Life it seems to fade away
Drifting further everyday
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
I need the end to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly loss this can't be real
I cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn, yeah
I was me but now, he's gone

Hey, do you hear us Cliff? Do you hear us Cliff?

No one but me can save myself, but its too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try, oh no

Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Oh, but death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
So goodbye
Yeah goodbye
I say goodbye


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Fade To Black Lyrics as written by Lars Ulrich James Alan Hetfield

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    I only have one thing to say, as the song has been explained thoroughly. I just want to address the fact that this was not Cliff's favorite song; Orion was. The band played that song for him at his funeral. Can you just think of the imagery that combination has (a funeral and a Metal-Instrumental)?

    BlackMageon July 03, 2003   Link

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