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The Outlaw Torn is the fourteenth and final song from Metallica's sixth album Load.
About[]
This is about losing someone that means a lot to you and desperately seeking a replacement that never comes. It could be written about the band's late bassist, Cliff Burton.
Versions[]
Kirk Hammett played the first solo in the middle and James Hetfield played the solo at the end of the song. Since they were running out of room on the CD, Hetfield's solo had to be cut short because no more than 78:59 minutes/seconds can be stored on a normal CD.
On the single "The Memory Remains" (1998), the uncut version of "The Outlaw Torn" is featured. It is 11 minutes long and contains James Hetfield's full solo.
This was later included on their 1999 album S&M with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Live[]
Metallica played the first time the full version of "The Outlaw Torn" live on April 11 and 12, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the first gigs of the "Garage Remains The Same" tour. It was also occasionally played live during the short "M2K" tour.
Trivia[]
Lyrics[]
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you
And now I wait my whole lifetime for you
I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you
I search the outside, search inside for you
To take back what you left me
I know I'll always burn to be
The one who seeks so I may find
And now I wait my whole lifetime
Outlaw of torn
Outlaw of torn
And I'm torn
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you
The more I search, the more my need for you
The more I bless, the more I bleed for you
You make me smash the clock and feel
I'd rather die behind the wheel
Time was never on my side
So on I wait my whole lifetime
Outlaw of torn
Outlaw of torn
Outlaw of torn
And I'm torn
Hear me
And if I close my mind in fear
Please pry it open
See me
And if my face becomes sincere
Beware
Hold me
And when I start to come undone
Stitch me together
Save me
And when you see me strut
Remind me of what left this outlaw torn (X2)
References[]
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Load |
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| Songs | Ain't My Bitch • 2 X 4 • The House Jack Built • Until It Sleeps • King Nothing • Hero of the Day • Bleeding Me • Cure • Poor Twisted Me • Wasting My Hate • Mama Said • Thorn Within • Ronnie • The Outlaw Torn |
| Members | James Hetfield • Lars Ulrich • Kirk Hammett • Jason Newsted |
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S&M |
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| Songs | The Ecstasy of Gold • The Call of Ktulu • Master of Puppets • Of Wolf and Man • The Thing That Should Not Be • Fuel • The Memory Remains • No Leaf Clover • Hero of the Day • Devil's Dance • Bleeding Me • Nothing Else Matters • Until it Sleeps • For Whom the Bell Tolls • - Human • Wherever I May Roam • The Outlaw Torn • Sad But True • One • Enter Sandman • Battery |
| Members | James Hetfield • Lars Ulrich • Kirk Hammett • Jason Newsted |
