Ride the Lightning lyrics

Guilty as charged

But damn it, 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?

Flash before my eyes

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

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?

Flash before my eyes

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

Someone help me

Oh please, God help me

They are trying to take it all away

I don't want to die

Time moving slow

The minutes seem like hours

The final curtain call I see

How true is this

Just get it over with

If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by horrid scream

Freed from this frightening dream

Flash before my eyes

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

• Artist:Metallica
• Album:Ride the Lightning (1984)