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Metallica – Sad but True
“Sad but True” is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the fifth and final single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica.

Though the band had utilised the ‘D standard’ tuning for the recording and subsequent performances of covers such as “Crash Course in Brain Surgery” and The Small Hours, this was the second instance of the band utilising such a low guitar tuning for an original piece (“The Thing That Should Not Be” was the first). Bassist Jason Newsted tuned his 5-string bass down to ‘A standard’ for this song, which is essentially the equivalent of D standard, i.e. one whole step down.
Metallica-Sad but TrueThe instrumental structure was used in Kid Rock’s 2000 single, American Bad Ass. The song is on Rock’s compilation, The History of Rock.
In 2004, Guitar Player listed James Hetfield’s tone (most likely produced by an ESP EXP with a Mark IIC+ along with a Danelectro Longhorn bass)[original research?] as one of the “50 Greatest Tones of All Time”.[1]
The song was included on Metallica’s live collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen), entitled S&M.

Lyrics:
Hey
I’m your life
I’m the one who takes you there
Hey
I’m your life
I’m the one who cares
They
They betray
I’m your only true friend now
They
They’ll betray
I’m forever there

I’m your dream, make you real
I’m your eyes when you must steal
I’m your pain when you can’t feel
Sad but true
I’m your dream, mind astray
I’m your eyes while you’re away
I’m your pain while you repay
You know it’s sad but true you

You
You’re my mask
You’re my cover, my shelter
You
You’re my mask
You’re the one who’s blamed
Do
Do my work
Do my dirty work, scapegoat
Do
Do my deeds
For you’re the one who’s shamed

I’m your dream, make you real
I’m your eyes when you must steal
I’m your pain when you can’t feel
Sad but true
I’m your dream, mind astray
I’m your eyes while you’re away
I’m your pain while you repay
You know it’s sad but true hate I’m your hate

Hate
I’m your hate
I’m your hate when you want love
Pay
Pay the price
pay, for nothing’s fair
Hey
I’m your life
I’m the one who took you there
Hey
I’m your life
And I no longer care

I’m your dream, make you real
I’m your eyes when you must steal
I’m your pain when you can’t feel
Sad but true
I’m your truth, telling lies
I’m your reason alibis
I’m inside open your eyes
I’m you
Sad but true