Low Man’s Lyric

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
There’s a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain

I fall ‘cause I’ve let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bear to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And you won’t cry for this man
‘Cause low man is due

Please forgive me

My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touch the clean to the waste

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bear to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
‘Cause low man is due

Please forgive me

So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again

And I cry to the alleyway
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I’ve broken to match my face

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bear to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
‘Cause low man is due

Please forgive me

So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again

My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins

© 1997 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

September 13, 1998

San Diego, CA, United States

Coors Amphitheatre

September 12, 1998

Las Vegas, NV, United States

Cashman Field

September 11, 1998

Phoenix, AZ, United States

Desert Sky Pavilion

September 8, 1998

Denver, CO, United States

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

September 7, 1998

Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Stewart Stadium

September 5, 1998

George, WA, United States

The Gorge Amphitheatre

September 4, 1998

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Thunderbird Stadium

September 3, 1998

Portland, OR, United States

Portland Meadows

September 1, 1998

Sacramento, CA, United States

Cal Expo

August 30, 1998

Mountain View, CA, United States

Shoreline Amphitheatre

August 28, 1998

Irvine, CA, United States

Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

August 2, 1998

Houston, TX, United States

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion