No, my friend. That is a metaphor.

Absolutely

Is it? 🤔 Sounds pretty cheap and cheesy to me.

Ikr :')

ABSOLUTELY...AND DON'T FORGET : BRIGHTEST FLAME BURNS QUICKEST....

*Need your arms to welcome me

When I heard this song for the first time, and when I found out the lyric, I immediately teared up because that broke my heart in two.

Stay strong, brother by sorrow.

I grew up in violence, me and my mom spent 3 year's in battered women shelters together. This song hits harder than most.

@@MarkoFTW but you can't sometimes.. Mother is the sweetest thing on the world..

Atta boy, keep killing it!

@joaobarrelas639 Absolutely. Coming from both those 2 points of view myself. 3rd point is that James really means what he's singing here. ALL 3 of those make it a masterpiece, as you said.

absolutely

Hello

Yo yo yo

Until my last breath

I'm still here

🇪🇸

I love that sprit of Headfield, that "Fuck all I play my own music" literally describes Metallica after Black album

Metallica is much more than thrash metal

After the success of Nothing Else Matters with the entirety of the Black album; they felt like they could do anything.

​@@G0DIS1, commercially yes. The Black Album was the most commerciall success and also the most easy to listening and the most simple (that was the reason). Musically they developed as no other metal band. They showed that they has no borders in music and music genres.

@@wojtekg9315 I'm just quoting Lars it was his words, and yes they busted down barriers to evolve and mature and kept getting better in sound .

Hell yeah

💙

Never crossed my mind but - YEEAH!! :)

alealtan But load is a country album lol.

Tristan Morrow It was actually somewhat of a joke lol learn how the internet works bro.

You are a metal god and do a country? AWESOME!

fak this song always makes me cry, remember my momma :(

@@ricardoe.vasquezm.9789 Yikes, I feel you bro

This is my cousin. I am trying to convince him how badass this song is! He is addicted to MOP and RTL! Love James

Oh yeah, Pop country music...thats so metal! gtfo

Ah man, so sorry dude, she will always be with you. I know it's unbelievably hard, but keep going, she would want that. All the best man..

Lol and sorry and RIP. Nothing helps!

May she rest in peace ❤

Love to you my friend . Sorry about your your mom😢

​@@thedigitalemotionp 0

the ones who just enjoy life leave early

R.I.P now he jams with Lemmy in heaven😥

James says it's not. Like the whole rest of the song it's about James' mom who died when he was a teenager because she fell ill and their messed up religion forbid medical treatment.

@@donotevenbegintocare I know but I felt like the same concept applies for cliff to since he also died so young

Well cliff was apparently a country fan so he’d probably love this

Esse álbum do Metallica custou 10 dólares

i cant really compare metallica albums to one another but personally, my fav albums are load and reload albums, instead of giving the message with pure rage and hatred, those albums are more emational and touching and most importantly personal about their lives, especially james hetfield's life and i have a serious respect for him, his past, their band and their past.

I didn’t want to like this comment because it has 111 likes and that is perfect! This is perfect. My fav metallica song

@@seymenozcan Load and Reload albums are "hated" only because the fans expected thrash metal forever from Metallica. If any random band made them they would be universally praised.

Oi

The living years by mike & the mechanics

Я желаю, чтобы у вас все было хорошо!

Мама,все благ,,!

Hope it's all good now

Omg, that hits hard. Best for you all

Those people had and continue to have bad taste. They're probably baffled by how James sounded after he shredded his voice, had to fix it, and suddenly learned he's a fuckin' baritone. Uncultured swine, the lot of them.

The album is not thrash... (scnr 😉) I like the album very much as well

I can agree with this

The problem was the look and the atitude of Lars and Kirk at time ... They wanted to be on the show biz Hollywood elite ... And that let James and Jason pissed off ...

biggest metal band of all time ? :D

@@nobodyneverknows No the best rock band in history!

@@nobodyneverknows absolutely

Yeah, that cuts deep....

Whole 2:51 - 3:21 The saddest 30 second I've heard

and his is name is Steve stone cold Austin ''jugs beers''

Worse when you realize he's referring to a gravestone

@@calebpope4664 that's cutting son's heart my brother.

God bless you bro, May her soul rest in heaven

I’m sorry to hear that, May she Rest In Peace, and what you said really is true and something to listen to

I feel u man

I can relate I lost my mom in mother's day weekend of 2019

Grow up HateBang420

It's a pity that they've come back to thrash metal gimmick instead of making more sincere stuff like they did on Load/Reload. Who would know back in the days that Metallica selling out won't be about making more popular music, but to be exactly what their fans want them to be.

L

@@Spermofdog IF they hadnt gone back they wouldnt have any fans left especially after they pulled the stanger and lulu garbage and the live shows would suffer from fan bordom

@@therealmetalheads7194 I don't care about fans, I want my favourite musicians to make music that they want to make, not music that they must make to cater to their target audience.

@@Spermofdog you clearly know shit about what music metallica wants to do now.

Kurt Kobain

@@nvm183 Yeah,but His name correctly Cobain not Kobain.

Better to burn out than to fade away.

@@AllOuttaBubblegum123 This is actually wrongfully credited to Cobain when in fact it was Neil Young. (The song: Hey, Hey, My My).

I mean it's a saying as old as time, they didn't invent it

Load and Reload are some of the most underrated albums out there

@@henrihai1940 YEP !!!!

David Vincent disagree

lol how true!!!

Yes... This is way better than bro country lol

Juicy Strong Metal is older than country music. Country comes from very early Metal music. A lot of music comes from Celtic folk music as we know it. But I agree most country music today is just Queers singing about shit they don’t have a clue about, like woman and cars.

