Death Magnetic album cover

Metallica – Cyanide Lyrics

Rock

Are we having fun yet?
Well, knock that shit off. Just kidding
We're gonna take you all to another level
Right, Vancouver?
Okay. We're playing stuff from every album
And right now we're playing something from one of my favorite, "Death Magnetic"
Do you like it? Excellent
Alright. This one, we need all the Metallica's family help on this one
You'll know when
It's entitled "Cyanide"
Sleep and dream of this
Death angel's kiss
Brings final bliss
Completely

Empty, they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Yeah, call your name

Suicide, I've already died
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more
Wait, wait patiently
Your death black wings
Unfolding sleep
Spreading over me

Empty, they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Yeah, call your name

Suicide, I've already died
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, getting dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more
Say, is that rain or are they tears?
That stained your concrete face for years
The crying, weeping, shedding strife
Year after year, life after life
An air of freshly broken ground
A concrete angel lit right down
Upon the grave which swallows fast
It's peace at last, hey, it's peace at last
Empty, they say
Death, won't you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Yeah, call your name

Suicide, I've already died
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forever more

Forever more, forever more
It's just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide

Comments (2)

  • Anonymous
    Not sure, it seems as though he is telling death that he is basically wasting his time because he died already by cyanide poisoning which is used by people to commit suicide. But since death is there he pleads death not to kill him by calling his name and pleading his case by telling death that he is already dead, lying because he obviously isn't.
  • Anonymous
    in this song he is talking about two different deaths: the death of the body and the death of the soul. his soul is already dead cuz he has sold it to satan even though he is still physically alive. he is cut off from god forever and when his body dies his soul will leave it and spend an eternity in hell.