Metallica Song Catalog: The End of the Line

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Written by

James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Kirk Hammett
Robert Trujillo

Total Performances

150

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First Performed Live

September 12, 2008

Berlin, Germany

Most Recent Performance

December 19, 2021

San Francisco, CA, United States

Appeared on These Releases

"Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México" Album Cover

"Live in Brazil (1993-2017)" Album Cover

Lyrics

Need... more and more Tainted misery Bleed... battle scars Chemical affinity Reign... legacy Innocence corrode Stain... rot away Catatonic overload Choke... asphyxia Snuff reality Scorch... kill the light Incinerate celebrity Reaper... butchery Karma amputee Bloodline... redefine Death contagious deity Hooked into this deceiver Need more and more Into the endless fever Need more and more New consequence machine You burn through all your gasoline Asylum overtime Nevermind... You’ve reached the end of the line Time... Choke the clock Steal another day Die... Faithfully Narcissistic fade away Twisted... Jump the rail Shatter the crowd below Breaker... Chase the ghost From latest high to all-time low Hooked into this deceiver Need more and more Into the endless fever Need more and more New consequence machine Burn through all your gasoline Asylum overtime Nevermind... You’ve reached the end of the line Drop the hourglass of time Spilling sand we will not find As we gather here today We bid farewell... The slave becomes the master The slave becomes the master The slave becomes the master The slave becomes the master Need more and more Right now and ever after Need more and more New consequence machine Burn through all your gasoline Asylum overtime Nevermind... Dead hourglass of time Sand we will not ever find We gather here today Say goodbye Cause you’ve reached the end of the line The end of the line The end of the line The end of the line You’ve reached the end of the line