Day 17: A Song I Often Hear On The Radio

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Master of Puppets by Metallica from Master of Puppets (1986)

An absolute favorite of mine from my most loved band of all time! It's quite amazing how many times I've heard this song over the years. Most surprising to me, I suppose, is the fact that I hear it almost everyday on the radio when I'm at the gym. It's either the first or last song I hear.


Kirk Hammett's and James Hetfield's solos are amazing, Lars Ulrich's drum intro is something I've played often on the steering well. I would give anything to watch this song played live because it is, to me, one of the best songs to have ever been composed into this genre of music - it does figure in several lists of 'Best Metal Songs Ever'. To me this defines, to a very large extent, what music should be - fast riffs, slow rhythms, powerful and meaningful lyrics, grating and smooth vocals, energy and absolute epic-ness!







Written by: Ulrich, Lars; Hetfield, James; Burton, Cliff; Hammett, Kirk


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
Taste me you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you

Come crawling faster, obey your master
Your life burns faster, obey your master
Master, master!
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, 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

Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see, more is all you need
Dedicated to how I'm killing you

Come crawling faster, obey your master
Your life burns faster, obey your master
Master, master!
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, 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



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!

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Neverending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy, I will help you die
I will run through you, now I rule you too

Come crawling faster, obey your master
Your life burns faster, obey your master
Master, master!
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, 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

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