Sound is ripping through your ears
The deafening sound of metal nears
Your bodies waiting for his whips
The taste of leather on your lips

Hear the cry of war louder than before
With his sword in hand to control the land
Crushing metal strikes on this frightening night
Fall onto your knees for the phantom lord

Victims falling under chains you hear them crying death pains
The fists of terrors breaking through now there's nothing you can do

Hear the cry of war louder than before
With his sword in hand to control the land
Crushing metal strikes on this frightening night
Fall onto your knees for the phantom lord

The leather armies have prevailed the phantom lord has never failed
Smoke is lifting from the ground the rising volume metal sound

Hear the cry of war louder than before
With his sword in hand to control the land
Crushing metal strikes on this frightening night
Fall onto your knees for the phantom lord

Fall to your knees
And bow to the phantom lord


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Phantom Lord Lyrics as written by James Alan Hetfield Dave Mustaine

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    Phantom lord is one of the best metallica songs. As previously stated by the Judicious CJF, ita a about a monster symbolizing heavy metal

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