It seems suggestive of James' personal struggles on overcoming his numerous adversities. His "wasted days" seemed awfully productive considering the quality of their music from 83-91', so I wouldn't call them wasted in that sense. This song is represenitive of the Metallica transition, now the songs have some kind of personal emotional edge to them and while agressive and hard, they lack certain qualities that distinguished Metallica before.
It seems suggestive of James' personal struggles on overcoming his numerous adversities. His "wasted days" seemed awfully productive considering the quality of their music from 83-91', so I wouldn't call them wasted in that sense. This song is represenitive of the Metallica transition, now the songs have some kind of personal emotional edge to them and while agressive and hard, they lack certain qualities that distinguished Metallica before.