Trapped Under Ice (song)

Song

Tour Dates

Trapped Under Ice is the fifth track Metallica's second album Ride the Lightning. It was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett. It is also one of the many songs that is on the game Guitar Hero: World Tour. It is on the Times Square Venue, right before "B.Y.O.B" by System Of A Down.

About

The song is about a person who is cryogenically frozen and knows about it. Unable to do anything except to helplessly scream and beg for help. Hence the name, Trapped Under Ice.

Live

• "Trapped Under Ice" has been played live 29 times as of January, 2025.
• "Trapped Under Ice" was first performed live on November 16th, 1984, in Le Petit-Quevilly, France.
• It was last performed live on November 6th, 2024, in Hollywood, Florida, at the Hard Rock Live Concert.

Lyrics

    I don't know how to live through this Hell
    Woken up, I'm still locked in this shell
    Frozen soul, frozen down to the core
    Break the ice, I can't take anymore
    
         Freezing
         Can't move at all
         Screaming
         Can't hear my call
         I am dying to live
         Cry out
         I'm trapped under ice
    
    Crystallized, as I lay here and rest
    Eyes of glass stare directly at death
    From deep sleep I have broken away
    No one knows, no one hears what I say
    
         Freezing
         Can't move at all
         Screaming
         Can't hear my call
         I am dying to live
         Cry out
         I'm trapped under ice
    
    Scream, from my soul
    Fate, mystified
    Hell, forevermore
    
    No release from my cryonic state
    What is this? I've been stricken by fate
    Wrapped up tight, cannot move, can't break free
    Hand of doom has a tight grip on me
    
         Freezing
         Can't move at all
         Screaming
         Can't hear my call
         I am dying to live
         Cry out
         I'm trapped under ice