Released: November 23, 1993
Songwriter: Kirk Hammett Cliff Burton Lars Ulrich James Hetfield
Producer: James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
[Verse 1]
Slaves, Hebrews born to serve
To the Pharaoh
Heed to his every word
Live in fear
Faith, of the unknown one
The deliverer
Wait, something must be done
Four hundred years
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
[Verse 2]
Now, let my people go
Land of Goshen
Go, I will be with thee
Bush of fire
Blood, running red and strong
Down the Nile
Plague, darkness three days long
Hail to fire
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Die, by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
Die, by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
[Verse 3]
I rule the midnight air
The destroyer
Born, I shall soon be there
Deadly mass
I creep the steps and floor
Final darkness
Blood, lambs blood painted door
I shall pass
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
Slaves, Hebrews born to serve
To the Pharaoh
Heed to his every word
Live in fear
Faith, of the unknown one
The deliverer
Wait, something must be done
Four hundred years
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
[Verse 2]
Now, let my people go
Land of Goshen
Go, I will be with thee
Bush of fire
Blood, running red and strong
Down the Nile
Plague, darkness three days long
Hail to fire
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Die, by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
Die, by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
[Verse 3]
I rule the midnight air
The destroyer
Born, I shall soon be there
Deadly mass
I creep the steps and floor
Final darkness
Blood, lambs blood painted door
I shall pass
[Chorus]
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death
Live Shit: Binge & Purge (Live in Mexico City)
- The Ecstasy of Gold / Enter Sandman (Live)
- The Four Horsemen [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Motorbreath [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Stone Cold Crazy [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Through the Never [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Seek & Destroy [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Whiplash [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Nothing Else Matters [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Wherever I May Roam [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- One [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Last Caress [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Am I Evil? [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Creeping Death [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Harvester of Sorrow [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Sad But True [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Of Wolf and Man [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- The Unforgiven [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Justice Medley [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Solos (Bass/Guitar) [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- For Whom the Bell Tolls [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Fade to Black [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Master of Puppets [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- So What/Battery [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]
- Nothing Else Matters
- One
- Enter Sandman
- Master of Puppets
- The Unforgiven
- Fade to Black
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Sad But True
- Creeping Death
- Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
- Wherever I May Roam
- Battery
- ...And Justice for All
- The Unforgiven II
- Blackened
- Atlas, Rise!
- Turn the Page
- The Four Horsemen
- Ride the Lightning
- Seek & Destroy
- The Unforgiven III
- Fuel
- The Day That Never Comes
- Disposable Heroes