Released: November 23, 1993
Songwriter: Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Cliff Burton James Hetfield
Producer: James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
[Verse 1]
End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death's construction
[Refrain]
Taste me, you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
[Verse 2]
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
[Refrain]
Taste me, you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
[Post-Chorus]
(Master, master, master, master...)
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Bridge]
Master! Master! Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master! Master! You promised only lies
Laughter! Laughter! All I hear or see is laughter
Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries
Fix me!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now, your life is out of season
[Refrain]
I will occupy, I will help you die
I will run through you, now I rule you too
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death's construction
[Refrain]
Taste me, you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
[Verse 2]
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
[Refrain]
Taste me, you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
[Post-Chorus]
(Master, master, master, master...)
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Bridge]
Master! Master! Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master! Master! You promised only lies
Laughter! Laughter! All I hear or see is laughter
Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries
Fix me!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now, your life is out of season
[Refrain]
I will occupy, I will help you die
I will run through you, now I rule you too
[Pre-Chorus]
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your...
[Chorus]
Master! Master!
Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master! Master!
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