Metallica

Released: November 23, 1999

Featuring: San Francisco Symphony

Songwriter: Lars Ulrich James Hetfield

Producer: Michael Kamen Lars Ulrich James Hetfield Bob Rock

[Chorus]
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the (memory remains)
Yeah!

[Verse 1]
Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd
Cry the nowhere tears of honor
Like twisted vines that grow
Hide and swallow mansions whole
Dim the light of an already faded prima donna

[Chorus]
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the (memory remains)
Yeah!

[Verse 2]
Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back
Can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

[Chorus]
Yeah
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane (Insane)
Fortune, fame (Fortune, fame)
Mirror vain (Mirror vain)
Gone insane (Gone insane)
Dance little tin goddess

Sing it for us!
(La da da....)
Are you singing?

[Bridge]
Drift away
F-f-fade away
Little tin goddess
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

[Chorus]
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane (Insane)
Fortune, fame (Fortune, fame)
Mirror vain (Mirror vain)
Gone insane (Gone insane)
But the memory remains

[Bridge]
Ash to ash (ash to ash)
Dust to dust (dust to dust)
Fade to black (fade to black)
The memory remains

[Outro]
Yeah
To the faded prima donna, yeah, yeah, yeah hey

Ah, suck it!

[Guitar solo]

Dance little tin goddess dance
Sing it, baby!
(La da da....)
Sing it!
Sing it!
To the head
(La da da....)

Like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden before, Metallica has managed to transcend the genre from which it was originated. To their metal fanbase they are considered one of the Big Four bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer; however Metallica is also one of the most commercially successful bands in all of rock music, having sold 110 million records including the 16x platinum Metallica, which stands as both the highest selling metal album of all time and most successful album of the past 25 years.

Metallica was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles after drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advert in the classifieds newspaper The Recycler, which was answered by singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who later formed Megadeth after being kicked out of the band because of his substance and alchohol abuse, and bassist Ron McGovney, a childhood friend of Hetfield. These two early members were replaced with Cliff Burton (who relocated the band to San Francisco) and ex-Exodus lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett to form the band’s classic line-up.

The band released three albums, 1983’s Kill ‘Em All, 1984’s Ride The Lightning and 1986’s Master of Puppets before the tragic and untimely death of Cliff Burton on September 27th, 1986.

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