Of Wolf And Man

Album: Metallica (1991)
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  • Off through the new day's mist I run
    Off from the new day's mist I have come
    I hunt therefore I am
    Harvest the land
    Taking of the fallen lamb

    Off through the new day's mist I run
    Off from the new day's mist I have come
    We shift pulsing with the earth
    Company we keep
    Roaming the land while you sleep

    Shape shift, nose to the wind
    Shape shift, feeling I've been
    Move swift, all senses clean
    Earth's gift, back to the meaning (back to the meaning) of life

    Bright is the moon, high in starlight
    Chill is the air, cold as steel tonight
    We shift, call of the wild
    Fear in your eyes, it's later than you realized

    Shape shift, nose to the wind
    Shape shift, feeling I've been
    Move swift, all senses clean
    Earth's gift back to the meaning (back to the meaning) of life

    I feel I change
    Back to a better day
    (Shape shift) hair stands on the back of my neck
    (Shape shift) in wildness is the preservation of the world
    So seek the wolf and not the man

    Shape shift, nose to the wind
    Shape shift, feeling I've been
    Move swift, all senses clean
    Earth's gift
    Back to the meaning (back to the meaning) of wolf and man, yeah Writer/s: James Alan Hetfield, Kirk L. Hammett, Lars Ulrich
    Publisher: Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Matthe G from CaliforniaThe best horror movie in a music video ever, and wolf of man fighting with his dog , his dog knowing hes not really a dog, when the says. Back to the meaning of
  • Gav from IrelandI love this somg, alongside “through the never” i think those two are the best songs of the black album. The album is solid but for some reason these songs hit more than the others in my opinion
  • Nick from Brantford, OnShould've been a single. Great song. Honestly I like it more than Nothing Else Matters or Enter Sandman.
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjI think this song kicks, actually, though my friend thinks it's lame. I always though of the lyrics as a metaphor for getting drunk. Like a werewolf gets possesed like the drinker is under the influence; the wolf kills people like the drinker hurts people whether it be insulting them or hurting them physically (or even just embarrasing themselves); and when they come to, they have no memory of what happened in either case. That's just how I interpreted the song.
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