Song Details
Written by
- James Hetfield
- Lars Ulrich
Total Performances
20
First Performed Live
May 7, 2012
Most Recent Performance
November 14, 2021
Lyrics
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail Never begins it, never, but once engaged... Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage Don’t tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore... Don’t tread on me Love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite Quick is the blue tongue, forked as the lighting strike Shining with brightness, always on surveillance The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance Don’t tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore... Don’t tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore... Don’t tread on me© 1991 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)
Live Performances
November 14, 2021
Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Welcome to Rockville @ Daytona International Speedway
October 10, 2021
Sacramento, CA, United States
Aftershock @ Discovery Park
September 26, 2021
Louisville, KY, United States
Louder Than Life @ Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center
June 24, 2012
Atlantic City, NJ, United States
Orion Music + More @ Bader Field
June 10, 2012
Nickelsdorf, Austria
Nova Rock @ Pannonia Fields II
June 9, 2012
Castle Donington, England
Download Festival @ Donington Park
June 6, 2012
Horsens, Denmark
Fængslet
June 4, 2012
Helsinki, Finland
Sonisphere @ Kalasatama
June 2, 2012
Nürburg, Germany
Rock am Ring @ Nürburgring
June 1, 2012
Nuremberg, Germany
Rock im Park @ Zeppelinfeld
May 30, 2012
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Sonisphere @ Rives du Lac
May 28, 2012
Werchter, Belgium
Werchter Boutique @ Festivalpark