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The Day That Never Comes is the fourth track of Metallica's ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, and the fortieth single by the band. "The Day That Never Comes" is described as the most downbeat song on the album.
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Video[]
The video starts off with two men riding in a vehicle in Arabia. The men are suddenly blown off by guns. One of them being injured is taken back to their military base. We do not know what happens to him. The other man then confronts a different situation. He and his men are stopped by a civilian's car. The civilian is holding a jumper cable. Suspecting an ambush they put the man at gunpoint. There is a woman at the back of the car then gets out. They try and get her on the ground but she instead approaches them. The man thinks that she might be a suicide bomber. He rethinks this and tells his men to drop their weapons. They help push start the car and it turns out that there is no harm done.
Live[]
- "The Day That Never Comes" has been performed live 201 times as of January, 2025.
- 'The Day That Never Comes" was first performed live on August 22nd, 2008, in Leeds, England, at Branham, for Leeds Festival 2008, during the European Summer Vacation Tour.
- It was last performed live on September 20th, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico, at Estadio GNP Seguros, during the M72 World Tour.
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Lyrics[]
Born to push you around Better just stay down You pull away He hits the flesh You hit the ground Mouth so full of lies Tend to black your eyes Just keep them closed Keep praying Just keep waiting Waiting for the one The day that never comes When you stand up and feel the warmth But the son shine never comes No, the son shine never comes Push you cross that line, Just stay down this time Hide in yourself Crawl in yourself You'll have your time God I'll make them pay Take it back one day I'll end this day I'll splatter color on this gray Waiting for the one The day that never comes When you stand up and feel the warmth But the son shine never comes Love... is a four-letter word, And never spoken here Love... is a four-letter word, Here in this prison I suffer this no longer, I'll put an end to this, I swear This, I swear The son will shine This, I swear, This, I swear, This, I swear!
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Death Magnetic |
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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 |