Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning

Metallica - Ride the Lightning Lyrics

Delving into the harrowing experience of a condemned prisoner facing execution, this song explores themes of fear, helplessness, and injustice. The protagonist is acutely aware of their impending death in the electric chair, grappling with the chilling… Read more

Rock
Jul 27, 1984
51
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Ride the Lightning Lyrics

Guilty as charged
But damn it, it ain't right
There's someone else controlling me

Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can't be happening to me

Who made you God to say
"I'll take your life from you"

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flames

Wait for the sign
To flick the switch of death
It's the beginning of the end

Sweat, chilling cold
As I watch death unfold
Consciousness my only friend

My fingers grip with fear
What I am doing here?

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flames

Someone help me
Oh please, God, help me
They are trying to take it all away
I don't want to die

Someone help me
Oh please God help me
They are trying to take it all away
I don't want to die

Time moving slow
The minutes seem like hours
The final curtain call I see

How true is this?
Just get it over with
If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by the horrid scream
Freed from the frightening dream

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flames

Writer(s): Clifford Lee Burton, Dave Mustaine, James Alan Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
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What is the Meaning of Ride the Lightning?

Delving into the harrowing experience of a condemned prisoner facing execution, this song explores themes of fear, helplessness, and injustice. The protagonist is acutely aware of their impending death in the electric chair, grappling with the chilling realization that someone else holds the power over their life. The lyrics vividly depict the psychological torment and physical sensations leading up to the final moments, capturing a desperate plea for divine intervention and mercy. Ultimately, it questions the morality and authority of those who decide life and death. #ExistentialDread #JudicialInjustice

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