Master of Puppets

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Cliff Burton
  • Kirk Hammett

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

December 14, 2023

Lyrics

                        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
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master

Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and 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
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master

Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and 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
Never-ending 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 of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and 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

© 1986 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

December 14, 2023

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Soundstorm Festival @ Banban

November 10, 2023

Detroit, MI, United States

Ford Field

November 3, 2023

St. Louis, MO, United States

Dome at America’s Center

October 8, 2023

Indio, CA, United States

Power Trip @ Empire Polo Club

September 9, 2023

Phoenix, AZ, United States

State Farm Stadium

August 25, 2023

Los Angeles, CA, United States

SoFi Stadium

August 18, 2023

Arlington, TX, United States

AT&T Stadium

August 11, 2023

Montreal, QC, Canada

Stade Olympique

August 4, 2023

East Rutherford, NJ, United States

MetLife Stadium

June 16, 2023

Gothenburg, Sweden

Ullevi Stadium

June 8, 2023

Castle Donington, England

Download Festival @ Donington Park

May 28, 2023

Hamburg, Germany

Volksparkstadion