Metallica - Until It Sleeps Lyrics

Artist: Metallica

Album: Load

  • Songwriters: James Alan Hetfield, Lars Ulrich

Where do I take this pain of mine
I run, but it stays right my side

So tear me open, pour me out
There's things inside that scream and shout
And the pain still hates me
So hold me, until it sleeps

Just like the curse, just like the stray
You feed it all once and now it stays
Now it stays

So tear me open, but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me, until I'm clean

It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me
It hates you, so hold me
It holds you, so hold me

Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps

So tell me why you've chosen me
Don't want your grip, don't want your greed
I don't want it

So tear me open, make you gone
No longer will you hurt anyone
And the face still shakes me
So hold me, until it sleeps

It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me, oh, yeah
It hates you, so hold me
It holds you, holds you, holds you

Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps

I don't want it
Don't want it
Want it
Want it
Want it
Want it, no

So tear me open, but beware
The things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me, till I'm clean

I'll tear me open, a big jar
No longer would you hurt anyone
And the fear still shapes me
So hold me, until it sleeps

Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps
Until it sleeps


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