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Death Magnetic (album)

Cyanide is the sixth song of Death Magnetic. It was written by all four members of the band. It was the first song from the album to be played live.

About[]

Live[]

  • "Cyanide" has been performed live 196 times as of January, 2025.
  • "Cyanide" was first performed live on August 9th, 2008, in Frisco, Texas, at Pizza Hut Park, for Ozzfest 2008.
  • It was last performed live on September 29th, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico, at Estadio GNP Seguros, during the M72 World Tour.

Trivia[]

Lyrics[]

 Sleep and dream of this
 Death angel's kiss
 Brings final bliss
 Completely
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, won't you let me stay?
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, hear me call your name,
     Call your name...
 
         ...suicide 
         I've already died
         You're just the funeral 
         I've been waiting for
 
         ...cyanide
         Living dead inside
         Break this empty shell forever more
 
 Wait, wait patiently
 Your death black wings
 Unfolding sleep
 Spreading o'er me
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, won't you let me stay?
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, hear me call your name,
     Call your name...
 
         ...suicide 
         I've already died
         You're just the funeral 
         I've been waiting for
 
         ...cyanide
         Living dead inside
         Break this empty shell forever more
 
 Say, is that rain or are they tears?
 That has stained your concrete face for years
 The crying, weeping, shedding strife
 Year after year, life after life
 
 An air of freshly broken ground
 A concrete angel lit right down 
 Upon the grave which swallows fast
 It's peace at last, peace at last!
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, won't you let me stay?
 
     Empty they say,
     Death, hear me call your name,
     Call your name...
 
         ...suicide 
         I've already died
         You're just the funeral 
         I've been waiting for
 
         ...cyanide
         Living dead inside
         Break this empty shell forever more
 
 Forevermore (suicide)
 Forevermore (suicide)
 It's just the funeral 
 I've been waiting for

References[]

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Songs For Whom the Bell TollsThe UnforgivenNothing Else MattersEnter SandmanKing NothingSad But TrueNo Leaf CloverOrionFade to BlackThe Memory RemainsWherever I May RoamWelcome Home (Sanitarium)FuelFranticOneAll Nightmare LongHit the LightsMercyful FateSeek & DestroyCreeping DeathMaster of PuppetsBatteryThe Shortest StrawWhiplashDyers EveDisposable HeroesFight Fire with FireThe Thing That Should Not BeBroken, Beat & ScarredCyanideMy Apocalypse
Featured Band Songs Turn the PageTuesday's GoneAm I Evil?Stone Cold Crazy
Death Magnetic (album)
Death Magnetic
Songs That Was Just Your Life · The End of the Line · Broken, Beat & Scarred · The Day That Never Comes · All Nightmare Long · Cyanide · The Unforgiven III · The Judas Kiss · Suicide and Redemption · My Apocalypse
Members James Hetfield · Lars Ulrich · Kirk Hammett · Robert Trujillo
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