as true as you perceive it. It protests against the restricted limit of freedom by the law. | |
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duncan_player Wanna Be |
#7 by duncan_player at May 19, 2005 at 10:57 AM EST |
| Actually it's about the lack of freedom in the law and the justice system. | |