Metallica - The God That Failed Lyrics






Pride you took
Pride you feel
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel

Not the word
Not the love
Not what you thought from above

It feeds
It grows
It clouds all that you will know
Deceit
Deceive
Decide just what you believe

I see faith in your eyes
Never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail

Follow the god that failed

Find your peace
Find your say
Find the smooth road on your way

Trust you gave
A child to save
Left you cold and him in grave

It feeds
It grows
It clouds all that you will know
Deceit
Deceive
Decide just what you believe

I see faith in your eyes
Never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail

Follow the god that failed

I see faith in your eyes
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail

Follow the god that failed

Pride you took
Pride you feel
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel

Trust you gave
A child to save
Left you cold and him in grave

I see faith in your eyes
Never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by deepened nail

Follow the god that failed

Follow the god that failed
Broken is the promise
Betrayal
Betrayal
Yeah





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  1. L.... A....

    Where's the lyrics?

  2. D.... 9....

    If I was a pro wrestler this would be my theme music. I love Metallica.

  3. �.... �....

    Every human have a choice... Someone said it's given by the God

  4. H.... M....

    First song for 2020...Rock on!

  5. K.... H....

    when paneling is perfect and so is all else but there is no way to move or empty out the before intriguing person incare upon central c,ervatuide

  6. K.... H....

    ⛩️🍈

  7. D.... Z....

    Science medicine plus Yod Hei Vev Hei (God of heaven and earth)
    Both failed me and betrayed me even From my birth

  8. T.... R....

    This song is about God being a cunt and told James' mother to not treat cancer.

  9. M.... ....

    This song is not an anti-Christian song, folks. As others have pointed out, it's about Hetfield's mother refusing all treatment given to her when she was ill, which resulted in her death. It reminds me of an old anecdote:

    "A lifelong man of faith woke in the middle of the night to the sound of thunder and lightning. When he turned on the TV, there were reports of an oncoming flood. To avoid the water rushing into his home, he gathers some supplies and climbs up onto his roof. Without fear in his heart, he assures himself that God will save him.

    Hours pass, and the neighborhood is neck-high in water. A small boat comes by his house. The passengers shout for him to climb aboard, but he happily refuses, telling them that it's not necessary because God will save him.

    Another hour passes, and another boat comes by. Again, he refuses to climb aboard, assuring the passersby that God will save him.

    As the water reaches his roof, and he barely has any room to move, he hears the sound of a helicopter. It lowers a rope ladder down to him, and the pilot shouts for him to climb aboard. Like before, the man refuses, knowing that God will save him.

    Not long after that, the water rises too high, and he is swept away to his death.

    On the last day when the faithful are resurrected and the wicked are cast into righteous fire with the fallen angels that deceived them, this man stands before the Lord and asks Him: 'I was faithful to you. Why didn't you save me on that day?'

    The Lord responds, 'I tried to, son. I woke you, early, so you would have time to leave before the flood. I sent you two boats. I sent you a helicopter, as well.'"

  10. R.... ....

    If only this was on AJFA

  11. M.... ....

    One of their greatest songs, heavy as Can be. Lyrics, bass, All perfect.

  12. M.... ....

    Jesus is a lie.

  13. F.... K....

    I see faith in your eyes

  14. R.... C....

    Best song of the album, enter sandman os overrated

  15. �.... �....

    Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. ~ John Stuart Mill.

  16. S.... L....

    And this is when people said Metallica went "commercial". What is commercial about this? This shit is heavy and dark, funny how two hit songs on a 12 song album make everyone assume this is their most commercial one.

  17. 8.... T....

    Great song!!!

  18. N.... C....

    My father had cancer and he took the kemo and died anyway. My last memory is of him is watching him die with tubes down his throat begging for life when I was 12. The medical industry killed him. They drilled into his bones for his marrow and then said he wasn't healthy enough to receive his own marrow. I still wonder to this day who got his marrow. They harvested my father, like an animal. He was 39.

  19. L.... Y....

    Bad Ass...

  20. P.... N....

    4:05 PM 12/11/2019 I never looked at him as a god but hes related to the Rothchilds right? I found out Im related to the Royal House of Windsor later on when I got older.

  21. N.... S....

    Can't listen to this song without immediately thinking of this: https://ww.reddit.com/r/TheDelrayMisfits/comments/e52xie/it_big_but_sith_lord_can_take/

  22. V.... ....

    It's almost as if... god isn't real?! *GASP*

  23. B.... V....

    The intro is like Metallica's version of Megadeths dawn patrol

  24. G.... s....

    God bless all amen 🙏

  25. M.... M....

    Kill in it

  26. R.... T....

    and justice for Jason

  27. K.... B....

    Pharmaceutical medical treatment isn't a God , James your mother was betrayed by fallen ones , makes a decent tune , but , you are in far delirium, good Lord God Almighty Bless you and keep you all safe

  28. S.... J....

    To me, the best track from the infamous "Black" lp

  29. M.... P....

    One of Kirk's underrated solos imo

    M.... P....

