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Ride the Lightning Lyrics » Metallica : The Ride the Lightning Lyrics / Ride the Lightning Song Lyrics by Metallica is from The Album Ride the Lightning (1984). The Ride the Lightning Song is Sung by Metallica. The Ride the Lightning Song Music is Produced by Metallica & Flemming Rasmussen. The Ride the Lightning Song Lyrics is Written by Dave Mustaine, Cliff Burton, Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield. The Ride the Lightning Song is Released on Jul. 27, 1984. The Ride the Lightning Song is Presented by Megaforce Records.

Ride the Lightning Song Details :

Ride the Lightning Lyrics » Metallica

[Verse 1]
Guilty as charged, but dammit, it ain’t right
There’s someone else controlling me
Death in the air, strapped in the electric chair
This can’t be happening to me
Who made you God to say
“I’ll take your life from you”?
[Chorus]
Flash before my eyes
Now it’s time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame
[Verse 2]
Wait for the sign
to flick the switch of death
It’s the beginning of the end
Sweat, chilling cold, as I watch death unfold
Consciousness, my only friend
My fingers grip with fear
What am I doing here?
[Chorus]
Flash before my eyes
Now it’s time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

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About Metallica’s Ride the Lightning from Ride the Lightning (1984)

Metallica’s gut-wrenching “Ride The Lightning” is about spending your final moments in an electric chair.
The title was taken from
Stephen King
’s
The Stand
.
We just got into some social topics. The death penalty was a big question and the electric chair. That’s heavy. What if that was you, mistakenly? That’s what that song was about, being accidentally found guilty and put to death with no way to stop it. It was just a matter of putting myself into other people’s situations and trying to get these feelings out.
—
James Hetfield,
Rolling Stone

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FAQs About Ride the Lightning

What did Metallica say about “Ride the Lightning”?
“Ride the Lightning” is a song about being trapped in a situation you can’t get out of. Big Brother, The Man, fear, and manipulation. Those sort of things became the lyrical tentpoles over the next couple of records.
—
Lars Ulrich,
Metal Hammer
I was the one who spotted the phrase ‘Ride the lightning’. It was when we were recording the first album when we were staying the house of this guy named Gary Zefting. I was reading the book
The Stand
by Stephen King, waiting to do my parts, and I read that phrase. It stuck in my head, so I wrote it down and told James. He was, like, ‘Whoah, cool…’
—
Kirk Hammett,
Metal Hammer
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