Released: November 23, 1993
Songwriter: Lars Ulrich James Hetfield
Producer: James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
[Verse 1]
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who cares
They (They), they betray
I'm your only true friend now
They (They), they'll betray
I'm forever there
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
[Verse 2]
You (You), you're my mask
You're my cover my shelter
You (You), you're my mask
You're the one who's blamed
Do (Do), do my work
Do my dirty work scapegoat
Do (Do), do my deeds
For you're the one who's shamed
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I'm your dream
I'm your eyes
I'm your pain
I'm your dream (I'm your dream)
I'm your eyes (I'm your eyes)
I'm your pain (I'm your pain)
You know it's sad but true
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Hate (Hate), I'm your hate
I'm your hate when you want love
Pay (Pay), pay the price
Pay for nothing's fair
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who took you there
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
And I no longer care
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your truth, telling lies
I'm your recent alibis
I'm inside, open your eyes
I'm you
Sad but true
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who cares
They (They), they betray
I'm your only true friend now
They (They), they'll betray
I'm forever there
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
[Verse 2]
You (You), you're my mask
You're my cover my shelter
You (You), you're my mask
You're the one who's blamed
Do (Do), do my work
Do my dirty work scapegoat
Do (Do), do my deeds
For you're the one who's shamed
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I'm your dream
I'm your eyes
I'm your pain
I'm your dream (I'm your dream)
I'm your eyes (I'm your eyes)
I'm your pain (I'm your pain)
You know it's sad but true
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Hate (Hate), I'm your hate
I'm your hate when you want love
Pay (Pay), pay the price
Pay for nothing's fair
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
I'm the one who took you there
Hey (Hey), I'm your life
And I no longer care
[Chorus]
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your truth, telling lies
I'm your recent alibis
I'm inside, open your eyes
I'm you
Sad but true
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