If Darkness Had a Son - Metallica

It was where my mama sat on that Old swing with her crochet It was where Grand Daddy taught me How to curse and how to pray It was where we made our own ice cream Those sultry summer nights Where the bulldog had her puppies And us brothers had our fights There were many nights I'd sit right there And look out at the stars To the sound of a distant whippoorwill Or the hum of a passin' car It was where I first got up the nerve To steal me my first kiss And it was where I learned to play guitar And pray I had the gift If the world had a front porch, like we did back then We'd still have our problems, but we'd all be friends Treatin' your neighbor like he's your next of kin Wouldn't be gone like the wind If the world had a front porch, like we did back then Purple hulls and pintos I've shelled more than my share As lightnin' bugs and crickets Danced in the evenin' air And like a beacon that old yellow bulb It always led me home Somehow Mama always knew Just when to leave it on If the world had a front porch, like we did back then We'd still have our problems, but we'd all be friends Treatin' your neighbor like he's your next of kin Wouldn't be gone like the wind If the world had a front porch, like we did back then Treating your neighbor like he's your next of kin Wouldn't be gone with the wind If the world had a front porch, like we did back then

If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? And call me baby Now if I give you me This is how it's got to be First of all, I won't take you cheating on me Tell me who can I trust If I can't trust in you And I refuse to let you play me for a fool You said that we Could possibly Spend eternity See that's what you told me That's what you said But if you want me You have to be Fulfilling all my dreams If you really want me, babe If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? And call me baby You said, you want my love And you've got to have it all But first, there are some things you need to know If you wanna live With all I have to give I need to feel true love or it's got to end, yeah I don't want you Trying to get with me And I end up unhappy I don't need the hurt And I don't need the pain So before I do Give myself to you I have to know the truth If I spend my life with you If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? (What would you do, babe? Tell me right now) And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? (Don't lie) And call me baby (Don't you lie to me) If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? (Comfort me, ooh, tell me, baby) And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? (Would you lie to me?) And call me baby (Don't lie to me baby) Mmm, yeah Ooh, na-na-na Ooh (If you had my) If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? (Tell me, baby, oh) And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? (Don't lie to me) And call me baby (Call me baby) If you had my love (Had my love) And I gave you all my trust (Gave my trust) Would you comfort me? (What would you do if I gave it to you?) And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? (Don't you lie to me) And call me baby (Call me baby) If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? And call me baby

Well, you're my friend And can you see Many times, we've been out drinkin' Many times we shared our thoughts But did you ever, ever notice The kind of thoughts I got? Well, you know I have a love A love for everyone I know And you know I have the drive To live, I won't let go But can you see its opposition Comes rising up sometimes? That it's dreadful imposition Comes blacking in my mind? And that I see a darkness And that I see a darkness And that I see a darkness And that I see a darkness Did you know how much I love you? Here's a hope that somehow you Can save me from this darkness Well, I hope that someday, buddy We have peace in our lives Together or apart Alone or with our wives And we can stop our whoring And pull the smiles inside And light it up forever And never go to sleep My best unbeaten brother This isn't all I see Oh no, I see a darkness Oh no, I see a darkness Oh no, I see a darkness Oh no, I see a darkness Did you know how much I love you? Here's a hope that somehow you Can save me from this darkness

I had a king in a tenement castle Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown He's taken the curtains down He's swept with the broom of contempt And the rooms have an empty ring He's cleaned with the tears of an actor Who fears for the laughter's sting I can't go back there anymore You know my keys won't fit the door You know my thoughts don't fit the man They never can They never can I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind He lives in another time Ladies in gingham still blush While he sings them of wars and wine But I, in my leather and lace I can never become that kind I can't go back there anymore You know my keys won't fit the door You know my thoughts don't fit the man They never can They never can I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon Beware of the power of moons There's no one to blame, no There's no one to name as a traitor here The queen's in the grove and the king's on the road 'Til the end of the year I can't go back there anymore You know my keys won't fit the door You know my thoughts don't fit the man They never can They never can They never can They never can

If I were a boy, even just for a day I'd roll outta bed in the mornin' And throw on what I wanted, then go Drink beer with the guys And chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted And I'd never get confronted for it 'Cause they'd stick up for me If I were a boy I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man I'd listen to her 'Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted 'Cause he's taken you for granted And everything you had got destroyed If I were a boy I would turn off my phone Tell everyone it's broken So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone I'd put myself first And make the rules as I go 'Cause I know that she'd be faithful Waitin' for me to come home, to come home If I were a boy I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man I'd listen to her 'Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted (wanted) 'Cause he's taken you for granted (granted) And everything you had got destroyed It's a little too late for you to come back Say it's just a mistake Think I'd forgive you like that If you thought I would wait for you You thought wrong But you're just a boy You don't understand Yeah, you don't understand, oh How it feels to love a girl, someday You'll wish you were a better man You don't listen to her You don't care how it hurts Until you lose the one you wanted 'Cause you've taken her for granted And everything you have got destroyed But you're just a boy

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع