Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
There's a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
[Verse 2]
I fall 'cause I've let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins
[Verse 3]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
[Verse 4]
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And you won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
[Verse 5]
Please forgive me
[Verse 6]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touch the clean to the waste
[Verse 7]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
[Verse 8]
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
[Verse 9]
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
[Verse 10]
So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
[Verse 11]
And I cry to the alleyway
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken to match my face
[Verse 12]
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
[Verse 13]
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
[Verse 14]
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
[Verse 15]
So low, the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
[Verse 16]
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Written by: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich