Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
"They've Come to Take Your Life. Or Choose Your Fate and Die. Killing scores with demon swords. Now's the death of doers of wrong. Swing the judgment hammer down. You will pay Dying, one thousand deaths. Say goodbye to the world you live in. Our brains are on fire with the feeling to kill. Death! Deliverance for you for sure. Time marches on For whom the bell tolls. Take a look to the sky just before you die. Life, it seems, will fade away. I have lost the will to live. Need the end to set me free. Death greets me warm, now I will just say. I'm creeping death. Die (Die). By my hand (Die, die). I creep across the land (Die, die). Killing first-born man (Die, die, die). Leading on your death's construction. Dedicated to How I'm killing you. Life of death becoming clearer. How I'm killing you. Now your life is out of season. I will help you die."
I was writing a song about dying, when I noticed that everyone who writes or sings about death, dies ... and usually tragically.
In 1983, Cliff Burton joined the newly formed Metallica and they soon released their debut album Kill 'Em All with no shortage of references to death!
In 1984 they released Ride the Lightning and the death theme continued.
Master of Puppets was released in 1986 with more songs about death.
In September 1986, Metalica's tour bus crashed in Sweden, pinning Burton under the bus. He died as other members of the band tried to free him.
Side Note: I quickly reworked the theme of my tune to be about returning home through space and time (totally not dying). I then dropped the lyrics and turned the melody into a guitar instrumental. That should be safe (youtu.be/1FuUKGrjEGY)!
"They've Come to Take Your Life. Or Choose Your Fate and Die. Killing scores with demon swords. Now's the death of doers of wrong. Swing the judgment hammer down. You will pay Dying, one thousand deaths. Say goodbye to the world you live in. Our brains are on fire with the feeling to kill. Death! Deliverance for you for sure. Time marches on For whom the bell tolls. Take a look to the sky just before you die. Life, it seems, will fade away. I have lost the will to live. Need the end to set me free. Death greets me warm, now I will just say. I'm creeping death. Die (Die). By my hand (Die, die). I creep across the land (Die, die). Killing first-born man (Die, die, die). Leading on your death's construction. Dedicated to How I'm killing you. Life of death becoming clearer. How I'm killing you. Now your life is out of season. I will help you die."
I was writing a song about dying, when I noticed that everyone who writes or sings about death, dies ... and usually tragically.
In 1983, Cliff Burton joined the newly formed Metallica and they soon released their debut album Kill 'Em All with no shortage of references to death!
In 1984 they released Ride the Lightning and the death theme continued.
Master of Puppets was released in 1986 with more songs about death.
In September 1986, Metalica's tour bus crashed in Sweden, pinning Burton under the bus. He died as other members of the band tried to free him.
Side Note: I quickly reworked the theme of my tune to be about returning home through space and time (totally not dying). I then dropped the lyrics and turned the melody into a guitar instrumental. That should be safe (youtu.be/1FuUKGrjEGY)!
