Metallica

66 advanced vocabulary words across 48 songs.

ruthlessFor Whom The Bell Tolls

pitiless; without mercy or pity

Blackened roar, massive roar fills the crumbling sky

Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry

Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery

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scapegoatSad But True

victim; someone who is punished for the errors of others

Do, do my work

Do my dirty work, scapegoat

Do, do my deeds

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clichéTurn The Page

commonplace; a trite or obvious remark

Other times you can

All the same old clichés

Is it woman, is it man?

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heresyAll Nightmare Long

unorthodoxy; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

Still life, infamy

Hallucination, heresy

Still you run what's to come

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heedCreeping Death

pay attention; pay close attention to; give heed to

To the Pharaoh

Heed, to his every word

Live in fear

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vagabondWherever I May Roam

wanderer; anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place

To the game, you stay a slave

Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond

Call me what you will, yeah

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occupyMaster Of Puppets

fill; keep busy with

Now your life is out of season

I will occupy

I will help you die

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betraySad But True

show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally

I'm the one who cares

They, they betray

I'm your only true friend now

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decadenceBlackened

degeneration; the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Darkening in vain

Decadence remains

All is said and done

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exciting newness; originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

Fed through the tube that sticks in me

Just like a wartime novelty

Tied to machines that make me be

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marshalWhiplash

organize; a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff

Here on stage, the Marshall noise is piercing through your ears

It kicks your ass, kicks your face, exploding feeling nears

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animosity...And Justice For All

hatred; a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

Apathy their stepping stone, so unfeeling

Hidden deep animosity, so deceiving

Through your eyes their light burns, hoping to find

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apathy...And Justice For All

indifference; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Apathy their stepping stone, so unfeeling

Hidden deep animosity, so deceiving

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potencyBattery

effectiveness; the power or right to give orders or make decisions

Mashing non-believers

Never ending potency

Hungry violence seeker

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franticFrantic

distressed; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

This search goes on

Frantic tick tick tick tock

Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tock

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callousBlackened

insensitive; emotionally hardened

Kills what might have been

Callous frigid chill

Nothing left to kill

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nadirThe Shortest Straw

low-point; an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything

To nothing

You're reaching your nadir

Your will has disappeared

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painstakingThe Shortest Straw

meticulous; characterized by extreme care and great effort

Deafening

Painstaking

Reckoning

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vertigoThe Shortest Straw

dizziness; a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

Reckoning

This vertigo it doth bring

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innateLords Of Summer

inherent; not established by conditioning or learning

Through your dreaming, wake

Walk towards the fire, innate

Frost bitten soul below zero (zero)

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threatenDon't Tread On Me

warn; pose a threat to; present a danger to

So be it, threaten no more

To secure peace is to prepare for war

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arroganceHolier Than Thou

pride; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Point the finger, slow to understand

Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

It's not who you are, it's who you know

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insistMy Friend Of Misery

speak firmly; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

And you're up to save the world

Misery, you insist that the weight of the world

Should be on your shoulders

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meekJump in the Fire

mild; humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

My disciples all shout to search you out, they always shall obey

Follow me now, my child, not the meek or the mild, but do just as I say

So come on

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preyJump in the Fire

victim; a person who is the aim of an attack

Jump by your will or be taken by force, I'll get you either way

Trying to keep the hellfire lit, I am stalking you as prey

Living your life as me, I am you, you see there is part of me in everyone

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premonitionBlackened

forewarning; a feeling of evil to come

Contradiction (contradiction)

Premonition (premonition)

Compromise

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remorseNo Remorse

guilt; a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

We don't need to feel the sorrow

No remorse for the helpless one

War without end

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obligationThrough The Never

responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something

Too quick to criticize

Obligation to survive

We hunger to be alive, yeah

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ominousSome Kind of Monster

threatening; threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

This is the mask that comes undone

Ominous, I am in us

Ominous, I am in us

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deriveEye Of The Beholder

come from; reason by deduction; establish by deduction

More alternatives

Energy derives from both the plus and negative

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corrodeThe End of the Line

wear away; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

Bleed, battle scars, chemical affinity

Reign, legacy, innocence corrode

Stain, rot away, catatonic overload

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mercenaryMercyful Fate

soldier of fortune; a person hired to fight for another country than their own

Raised from my grave by the dead

And I was made a mercenary

In the legions of Hell

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fusion2 X 4

blending; an occurrence that involves the production of a union

Too far

(Friction, fusion)

(Retribution)

