Master of Puppets

Quite obviously this song is about how drug addiction takes over somebody, and eventually ruins their life. The 'Master' being the drug, and the 'Puppet' being the user.

End of passion play, crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction

Person is starting to experience the negative effects of drugs, the addiction. It's no longer to feel good, but to stop feeling bad.

Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear Leading on your death's construction

Afraid to lose the 'good' feeling drugs give, but also constructing their own death.

Taste me you will see More is all you need Dedicated to How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster Obey your Master Your life burns faster Obey your Master Master

The craving for the next high is symbolised here, how you'll crawl faster and die faster by 'Obeying' the 'Master'; giving in to your next dosage.

Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream Master Master

Chorus is pretty straight-forward, drugs ruin one's life, totally blinded and screaming for more. 'Master, master!', the puppet screams.

Needlework the way, never you betray Life of death becoming clearer Pain monopoly, ritual misery Chop your breakfast on a mirror

You'll find yourself doing drugs for breakfast, 'chopping' one's breakfast on a mirror symbolises the way cocaine is taken in, being 'chopped' up into a line using a straight razor and then inhaled through the nose. Doing so on a mirror is to symbolise how one watches his own destruction, due to this.

Here the song breaks down, going into a calm, instrumental bit until it builds up to a fierce guitar solo. You can assume here that the Puppet has tried to free himself from his Master's reign, by no longer using the drugs. But because the craving for another high rises, the song speeds up and becomes more aggressive, showing the Puppet has been tied by his Master's strings again.

Master, Master, where's the dreams that I've been after? Master, Master, you promised only lies Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries Fix me!

"Fix me!", kinda shows the user was feeling broken without his daily dose, and therefore gives in again to the Master.

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat Just a rhyme without a reason

Here the Master soothes its Puppet into believing his addiction is a good thing.

Neverending maze, drift on numbered days Now your life is out of season I will occupy I will help you die I will run through you Now I rule you too

Addicted again, the Puppet is assumed to be dead at the end of the song as we hear laughter, mocking the Puppet for ever giving in to the Master of Puppets.