Metallica One (Video Version) Lyrics

[Spoken]:
'His cerebrum has suffered massive and irreparable damage.'
'He'll never know what has happened to him.'
'If I had not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live.'
-Where am I?... Father?... What Happened... I need Help . . .

'What is democracy? what is democracy?'
'It's got something to do with young men killing each other, I believe.'
'When it comes my turn, will you want me to go?'
'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'

'It is impossible for a de-cerebrated individual to experience pain, pleasure, memory, dreams
or thought of any kind. This young man will be as unfeeling, as unthinking as the dead, until the day he joins them'

-I don't know whether I am alive and dreaming or dead and remembering-
-How can you tell what's a dream and what's real when you can't even tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?-
-Where am I?-
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I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops me

Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god wake me
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[Spoken]:
-They just went ahead and chopped off everything-
-Oh god...please make them hear me-
-They won't listen...They won't hear me-
-If you don't wake me up I'll be like this for years-
-Hear me-
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Back in the womb it's much to real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a war time novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god wake me
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[Spoken]:
-I'm just like a piece of meat, that keeps on living-

-It won't always be like this, will it?-

-I can't live like this....I...I can't....Please no, I ca...I can't... Help me, help me, please help me, mother, where are you? help me mother I'm having a nightmare and I can't wake up-
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Now the world is gone I'm just one
Oh god help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god help me
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[Spoken]
-Me, lying here, like some...freak, at a carnival show-
'He is the armless, legless, wonder, of the 20th century!'
'Death has a dignity, all it's own'
-Father, I need help...I'm in terrible trouble and I need help-
'Don't you remember when you were little, how you and Bill Harper used to string a wire between the two houses, so you could telegraph to each other? Still remember the Morse Code?'
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Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see absolute horror
I cannot live, I cannot die
Trapped in myself body my holding cell
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[Spoken]
'It's morse code'
'For what?'
'SOS........Help!'
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Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech, taken my hearing
Taken my arms, taken my legs
Taken my soul, left me with a life in hell
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[Spoken]
'What's he saying?'
'He said kill me. Over and over again. Kill me.'
-Oh god, please make them hear me-
'Don't YOU have some message for him, Padre?'
'He's a product of your profession...not mine.'
-Kill me. I am asking you to kill me-
-Thank you...-
-Pray for me, please-
-Father?-
'Each man faces death by himself. Alone.'
-Goodbye, father-

-Inside me, I am screaming, but nobody pays any attention.-
-If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away. If I had a voice, I could talk, and be some kind of company for myself.-
-Why don't they get it over with and kill me?-
-I could yell for help, but nobody would help me-
-I've just got to do something-
-I don't see how I could... go on like this.

-S..O..S...Help me....S..O..S...Help...me-

(partial song, fades out)
Keep the Home Fires Burning,
While your hearts are yearning,
Though your lads are far away
They dream of home.
There's a silver lining
Through the dark clouds shining,
Turn the dark cloud inside out
'Til the boys come home