Damage, Inc. (song)

Song

Tour Dates

Damage, Inc. is the final track on Metallica's third album Master of Puppets.

About

"Damage, Inc." is simply about senseless violence and destruction. It is the only song on the whole Master of Puppets album which contains profane language and is the last song to have all four members given writing credit during the Burton era. "Damage, Inc." and "Leper Messiah" are the only tracks from the album that aren't playable in the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Live

• "Damage, Inc." has been performed live 310 times as of January, 2025.
• "Damage, Inc." was first performed live on March 27th, 1986, in Valley Center, Kansas, at the Kansas Coliseum.
• It was last performed on July 8th, 2022, in Oeiras, Portugal, at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés.

Trivia

• The line "fuck it all and fucking no regret" became a common recurring theme in their 8th studio album, St. Anger; starting with the titular track.

Lyrics

Dealing out the agony within
Charging hard and no one's going to give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct, not a trend
Go against the grain until the end

Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated

Slamming through, don't fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You'll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain't for you and we're the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it's no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall

Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated

We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You'll know just where we come from
Damage, Incorporated

Go!

Damage jackals ripping right through you
Sight and smell of this, it gets me going
Know just how to get just what we want
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets
Never happy endings on these dark sets
All's fair for Damage, Inc. you see
Step a little closer, if you please

Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated