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Artist: Metallica
Canonical path: /metallica/ten
Related lyric paths: 6
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Ten
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Ten
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Claustrophobic
Crawl out of this skin
Heart explosive
Reach in, pull that pin
Ain't no one gonna watch the road
Intention reckless
Ain't no one gonna slow the row
Invention reckless
So I cross that line
Pushing myself, daring myself
Scaring myself in the suicide lane
Deadly pulse
Pawing at the wheel
Death Magnetic
Pulling closer still
Ain't no one gonna hold the border
Insanely reckless
Ain't no one gonna give the order
Inanely reckless
So I cross that line
Pushing myself, daring myself
Scaring myself in the suicide lane
I scare myself
Crushing metal, ripping skin
Tossing body mannequin
Splatter blood, bleeding gas
Mangle flesh, snapping spine
Dripping bloody valentine
Shatter face, spitting glass
What makes me drift a little bit closer
Dead man takes the steering wheel
What makes me know it's time to cross over
Dead man takes the steering wheel
See through the skin the bones they all rattle
I start to see the end in me
Flesh falls away the bones they all shatter
I start to see the end in me
Claustrophobic
Crawl out of this skin
Heart explosive
Reach in, pull that pin
Every moment,
Flashed before my eyes
I wake up screaming
Life is undenied
Ain't no one gonna search the record
Intensely reckless
Ain't no one gonna get the message
Inherely reckless
I cross that line
Pushing myself, daring myself
Scaring myself in the suicide lane
Pushing myself in the suicide lane
Daring myself in the suicide lane
Pushing myself in the suicide lane
Daring myself in the suicide lane
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