One

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich

Total Performances

First Performed Live

September 11, 1988

Most Recent Performance

December 14, 2023

Lyrics

                        I can’t remember anything
Can’t tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to 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

Back in the womb it’s much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can’t look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I’ll live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime 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

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

Darkness
Imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Landmine
Has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell

© 1988 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

December 14, 2023

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Soundstorm Festival @ Banban

November 12, 2023

Detroit, MI, United States

Ford Field

November 5, 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 27, 2023

Los Angeles, CA, United States

SoFi Stadium

August 20, 2023

Arlington, TX, United States

AT&T Stadium

August 13, 2023

Montreal, QC, Canada

Stade Olympique

August 6, 2023

East Rutherford, NJ, United States

MetLife Stadium

June 18, 2023

Gothenburg, Sweden

Ullevi Stadium

June 10, 2023

Castle Donington, England

Download Festival @ Donington Park

May 26, 2023

Hamburg, Germany

Volksparkstadion