Nothing Else Matters

Lyrics

[Intro: Purpose] "If-if the-if the city had a voice" "If-if-if the city had a voice" "If-if-if the city had a voice" "If-if the city-city had a voice" "If-if the-if the city had a voice" "If the city had a voice-city had a voice" "If the-if the-if the city had a voice" "This is what it-this is what it'd sound like" [Chorus: James Hetfield & Purpose] Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothin' else matters (Uh, uh, yeah) [Verse 1: Purpose] Kingdoms rise, kingdoms fall, if you live in fear, you don't live at all There's a city full of simply pitiful people who never get it into gear at (uh) all I don't see a lead around here at all, (psh) but I see the future through my crystal ball And if they really get in shit at all, they comin' up to kids at school while they miserable Sorry, no business calls, you're doin' laps in a swimmin' pool While you work your hands to the bone, bandaged and broken from the physical Labour, slave away and make it To a better day where the pain is (what?) less drainin' and heinous, uh But that's the nature o' the game, you either play it or get played Saw it up inside, take it to the grave, every dog has its crazy little days (yeah) Maybe this is fate, maybe this is hate (yeah) burnin' in my blood, chasin' through my veins (yeah) Turn your system up, play it 'til it break, this world is givin' up, you're makin' a mistake And I'm not as crazy as you may think 'cause they label me insane "Obey that shit" they say, fuck that, motherfuck them, they gonna hate me all the same (yeah) I'ma make 'em say my fuckin' name, (yeah) then I'ma make them say that shit again (yeah) Make 'em all relate to mere minds, much like the fallen angels, let us play [Chorus: James Hetfield] Never cared for what they said Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know Oh-oh-oh [Verse 2: Purpose] They wanna pick me apart like this isn't art I guess bein' yourself's a thing o' the past, (huh?) when someone does it, you don't give 'em a chance That's what they get for tryna do somethin' positive, man, the truth is a lot a this Is just oozin' with politics, not exactly boostin' my confidence (uh) It ain't even the music, the problem is second that you move where the profit is They say you ain't in tune with the origins, haters ain't makin' moves, they just stoppin' 'em So where does that leave us? (Huh?) same place where we started Stagnant, what's the point of livin' if you never take chances But they ain't ever take me alive, (no) 'til the grave, I say what I like (hey) Claim hate and take it in stride, (ho) just another day in the life (hey) See? You can go ahead and pay me no mind (right) But the one thing you won't do is (is what?) take what is mine, motherfucker But why they have to make it so hard (huh?) for a man to lay his own path Make his own moves, make his own mark and still not manage to break his own heart? May he don't start, my patience won't last, this place is so dark, this painter won't glass It just sits in my stomach 'cause bein' hungry'll only take you so far [Chorus: James Hetfield] Never cared for what they do Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they know Oh [Verse 3: Purpose] See? It seems the bases are loaded, (yeah) pretty soon, the game'll be over Better make the most of it, you don't wanna have to face the omens The label on your bed waitin' when you make it home (check) to rest Lay alone (check) and let it take control (check) again, a fate with (check) no success, (check) nope, that's a fate I won't accept (oh) I'll break my own neck, another shell shattered, (what?) another fell flat 'cause someone else had (what?) What the other needed, money seems (what?) to make people think nothin' else matters An artist goes broke, another sells platinum, enough to make a man run himself ragged Can't nobody help that, so I threw my hat in, whatever happens happens [Chorus: James Hetfield, James Hetfield & Purpose, & Purpose] But I never cared for what they said Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know Oh-oh-oh [Post Chorus: Purpose] Go [Outro: James Hetfield] So close, no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trustin' who we are No, nothing else matters