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pacifyThe Judas Kiss

calm down; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

I will set you free

Pacify your demons

Bow down, surrender onto me

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affinityThe End of the Line

attraction; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

Need more and more, tainted misery

Bleed, battle scars, chemical affinity

Reign, legacy, innocence corrode

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asylumThe End of the Line

hiding place; a shelter from danger or hardship

Burn through all your gasoline

Asylum overtime, nevermind

You've reached the end of the line

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sullenInamorata

moody; showing a brooding ill humor

Misery loves company

Sullen, I created you

I suppose that I can end you too

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desecrateMy Apocalypse

profane; violate the sacred character of a place or language

Fear thy name, Extermination

Desecrate inhale the fire

So we cross that line

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obliterateMy Apocalypse

destroy; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

My wounds unto my eyes

Obliterate, exterminate

And life itself denied

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conformityDamage Inc.

compliance; correspondence in form or appearance

Charging hard and no one's gonna give in

Living on your knees, conformity

Or dying on your feet for honesty

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chaotic72 Seasons

mixed up; lacking a visible order or organization

Mad seasons take their toll

New mask, chaotic

Completely lost control

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erratic72 Seasons

unpredictable; liable to sudden unpredictable change

Feeding on the wrath of man

Shoot back, erratic

Mad seasons take their toll

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thrive72 Seasons

do well; grow vigorously

Wrath of man

Thrive upon, feeding on

72 seasons gone

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strutThe Outlaw Torn

walk pompously; to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

Stitch me together

(Save me) and when you see me strut

Remind me of what left this outlaw torn

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eclipseMy Apocalypse

cover; one celestial body obscures another

Into the crypt

Total eclipse

Suffer unto my apocalypse

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repelThe View

force back; cause to move back by force or influence

Set before me

I attract you and repel you

A science of the heart

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suspiciousInvisible Kid

looking out for wrongdoing; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Invisible kid

Suspicious of your touch

Don't want no crutch

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headstrongAin't My Bitch

obstinate; habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

Into your step but out of time

Headstrong, what's wrong?

I've already heard this song before

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convictionCrown of Barbed Wire

strong belief; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Fist tight, it stains conviction

Drips down to bloodshot eyes

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patronizeRoom of Mirrors

support; assume sponsorship of

Would you summarize, patronize

Classify insane?

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subsideThe Wait

decrease; wear off or die down

After wakening, silence grows

The screams subside, distortion shows

Mutant thoughts of bad-mouthed news

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scrutinizeRoom of Mirrors

examine; to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

Could I show you what's inside?

Would you criticize, scrutinize

Stigmatize my pain?

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deviateNow That We're Dead

stray; turn aside; turn away from

When we're seduced, then may it be

That we not deviate our cause

All sinners, a future

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consumeNow That We're Dead

use; eat immoderately

It's all we've ever known

When flame consumes, may it be

It warms our dying bones

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concedeHalo On Fire

admit; admit (to a wrongdoing)

Thoughts most impure

Concede, concede

But both shall we bleed

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endureHalo On Fire

suffer; put up with something or somebody unpleasant

All ends in tears

Endure, endure

Thoughts most impure

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obscureHalo On Fire

little known; not clearly understood or expressed

Allure, allure

Sweetness obscure

Abide, abide

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esteemThe Prince

respect; the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

Angel from below, change my dreams

I want for glory's hour, for wealth's esteem

I wish to sell my soul, to be reborn

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morbidThe Prince

unhealthy; suggesting an unhealthy mental state

Such a lonely place, no golden mile

Eyes tell of morbid tales, of his black heart

His deeds through ages past, tell of his part

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delusionConfusion

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

All sanity is now beyond me

Delusion

All sanity is but a memory

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anarchyAm I Savage?

lawlessness; state of lawless disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

Ooooh

The next heir of anarchy

Feel

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frailHere Comes Revenge

weak; physically weak

Blurring lines of right and wrong

Far too late for frail amends

Now it's come to sweet revenge

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seepPumping Blood

ooze; pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

And I pump more blood

And it seeps through my skin

Will you adore the river, the stream, the trickle

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loatheDream No More

hate; find repugnant

And He blinds your soul

And He loathes you

And reclaims it all

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smolderFrustration

burn without flame; burn slowly and without a flame

You're feeling less whore but you stimulate

The hatred smolders in your eyes

I'd drop to my knees in a second

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chastisePlease Don’t Judas Me

scold; censure severely

Please don't Judas me

Please don't chastise me

Show me just one shred of kindness

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