Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
James Hetfield
Vocals
Lars Ulrich
Drums
Kirk Hammett
Lead Guitar
Jason Newsted
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Hetfield
Songwriter
Lars Ulrich
Songwriter
Kirk Hammett
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Metallica
Producer
Flemming Rasmussen
Producer
Steve Thompson
Mixing Engineer
Michael Barbiero
Mixing Engineer
George Cowan
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Toby Wright
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Do you see what I see?
Truth is an offence
Your silence for your confidence
[Verse 2]
Do you hear what I hear?
Doors are slamming shut
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must
[Verse 3]
Do you feel what I feel?
Bittering distress
Who decides what you express?
[Verse 4]
Do you take what I take?
Endurance is the word
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd
[Verse 5]
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
[Verse 6]
Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
[Verse 7]
Do you fear what I fear?
Living properly
Truths to you are lies to me
[Verse 8]
Do you choose what I choose?
More alternatives
Energy derives from both the plus and negative
[Verse 9]
Do you need what I need?
Boundaries overthrown
Look inside, to each his own
[Verse 10]
Do you trust what I trust?
Me, myself and I
Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie
[Verse 11]
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
[Verse 12]
Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
[Verse 13]
Do you know what I know?
Your money and your wealth
Your silence just to hear yourself
[Verse 14]
Do you want what I want?
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring
[Verse 15]
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
[Verse 16]
Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom no longer frees you
[Verse 17]
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
Written by: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich