Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Metallica
Canonical path: /metallica/the-wait
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Wait
Read The Wait lyrics by Metallica on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Wait
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Motives changing
Day to day
The fire increases
Masks decay
I look at the river
White foam floats down
The body's poisoned
Got to sit tight
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After awakening
The silence grows
The screams subside
Distortion shows
Mutant thoughts
Of bad mouthed news
It's just another birth
Of distorted views
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Metallica performs "The Wait", and this lyric page sits inside the Metallica catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth and All Nightmare Long with a short reason for opening each page next.
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