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The Villain

Updated: May 14

..(((*∞*)))..

Art by Allan Gilbert, 'All Is Vanity'


When the tears run streaming 

When the blood runs crimson in our streams

When the bones rattling across the earth

crack in our space

Has truth, become the villain?


When your throat clutches like a vice 

for the thirst of comfort

When we are betrayed by the old doctrine 

and the light of the new, runs dim

When your friends and family forgot 

what you yourself forgot

Has truth, become the villain? 


When your heart burns like dry ice

and only anger generates fire

When desire for the fix of perfection 

runs empty

When the sound of your own scream 

takes you by surprise

Has truth, become the villain? 


~ hsh © 1995

(Edit 051424)


Artist Allan Gilbert:


Metallica: ... And Justice for All (Remastered)


Halls of justice painted green

Money talking

Power wolves beset your door

Hear them stalking

Soon you'll please their appetite

They devour

Hammer of justice crushes you overpower


The ultimate in vanity

Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say

I can't believe I can't believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you


Justice is lost justice is raped

Justice is gone

Pulling your strings Justice is done

Seeking no truth winning is all

Find it so grim so true so real


Apathy their stepping stone so unfeeling

Hidden deep animosity so deceiving

Through your eyes their light burns

Hoping to find

Inquisition sinking you with prying minds


The ultimate in vanity

Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say

I can't believe I can't believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you


Justice is lost justice is raped

Justice is gone

Pulling your strings Justice is done

Seeking no truth winning is all

Find it so grim so true so real


Lady justice has been raped truth assassin

Rolls of red tape seal your lips

Now you're done in

Their money tips her scales again Make your deal

Just what is truth I cannot tell Cannot feel


The ultimate in vanity

Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say

I can't believe I can't believe the price we pay

Nothing can save us


Justice is lost justice is raped

Justice is gone

Pulling your strings Justice is done

Seeking no truth winning is all

Find it so grim so true so real


Seeking no truth winning is all

Find it so grim so true so real



Writer/s: James Alan Hetfield, Kirk L. Hammett, Lars Ulrich 

Publisher: Word Collections Publishing

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