The Day That Never Comes (song)

Song

Tour Dates

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.

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.

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!