Metallica Song Catalog: Fade to Black

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Written by

James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Cliff Burton
Kirk Hammett

Total Performances

1233

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First Performed Live

February 8, 1985

Milwaukee, WI, United States

Most Recent Performance

September 29, 2024

Mexico City, Mexico

Appeared on These Releases

"Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México" Album Cover

"The Big 4: Live in Sofia, Bulgaria" Album Cover

"Six Feet Down Under Part 2" Album Cover

Ride the Lightning (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) Album Cover

"Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica!" Album Cover

"Hardwired...To Self-Destruct" Album Cover

"Live at Webster Hall, New York, NY – September 27th, 2016" Album Cover

Live at House of Vans, London, England – November 18th, 2016

Master of Puppets (Remastered Expanded Edition) Album Cover

Master of Puppets (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) Album Cover

"Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan – November 18th, 1986" Album Cover

...And Justice for All (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) Album Cover

"Live in Argentina (1993-2017)" Album Cover

"Live in Brazil (1993-2017)" Album Cover

"Blackened American Whiskey Batch 100 (Limited Edition Box Set)" Album Cover

Metallica (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) Album Cover

"Live at Bridge School Benefit 1997" Album Cover

Lyrics

Life, it seems, will fade away Drifting further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else I have lost the will to live Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me free Things not what they used to be Missing one inside of me Deathly lost, this can’t be real Cannot stand this hell I feel Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkness taking dawn I was me, but now he’s gone No one but me can save myself, but it’s too late Now I can’t think, think why I should even try Yesterday seems as though it never existed Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye