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Rhythm 9.1
Melody 8.9
Instruments 8.9
Lyrics 9.1
Vocal 9.1
This song has been reviewed 14 times. Overall score for this song, 9.0.
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Metallica - The God That Failed Lyrics

Song details
TitleThe God That Failed
ArtistMetallica
AlbumMetallica (The Black Album) (1991) , Track 10
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Song lyrics
Pride you took
Pride you feel
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel

Not the word
Not the love
Not what you thought from above

It feeds
It grows
It clouds all that you will know
Deceit
Deceive
Decide just what you believe

(Chorus)
I see faith in your eyes
Never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail
Follow The God That Failed!

Find your peace
Find your say
Find the smooth road on your way

Trust you gave
A child to save
Left you cold and him in grave

It feeds
It grows
It clouds all that you will know
Deceit
Deceive
Decide just what you believe

(Chorus)

I see faith in your eyes
Broken is the promise, betrayal
The healing hand held back by the deepened nail
Follow The God That Failed!

Pride you took 
Pride you feel
Pride that you felt when you'd kneel

Trust you gave
A child to save
Left you cold and him in grave

(Chorus)

Follow The God That Failed!
Broken is the promise
Betrayal, betrayal, yeah!
lyrics submitted by Helge Larsen
lyrics corrected by ömer36




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22-04-2004 20:46Blaze01 is offline Blaze01 

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really good
22-05-2004 02:46myothername is offline myothername 

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bass solo in the beginning rocks... and then the alternating guitar part... good intro.
04-06-2004 15:43Sweet_Amber is offline Sweet_Amber 

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Reality's hard smack in the face NO OTHER BAND CAN DO THAT AS WELL AS METALLICA!
18-08-2004 21:32cowboyftbl22 is offline cowboyftbl22 

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great song to listen to when your pissed off
06-09-2004 20:48Avery_1123 is offline Avery_1123 

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this song kicks ass.. Metallica rox!!! the chourus is awsum.. the whole song is awsum!! this is one of my favs off the black album.



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11-11-2004 17:26Heitaki is offline Heitaki 

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Good song..i love the bass solo in the begining!
10-12-2004 08:27pelicanwarlord is offline pelicanwarlord 

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def. not ride the lightning ... but the best song off the black album by far
10-12-2004 09:27SweetSare is offline SweetSare 

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i like it.. plus i saw them at the big day out
10-12-2004 09:30watthehell is offline watthehell 

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hi im sorry to say but this song i think is the one of the crapest they sung. I think the best one on the black album is the sturggle within or dont tread on me. wat ya think
28-12-2004 23:19ROCK_ON69 is offline ROCK_ON69 

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Hoiler Than Thou is a good song dont tread on me and the struggle within are better. Metallica rocks!!!!!!!!!!
28-12-2004 23:22ignacio is offline ignacio 

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The bass intro is pretty simple, compared to the one in My Friend Of Misery

the guitar solo in this one, I give credit to
29-12-2004 11:22TypeXNEMESIS is offline TypeXNEMESIS 

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this song is dissapointing so is black album
they played all simple tunes in it and most solos were weak
but my friend of misery is my fav from black album and i love it
30-12-2004 03:00rocktotheroll01 is offline rocktotheroll01 

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i like this song, but i like others more, metallica still rocks
14-01-2005 23:50Carabiniere is offline Carabiniere 

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I guess no one really knows what this song is about huh? Some will probably know that James' mother died of cancer not too long before the Black album was recorded. His mother was a very religious person, therefore James somewhat expected God to save her and not let her die. When this happened, he became very upset, saying that her God failed her. Also hence the phrase "The healing hand held back by the deepened nail". The whole song is about this. It'll probably make sense now that you know what it means..
03-10-2005 23:48Pearl_jam is offline Pearl_jam 

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This song is great the bass solo start at the beginning is amazing. The black album is bar far one of Metallicas best albums ever! Rock on Metallica!
14-11-2005 02:48Bcrow is offline Bcrow 

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Look Carabiniere, Anyone could look that up. And that isn't the only song about his mother and cancer. The altern-a-rock "Until It Sleeps" is also about his mother dieing from cancer.

No offense to you, but you probably shouldn't try to show off your Metallica knowledge. It will only hurt you.
21-11-2005 13:25BlackSOUL is offline BlackSOUL 

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Look Carabiniere and bcrow...all i need to know
is that james hate his mother and GOD...and u should accept the fact that god really failed if he f***in' exist...this life he put us in is a life of misery,chaos and confusion so why did he care about his mom? we all goin' to die ,if not by cancer it's by drugs or suicide
28-01-2006 03:49psht is offline psht 

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Hey "BlackSOUL", I suggest you go see a doctor about that unhealthy ammount of sand in your vagina. Seriously.
28-01-2006 03:52psht is offline psht 

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And your a lot more likely to die of heart failure (what most people die of when you say they die of old age) than cancer, drugs, or suicide you forking moron. Jeez you're dumb.

post edited & carded; rude language-
30-04-2006 10:11bravenewsinner is offline bravenewsinner 

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[offtopic]I just wanted to know-was this song written in retaliation to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
01-05-2006 16:19SilverStar001 is offline SilverStar001 

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this song bothers me

but it's good guitar and everythin
12-05-2006 09:44WaCk_4life is offline WaCk_4life 

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every1 knows its about his mom and cancer,can any1 tell me is he still pissed/angry at God ...james had it tough,he didnt know ,he was mad coz his mom died and he blames God,what about after this song? he still pissed?
19-06-2006 07:52MKK_girl is offline MKK_girl 

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great song
06-04-2007 15:40metallicaF is offline metallicaF 

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follow the god that failed
02-05-2009 13:44Matt246 is offline Matt246 

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diz iz another song i luv, diz song should get a 9.5 rating

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