Cover art for The End of the Line by Metallica

The End of the Line

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The End of the Line Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Need more and more, tainted misery
Bleed, battle scars, chemical affinity
Reign, legacy, innocence corrode
Stain, rot away, catatonic overload

[Verse 2]
Choke, asphyxia, snuff reality
Scorch, kill the light, incinerate celebrity
Reaper, butchery, karma amputee
Bloodline, breeding fine, death contagious deity

[Pre-Chorus]
Hooked into this deceiver
Need more and more
Into the endless fever
Need more and more


[Chorus]
New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, nevermind
You've reached the end of the line
The end of the line

[Verse 3]
Time, choke the clock, steal another day
Die faithfully, narcissistic fade away
Twisted, jump the rail, shout at the crowd below
Breaker, chase the ghost, from latest high to all time low
[Pre-Chorus]
Hooked into this deceiver
Need more and more
Into the endless fever
Need more and more

[Chorus]
New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, nevermind
You've reached the end of the line

[Bridge]
Drop the hourglass of time
Spilling sand we will not find
As we gather here today
We bid farewell, the slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
The slave becomes the master
Need more and more
Right now, and ever after
Need more and more

[Chorus]
New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, never mind
Dead hour-glass of time, sand we will not ever find
We gather here today, say goodbye
Cause you've reached the end of the line

[Outro]
The end of the line
The end of the line
The end of the line
You've reached the end of the line

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Recorded At
HQ (San Rafael, CA); Shangri-la (Malibu, CA); and Sound City Studios (Van Nuys, CA)
Released on
September 12, 2008
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