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Metallica – Welcome Home (Sanitarium) lyrics
[Verse 1]
Welcome to where Time stands still
No One leaves and No One will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labelled Mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every Night
I see our Freedom in my Sight
No locked Doors, no windows Barred
No things to make my Brain seem Scarred

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Sleep my friend and you will See
That Dream is my Reality
They keep me Locked up in this Cage
Can't they see it's why my brains says "Rage?"

[Chorus]
Sanitarium, leave me Be
Sanitarium, just leave me Alone

[Verse 2]
Build my Fear of what's out there
And cannot Breathe the open Air
Whisper things into my Brain
Assuring me that I'm Insane
They think our Heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent Plans
Keep him Tied, it makes Him well
He's getting better, can't you tell?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
No more can they keep Us in
Listen, damn it, we will Win
They see it right, they see it Well
But they think this saves us from our Hell

[Chorus]
Sanitarium, leave me Be
Sanitarium, just leave me Alone

[Bridge]
Sanitarium
(Just leave me alone)

[Outro]
Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the Air
Got some Death to do
Mirror stares back Hard
Kill, it's such a friendly Word
Seems the only Way
For reaching out Again
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Songwriters: James Alan Hetfield, Kirk L. Hammett, Lars Ulrich
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
Corrected by MikssConan

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) meanings

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    tjmotly
    James likes to write his lyrics in a somewhat crptic manner so more people can relate to them. There's a literal sense to them but they're actually about being trapped in whatever vices you have in your life and wanting to escape them but you can't seem to shake them. For some people it can be some kind of addiction they're trying to kick for others it might be somebody they want out of their lives or whatever. I think all the postings I've seen are right in a sense but ultimately they don't have a specific meaning. He also likes to write lyrics based on movies (One) or stories from the Bible (Creeping Death), or even childhood fears like nightmares (Enter Sandman) but there are many other souces he draws from. I heard him talking about it on xm radio right before Death Magnetic was released. For the most part his lyrics can be interpreted by anybody to mean something to them personally which explains his reference to Bible stories or movies and what-not. Do some research and you'll find that James Hetfield really seems to get the human mind and how to relate to the masses in his lyrics.
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      James likes to write his lyrics in a somewhat crptic manner so more people can relate to them.... Read more →

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