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THE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY
METALLICA
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OH EE OH EE OH
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ryan Rhythm Player |
#1 by Ryan Ruegemer at Feb 17, 1973 at 2:08 PM EST |
| Whoa metallicaman, calm down! Yeah, it pisses me off too when people get songs wrong, but damn, don;t kill to guy over it! Anyway, underrated song, great guitars, great vocals and an awesome theme, and of course, the thin sound quality that haunted all of ..And Justice For All. (durn producers) | |
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Marcus19 Rhythm Player |
#2 by Marcus19 Doug at Nov 14, 1973 at 3:31 AM EST |
| Great song, very underrated. On the outside it's about insanity (obviously), but I think there's another meaning (aka Master of Puppets being about soldiers, but really being about drugs)... | |
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alex Average |
#3 by alex at Apr 25, 1981 at 7:59 AM EST |
| i think that it that its about someone who's so afraid of failure that they believe that everyone is out to get them and in reality they are sabotaging themselves but they realize this when its too late explaining the shift from everyone to myself and upon realizing this the person goes insane which is why you hear laughter at the end | |
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Jimmy "Hoffa" Average |
#4 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Oct 29, 1985 at 5:48 AM EST |
| I would say a downward spiral. He says in the beginning that he has fallen prey to failure and that triggered his struggle within, self doubt. From there it progressively gets worse. What did he fail at? Someone said drugs and that makes sense, could be lots of things. | |
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Basstard Professional |
#5 by Basstard at Aug 20, 1991 at 10:58 PM EST |
| U guys didnt need to post ur comments, the title is self-explanitory | |
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scotty 2 hotty Rhythm Player |
#6 by scotty 2 hotty at Aug 11, 1992 at 12:00 PM EST |
| Almost cmoore It deals with paranoia and the growing inability to distinguish fantasy from reality. | |
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Håvard Average |
#7 by Håvard Banne at Nov 30, 1992 at 3:23 AM EST |
| Evillawyer's definitely right about this song being underrated. The production also could've been better on the entire album, which woulda made every song sound more 'radio-friendly' maybe. One of the best songs to me on 'Justice', though the whole album rocked. | |
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Adam Average |
#8 by Adam Favro at Jul 22, 1996 at 9:31 AM EST |
| Both of you are right. The song's about being really paranoid and can't tell what's real and what's fake. While tipping over to the insane side of the mental borderline. O.o o.O O.O o.o | |
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Will Wanna Be |
#9 by Will Hay at Nov 4, 1998 at 7:33 AM EST |
| gotta love that wizzard of oz intro | |
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Obtuse Professional |
#10 by Obtuse at Jul 18, 2003 at 6:35 AM EST |
| i like how it changes to "myself is after me" in the last verse......ive always interpreted it that this means that the mental state has gotten worse and more schizophrenic..........i love the intro on this song | |
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Jared Wanna Be |
#11 by Jared van Eck at Oct 27, 2005 at 5:47 AM EST |
| I like the wizard of oz part at the beginning really catchy. | |
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