Fade to Black (Live - Seattle ’89) lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live, ohh
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
I need the end to set me free

[Verse 2]
Things not what they used to be
I’m missing one inside of me
Deathly loss, this can't be real
I cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn, yeah
I was me, but now he's gone, yeah... yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try, ooh yeah
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
Goodbye... sh*t!
[Instrumental Outro]

[James Hetfield, spoken]
You guys dig that song, don't you?
Well, f*ck you I dig it
Hey man, I don't know about you
But, uh, it's like summertime
And to me, it's, uh
f*cking beer-drinking weather, yeah?
You guys get lubed up on the way in here?
Have some f*cking...
Bet you had some hot beers out in the car, didn't you?
Well, I'm gonna take time right now and f*cking have myself one...
And I just want to say cheers to all you guys
And f*cking thanks for coming down
And getting nutty with us, man
Cheers