Released: August 8, 1983
Songwriter: James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer: Paul Curcio
Late at night, all systems go, you've come to see the show
We do our best, you're the rest, you make it real, you know
There's a feeling deep inside that drives you fuckin' mad
A feeling of a hammerhead, you need it oh so bad
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash!
Bang your head against the stage like you never did before
Make it ring, make it bleed, make it really sore
In a frenzied madness with your leather and your spikes
Heads are bobbing all around, it's hot as hell tonight
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash!
Here on the stage the Marshalls' noise is piercing through your ears
It kicks your ass, kick your face, exploding feeling nears
Now's the time to let it rip, to let it fuckin' loose
We're gathered here to maim and kill, 'cause this is what we choose
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Here we go!
Whiplash!
The show is through, the metal's gone, it's time to hit the road
Another town, another gig, again we will explode
Hotel rooms and motorways, life out here is raw
But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
We do our best, you're the rest, you make it real, you know
There's a feeling deep inside that drives you fuckin' mad
A feeling of a hammerhead, you need it oh so bad
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash!
Bang your head against the stage like you never did before
Make it ring, make it bleed, make it really sore
In a frenzied madness with your leather and your spikes
Heads are bobbing all around, it's hot as hell tonight
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash!
Here on the stage the Marshalls' noise is piercing through your ears
It kicks your ass, kick your face, exploding feeling nears
Now's the time to let it rip, to let it fuckin' loose
We're gathered here to maim and kill, 'cause this is what we choose
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Here we go!
Whiplash!
The show is through, the metal's gone, it's time to hit the road
Another town, another gig, again we will explode
Hotel rooms and motorways, life out here is raw
But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
- Whiplash - Single (1983)
- 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