    I think its his best

  30. 3.... ....

    kafir song

  31. p.... d....

    god fails on most things ppl want help with but some ppl pray that someone won’t die but remember if there’s love there’s death what do all humans do love witch means you will die . when you do die you’ll meet the god that failed ig lol

  32. T.... ....

    This is my favorite song on the black album

    T.... ....

    The whole album is one of there best of all time Sad but True

  33. A.... B....

    Why does this remind me of Dawn Patrol

  34. j.... m....

    my favorite black album song

  35. R.... ....

    meaningful af !

  36. G.... ....

    Hans Hermann Hoppe liked this song.

  37. s.... ....

    why did you fuck up the album cover ?

    s.... ....

    oh because of clicks. ye im a dumbass

  38. j.... f....

    I hear babies cry.   Well who is ready to bang their head until those cries manifest into joyful confident laughter.

  39. j.... f....

    It is because of people like Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump that America has the highest violent crime rate and drug and alcohol dependency problem in the world. At the same time the lowest standards of quality pertaining to our air, water, foods, landscapes, working/ living environment every day home products.  Seriously why should Mitch McConnell care about anything pertaining to honestly, obeying, or properly enforcing the laws when his wife stole 75 million American tax dollars through shady deals that are definitely criminal.  Obviously people like Donald Trump don't care about women and children safety.  Because they are sexual criminals on top of being sexual failures, I mean all you have to do is Look in Donald Trump's ex-wifes   and current wife eyes and you will see the look of frustration and disappointment let down.  Keep in mind sexual crimes are classified as the weakest form of criminal conduct.   Locker room talk! Not according to criminal psychologist, brain specialist, and leading physicians.        What we all heard Donald Trump confess to on the access Hollywood bus interview was much more consistent with the jailhouse confession from one inmate to another or a prison reminiscence from one convict to another who are living out their sentencing in protective custody  case closed big boss Jamie has spoken. Mercy, forgiveness, and spiritual welfare are not changing those facts. Protecting, carrying, and compensating any souls or spirits that are connected to a life that freely does not do its best to improve upon and maintain the quality of it. Now I wish and pray for my soul and spirit to be held spiritually accountable to the statements I proclaim. I guarantee you never see hear another body, man in power, persons of legal religious, authority, and leaders!! Ever freely validate the statements they proclaim with that level of certainty. One reason could be they don't have the best interest of the majority of the population's needs at Heart
    another reason could be the cum from a breed of cowards or simply have a lifestyle that suggests, confirms, and validates them as being feebleminded and physically inadequate, submissive subservient it doesn't get any worse than that.              One is genetic hereditary the other is a generic learned behavior either way it is physically, mentally, and spiritually useless to freely live and die in such a low quality manner especially if that stupidity, weak, and desperation stems from being soft, lazy, out of shape, over fed, and undernourished neglecting your own physical freedom. Maybe being overworked and underpaid with dirty low-paying jobs,  that come from outdated power sources, inferior materials, poisonous, toxic substances, pesticides, and chemicals that never change their killing composition which means, simpleton whether it is a solid, liquid, or burnt off into our airways or atmosphere as a vapor is always going to be poisonous, debilitating, and deadly to the body at the same time polluting, corrupting, and devastating to mother Earth and all the various different forms of life that live within this world. There is no profit to be made and the demise of the planet.                   Which is a real possibility because we are facing environmental and financial global collapse with these dirty low-paying jobs. Mitch McConnell Grim Reaper.  Okay will then he should know that if life is not free then why the hell would death be any cheaper, It's not. And now I know who souls and spirits have paid out are picking up the tab on the end results of dirty low-paying jobs. have paid out are picking up the tab on a diminished quality of life.  Have been, or are being implemented with all of the disease, sickness, illness, injuries, pain, suffering, torment, abuse, neglect, and hunger.  That has been allowed to occur manifesting throughout the history of mankind into what it is today thanks to people like Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Roy Moore Bill O'Reilly, Harvey Weinstein, and WikiLeaks. THE END. S.R.F

  40. M.... W....

    A Very sad song ...

  41. k.... b....

    Black Album is a true masterpiece, one of the few albums in heavy metal history that scores 10/10: the riffs, the lyrics, the melodies, the solos, the production, everything...

  42. T.... H....

    this album blows

  43. N.... K....

    That solo is so good

  44. H.... M....

    Brilliant song.

  45. T.... ....

    Whit if this song was released on AJFA? What could happen?

  46. J.... S....

    my neighbors just love it when i play this loud

  47. k.... ....

    I just wish i could play this around christians without seeming like an
    a$$hole

    k.... ....

    play it i do if they don't like it oh well

  48. j.... d....

    We are free in what we believe and to express it also ... to many extreme thoughts collide sometimes to hard ... time to find good compromise ...

  49. E.... B....

    0:36 1:10 best part ever

  50. T.... S....

    Heavy as hell...Hell yeah to Jason. From flots to metallica and his other endeavors. And I agree what this is about. To much faith not enough facts and truth.

  51. A.... B....

    Why does this remind me of Dawn Patrol

  52. c.... b....

    that solo is icredible

  53. �.... �....

