Cyanide

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Kirk Hammett
  • Robert Trujillo

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

May 19, 2023

Lyrics

                        Sleep and dream of this
Death angel’s kiss
Brings final bliss
Completely

Empty they say,
Death, won’t you let me stay?

Empty they say,
Death, hear me call your name,
Call your name...

...suicide
I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral
I’ve been waiting for

...cyanide
Living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more

Wait, wait patiently
Your death black wings
Unfolding sleep
Spreading o’er me

Empty they say,
Death, won’t you let me stay?

Empty they say,
Death, hear me call your name,
Call your name...

...suicide
I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral
I’ve been waiting for

...cyanide
Living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more

Say, is that rain or are they tears?
That has stained your concrete face for years
The crying, weeping, shedding strife
Year after year, life after life

An air of freshly broken ground
A concrete angel lit right down
Upon the grave which swallows fast
It’s peace at last, peace at last!

Empty they say,
Death, won’t you let me stay?

Empty they say,
Death, hear me call your name,
Call your name...

...suicide
I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral
I’ve been waiting for

...cyanide
Living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more

Forever more,
Forever more
It’s just the funeral
I’ve been waiting for

© 2008 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

May 19, 2023

Paris, France

Stade de France

July 8, 2022

Lisbon, Portugal

NOS Alive @ Passeio Marítimo de Algés

June 24, 2022

Hockenheim, Germany

Download Germany @ Hockenheimring

June 22, 2022

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Rocks @ Letiště Praha Letňany

May 12, 2022

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Mineirão

November 12, 2021

Daytona Beach, FL, United States

Welcome to Rockville @ Daytona International Speedway

October 8, 2021

Sacramento, CA, United States

Aftershock @ Discovery Park

September 24, 2021

Louisville, KY, United States

Louder Than Life @ Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center

September 20, 2021

Chicago, IL, United States

The Metro

September 2, 2018

Madison, WI, United States

Kohl Center

September 19, 2015

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rock in Rio @ Cidade do Rock

August 27, 2015

Moscow, Russia

Olympijskiy Stadium