Helpless (song)

Song

Tour Dates

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Helpless is the first song on 1987's Garage Days Re-Revisited and the second disc of 1998's album Garage, Inc.. It was written by Sean Harris and Brian Tatler, with a length of 6:37.

About

It was originally recorded and released by Diamond Head in 1980 on the Lightning to the Nations album.

Live

• "Helpless" has been performed live 65 times as of January, 2025.
• "Helpless" was first performed live March 14th, 1982, in Anaheim, California, at Radio City, for Metallica's Live Debut.
• It was last performed live (acoustically) on December 13th, 2024, in Inglewood, California, at the YouTube Theatre, for Helping Hands 2024.

Lyrics

I gotta see you moving fast
See you come my way
See the dreams, I hope they last
Never fade away.

Gotta see the lights above
Make it loud tonight
Gotta set it all a-fire
Set it all a-light

See the flashing lights
Hear the thunder roar
I am gonna set you all a-light
Gotta make it man
I ain't got a choice
Gotta fill this hall tonight

Helpless
Helpless
Helpless
Helpless

I don't know what I'm gonna do
Maybe not tonight
Gotta set you all a-fire
Gotta treat you right. 

I can see the flashing lights
Lit before your love
Gotta hear the thunder roar
Coming from above.

See the flashing lights
Hear the thunder roar
I'm gonna set you all a-light
Gotta make it man
I ain't got a choice
Gotta fill this hall tonight

Helpless
Helpless
Helpless
Helpless

I can see the stars
But, I can't see what's going on
Every night alone
I sing my song just for fun.

Only time will tell
If I'll make it myself someday
This stage is mine
Music is my destiny.

Cannot squeeze the life from me! 

I can see the stars
But I can't see what's going on
Every night alone
I sing my song just for fun.

Only time will tell
If I'll make it myself someday
This stage is mine
Music is my destiny.

Cannot squeeze the life from me!