    ΤΣΟ ΚΑΙ ΛΟ :P

  54. M.... I....

    I think between AJFA and black album is kirk at his peak. His solo is so great

  55. Q.... D....

    Rhetorically speaking: Any questions?

  56. B.... B....

    I like this song.

  57. H.... ....

    I used to own the the Black Album on iTunes but now iTunes is no more.

  58. M.... D....

    Probably one of the most heaviest songs they have made

  59. a.... l....

    2dumb boy. I saw jesus in the crowd , a lot of people were around him.

  60. M.... E....

    "Wish" -- see this is why Rush is so goodp

  61. M.... E....

    When the playing -- yeah, OK, literally a fcking guitar...-- how honest are you being about stufff in heneral?

    M.... E....

    Who finds your "crap" guitarism amusing, and gow pleased are they about that?

  62. T.... J....

    In case any of you don’t know, at 3:50 when the intro guitar comes back in and switches from ear to ear, there’s that other little clicking sound other than the guitar you hear.....that’s James cocking a gun he recorded the sound and added it in lol

  63. F.... s....

    Heretic lyrics but wonderful music.

  64. m.... ....

    4:00 "Play" …..

  65. E.... r....

    That solo touched my soul

  66. r.... b....

    sin it is :v isn´t ?

  67. r.... b....

    I adore when people treat me like some God´s wising man. It´s not the man.

  68. M.... H....

    Christian scientists? That's like saying up down or cat dog.

  69. V.... B....

    There are no lyrics

    V.... B....

    @zanestjohn1 what's the f**king point of watching a "lyric" video it it DOESN'T EVEN HAVE LYRICS IN IT!!!

  70. A.... A....

    Metallica ✌️👍😜💣

  71. N.... C....

    When I was 11 years old my father was diagnosed with cancer, he died when I was 12. He was the rock of our family, but when he died, the supposed family swooped in like vultures, taking everything of value, and tossed me and my mother to the wayside to fend for ourselves. I prayed every day for my father, I begged God to not let him die, but he died anyway. But that was only the beginning, the betrayal of our own family still stirs an anger inside me to this day. They didn't give a shit about us, taking all of my fathers possessions and leaving us to rot. I haven't forgotten, and revenge is a dish best served cold. Murder is in my future.

    N.... C....

    omg holy moly haha

    N.... C....

    @Sophia Sanders all true bitch

  72. A.... L....

    Does anyone notice the way the snake forms 6 6 6 on the album cover?

  73. b.... o....

    I like how doomish sounds

  74. C.... H....

    Da da da DAAAAA.
    Da da da DAAAAA.
    Da da da DAAAAAAaaaaa da da da DAAAA.
    \m/ >.< \m/

  75. J.... C....

    Esta cancion es muy triste. Manifiesta un dolor inmenso que siente Hetfiel por la perdida de su madre.

  76. E.... M....

    That god doesn't exist fucking assholes !

  77. S.... T....

    THE GOD HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS RELIGION NOT THE FATHER!

  78. T.... F....

    Mannheim_2019

  79. N.... T....

    The central theme of the song is faith and human reliance on it, and of unrewarded belief in a God that fails to heal. The lyrics and song material were inspired by Hetfield's anguish on the circumstances surrounding his mother's death. She died of cancer after refusing medical attention, solely relying on her belief in God to heal her. Hetfield felt that had she not followed her Christian Science beliefs, she could have survived.

    Hetfield does not celebrate God's failure in the song, but instead blames God, through his mother's faith and death, for contributing to the meaninglessness of life.

  80. M.... C....

    Muito boaaa ! Clássico,rock morreu 😓

  81. M.... S....

    The bass line Sounds like dawn patrol

  82. T.... S....

    Dealing with same story with my grandma, I can hear her by the next wall as she's screaming from pain..

  83. I.... b....

    You can hear jason 3.59 :)

  84. j.... n....

    Y donde esta la letra

  85. b.... m....

    I see faith in your eyes!!!!!!!!!!!! I hear faith in your christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  86. B.... 4....

    Fuck Jesus the Amen Ra the Sun god

    B.... 4....

    @Nigel_ 807wake up Jesus is Amen Ra Rev 3;14 Jesus himself says hes the Amen. The God of Israel is one Duet. 6:4 Isaiah 46:9

  87. F.... D....

    efe aybi

  88. M.... M....

    F**king Bad Ass song. I know why this song was written, so very sad, but this song kicks ass!

  89. R.... M....

    I haven't heard this song for like a year, now that I heard the solo again, I had goosebumps all over my body and could not even move... ufff, I love these moments.

  90. D.... z....

    This bass is nasty! best track from black album for me

  91. P.... ....

    My favorite song that happens to be from my favorite album. Metallica was swinging for the fences with the album and they hit a grand slam

  92. R.... H....

    Hey you can hear Jason this time

  93. k.... ....

    I want this intro played everywhere........

  94. A.... S....

    Can we say that the mixing/production on Black Album are top notch

  95. M.... K....

    One of my favorites forever!

  96. A.... G....

    Good song

  97. T.... ....

    Perfect!

  98. A.... ....

    music god's 2:45 ...3:40