UNTIL IT SLEEPS LYRICS
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Until It Sleeps LyricsArtist(Band):Metallica
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Send "Until It Sleeps" Ringtones to Cell Where do I take this pain of mineI run but it stays right by my sideSo tear me open and pour me outThere's things inside that scream and shoutAnd the pain still hates meSo hold me until it sleepsJust like the curse, just like the strayYou feed it once and now it staysNow it staysSo tear me open but bewareThere's things inside without a careAnd the dirt still stains meSo wash me until I'm cleanIt grips you so hold meIt stains you so hold meIt hates you so hold meIt holds you so hold meUntil it sleepsSo tell me why you've chosen meDon't want your grip, don't want your greedDon't want itI'll tear me open make you goneNo more can you hurt anyoneAnd the fear still shakes meSo hold me, until it sleepsIt grips you so hold meIt stains you so hold meIt hates you so hold meIt holds you, holds you, holds you until it sleeps (x4)AND IT WONT IT WONT IT WONT IT WONT IT WONT IT KNOWSSo tear me open but bewareThere's things inside without a careAnd the dirt still stains meSo wash me 'til I'm cleanI'll tear me open make you goneNo longer will you hurt anyoneAnd the hate still SHAMES meSo hold me until it sleeps (x5)
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If you find some error in Until It Sleeps Lyrics,would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You.Thanks to skittles for submitting the lyrics.
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The unReal meaning of this song Reviewer: Anonymous 3/17/09Oh its about cancer and also taking little bits and wondering about what they mean and also about smoking and drug addiction and in some parts drinking its also about being big and curing things for the first time for no reason. *suspicious fake cough*Mal-Altar, it makes sense to you because you wrote the meanings. You can really make all the lines anything, a lot of the meanings don't even make much sense...don't pride that section so much.
Open your eyes to the almost certain meaning Reviewer: Mal-Atar 3/15/09Sometimes you people DON'T think.These lyrics talk about cancer, get used to it. If you want to give them another meaning, you're free to do it, that's nice about music, you can shape it to your own personal life. But don't try to change it's original meaning with theories even after the original artist talked about it.I even dare to say the lyrics were made thinking about his mother perspective!You cannot take a part of the lyrics and say "LOOK IT IS LIKE THAT!"You have to fully analyse it.Where do I take this pain of mine (He/She CANNOT take it, because cancer is INSIDE)I run but it stays right by my side (Yes, it is inside, always with the person with cancer, wherever they go!)So tear me open and pour me out (surgery is the first treatment to cancer, so "tear me open and pour me out", like take it away)There's things inside that scream and shout (may be the reference to the tumor)And the pain still hates me (of course, cancer hurts like hell)So hold me until it sleeps (he/she asks for some kind of protection, "sleep" may be reference to death)Just like the curse, just like the stray (oh yes, a cancer IS like a curse that never leaves you! "Stray" may be reference to the spread of the cancer to the rest of the body)You feed it once and now it stays (yes, it starts like a small tumor, that grows up and up and up, feeding from your own body)Now it staysSo tear me open but beware (you want a new surgery, but you must be careful)There's things inside without a care (cancer is the overgrowth "without a care" of deficient cells)And the dirt still stains me ("And tha cancer stills in me even after all these treatments, surgery and chemotherapy")So wash me until I'm clean (keep "washing"/Healing/Treating me until the cancer is clean)It grips you so hold me (cancer grips your body like hell!)It stains you so hold me (it surelly "stains" you, many cases until death)It hates you so hold me (of course it hates you..)It holds you so hold me (it's like a way of comparing the curse and the protection)Until it sleepsSo tell me why you've chosen me (we don't fully know the causes of cancer)Don't want your grip, don't want your greed (who the hell wants the "grip" of cancer, that never lets you go? and it's greed that eats your own body?)Don't want itI'll tear me open make you gone (like a last hope of cleaning the cancer)No more can you hurt anyone (it may refer the pain caused to the own sick person and all the relatives and loved one who fight by his/her side)And the fear still shakes me (even if the cancer seems clean and positively progressing, it may at any time regrow or reappear)So hold me, until it sleeps-- And repeating the lyrics --It's quite simple you see? Makes perfect sense to me!
The meaning Reviewer: ---- 2/7/09I really believe this song deals with cancer. If you listen close to le lyrics you'll see. These have to do with hetfield's mom death, she died of cancer and these song really reflects what it does to someone
It is about Drug addiction / Alcholism Reviewer: Daniel 2/5/09Just like the curse, just like the strayYou feed it once and now it staysNow it staysThis line is in regards to the one is to many and a thousand is never enough.So tear me open but bewareThere's things inside without a careAnd the dirt still stains meSo wash me until I'm cleanThis is in regards to dealing with the inner termoul that causes addicts to act the way they do and dealing twiht it.So tell me why you've chosen meDon't want your grip, don't want your greedDon't want itThis is in despair that drug addicts have asking why me why do I have to be like this, and hating what it does to you and other people around youIt grips you so hold meIt stains you so hold meIt hates you so hold meIt holds you so hold meUntil it sleepsThis is talking about like NA or AA having someone there like a sponsour or so to help you get through the cravings. Drug addiction and alcholism is a real monster. James Hetfield is an alcholic so this is definently what the song is about. But it can mean what ever you like.
Until It Sleeps-Real Meaning Reviewer: Ellie 12/20/08The real meaning of Until it sleeps is James's Ego. The part "You Feed It Once And Now It Stays" means someone once told James "Hey, your big and bad!" and so James thought "Yeah, I Am, Aren't I?!" And, so someone "fed it" and now it Says with him forever. Metallica is my life, and I can't go two hours without them!! No Kidding!! If you are a true Metallica fan, and you want to prove it, go to weeworld.com and make a weemee and search me: MetallicaChic101THANKS!!R.I.P.Here Lies Cliff BurtonMETAL UP THOSE ANGLE'S ASSES!
Awesome Song Reviewer: Chuck 12/9/08Well put phil. I remember turning on the radio to help me feel better after my ex broke up with me. this was one of the first songs that played and it made me feel better. Since I have never been in any real pysical pain I cannot relate to that but I am sure someone who has experience massive trauma would automatically relate the lyrics to that pain. Or it could relate to the loss of a loved one.I think that is when you know an artist has succeded is when a song can effect a multitude of different people in different ways.
songs mean different things to different people Reviewer: Phil 12/8/08even if an artist says that the song is about this or that, whatever people feel when they hear it, thats what it means to that person, a lot of people relate songs to places they been, situations they were in, things that happened, in either the timeframe when they hear the song, or they relate back when they hear it, whatever... but wether you have cancer, your loved one left you, or you got an A in gym, if thats what you feel when you hear the song, then thats what the song means.... to you.
Message in songs Reviewer: Timberking 11/27/08I love how everyone thinks they know exactly what the meaning is behind every song they listen to. Most often times even the artist has no idea when asked the meaning behind his masterpiece. Chris Cornell made an appearance on The Howard Stern Show a while back where he played an acoustic version of "Black Hole Sun". Howard asked him what the song meant to him, Chris replied, "I dunno. It sounds cool so I wrote it." Have a look at THOSE lyrics and tell me what their meaning is.CheersTimberking
Paranoid schizophrenia Reviewer: Faust 10/11/08I know this song can have many meanings to different people. Which is another reason its such a great song. Anyway,It reminds me of alot of the symptoms that people with Paranoid schizophrenia experience. Every word and of every verse rings true to those of us who have this horrible disorder.A very condensed, breif description of the thoughs and feelings of an indiviual with Paranoid schizophrenia disorder.
Until It Sleeps Reviewer: Anonymous 8/22/08when i turn 18 i will be getting a tattoo with the words 'Until It Sleeps'. this song means so much to me. i was 15 when i got hodgkins lymphoma. best and worst experience of my life. no one should go through what i have been through.
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This is one of my favorite songs by my favorite band. I couldn't figure out how to only post the lyrics so youare going to get other peoples views on the song as well. The lead singer of Metallica (James Hetfield) wrote this song and performed it with Metallica. When he wrote this song his mother had just died from cancer. A disease that would kill both of his parents. Hetfield is known for having very dark lyrics and has a mental disease himself. Because he is so well known for this talent of making everyhting dark most people take this song in a very dark context. Most people take it as meaning that he is suffering through enourmous amounts of pain and he is suffering through some kind of depression. What is not widely known is that during the time he was writing this song he was taking medication for his illness. This medication was meant to stabilze his mind and helphim from being so dark. So while the song is all about pain I believe he is talking about the pain going away and his other finally being able to rest in peace. James was obviously going through a tough time in his life because his mother had just died from cancer but I believe that he was seeing the death in a much more positive light. This song cannot be all about pain and suffering if that theory is correct. If Hetfield saw the death of his mother in a positive light then he was writing more about the death of pain.