Do you have any idea how many ppl you just insulted there???

My mom died of pancreas cancer. Till the end she hide of what they did in the company

@@borsuk96 sorry to hear that. Life can be cruel sometimes. best wishes to you and yours

Mine passed away of uterus cancer. I dream of her every day. I need her so much. I’m only 23 I’m lost.

@@imaneelmohalil5335 You'll find your feet again, and comfort within one day, I promise. My brother has stage 4 prostate Cancer and then we found out my Dad has prostate Cancer, horrible disease that I know has taken many of lives.

People say that time heals everything. They lie. Time does not heal anything. You just get used to it.

Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.

@@jameshetfield1 Hi, I am doing great, but even greater now that you have written to me!!!! If this is the actual James Hetfield on the other end of this, I just want to say that am so honored beyond words to be able to connect with you. I truly believe you are a shining inspiration to people everywhere and that your music helps make the world a better place... Also, I send much belated birthday love to Cliff up in the sky - one of the most beautiful human beings to ever walk this Earth. Metallica is my heart - I love all of you! Sending big virtual hugs! ❤‍🔥❣💓🥰🤗💞

​@@alexandrazeitz599 Hate to break to you, but that's not James.

Its not heavy metal dude. Metal only .

Thrash metal

They are not the best metal band ,,,,, Theya re the best band EVER existed in all genres

Same avatar, cheers /,,/

@@batuhandogan5661 lol

Yeah man, miss my mom

Goosebumps man...every time

So sad...😭

Need your arms to mother me, but a cold stones' all i see

"Mother me"

Future me

Cause you got good taste friend

I started when i was 14, now I'm 41 and couldn't get over LOAD!...until I sleep..

same here

Metallica transcended very much their career.

Stay strong bro, praying for you

Same age Hetfield lost his.

@Matt Walker, She's in spirit and watches your life. You are loved. You can talk to her. The moment you say her name aloud, her spirit comes instantly to you. Love is the bond that keeps you together. I lost my father at 17 years, and my mom recently. You can ask your mom for help or for signs. If you want to know what she's feeling or thinking though unless you meditate, you'd need to contact a psychic Medium. Usually you can find them at a metaphysical bookstore or even online. There are some awesome ones. Blessings.

@@briang8579 thanks !!!

@@dianec.7645 thank you !!!

“You gave me your emptiness and l’ll take it to my grave”just how brilliant is that?

Yes also remember that nearly 50 million people watched this

And sadly only 255k people liked it

So yes you’re right

@@Baguette12349 50M is nothing for this song, it should be at 2B ... and consider 2M is only me :)

that one is Bruce Springsteen......... James is the legend . ... he is just Metallica

I just wanted to say,how James can pull off everything,he is a legend just as you said after all :3

So true!

lmao

very true

My mother dying 25 year

James beat alcoholism once, he can do it again

Why though

@@ghost_type_gaming670 How's he doing now?

❤️❤️❤️❤️

damn, has it been almost 20 years? damn

+Marco Moreno well said !

+Bulls4 Life Makes you feel old don't it?

+Marco Moreno This IS metallica, they have many songs like this one. not as deep though but in vibe and float.

+Marco Moreno its an awsome song.

Мама говорила Мама учила меня хорошему, Говорила мне, когда я был молод: «Сынок, твоя жизнь как открытая книга - Не закрывай её раньше времени». «Самое яркое пламя сгорает быстрее всего», - Вот что я слышал от нее. Сердце сына в долгу перед матерью, Но я должен найти свой путь. Отпусти мое сердце, Позволь своему сыну вырасти. Мама, отпусти мое сердце, Или успокой его. Бунтарь - моя новая фамилия, Дикая кровь в моих венах, Но передник вокруг моей шеи Все еще на мне. Я слышал, что покидать дом в раннем возрасте Неправильно. Я никогда не просил прощения, Но что сделано, то сделано. Отпусти мое сердце, Позволь своему сыну вырасти. Мама, отпусти мое сердце, Или успокой его. Я никогда не просил у тебя, Но никогда и не давал. Но ты оставила мне свою пустоту, Которую я с собой в могилу несу. Я никогда не просил у тебя, Но никогда и не давал. Но ты оставила мне свою пустоту, Которую я с собой в могилу несу, Так успокой это сердце. Мама, я возвращаюсь домой, Я не совсем тот, каким ты хотела видеть меня. Но любовь матери к своему сыну, Несомненно, помогала мне всегда. Я недостаточно ценил твою любовь, И все, что ты мне говорила. Я нуждаюсь в твоих объятиях, Но холодный камень - все, что я вижу. Отпусти мое сердце, Позволь своему сыну вырасти. Мама, отпусти мое сердце, Или успокой его. Отпусти мое сердце, Мама, отпусти мое сердце. Ты никогда не отпускала его, Так успокой это сердце. Я никогда не просил у тебя, Но никогда и не давал. Но ты оставила мне свою пустоту, Которую я с собой в могилу несу. Я никогда не просил у тебя, Но никогда и не давал. Но ты оставила мне свою пустоту, Которую я с собой в могилу несу, Так успокой это сердце.

Thanks!

thanks

Thank you and probably one of the best lyrics I've ever heard in my life surprisingly coming from Metallica. Masterpiece.

​@@science7958 Surprisingly? They usually have amazing lyrics

my mom passed from throat cancer a year ago. this is a beautiful song. I tell you this man, I know my mom is in Heaven with Jesus Christ her savior. He is the Giver of Life Eternal. God bless friend.

Amen, my friend

+Glorious Mustard sorry 4 ur loss guys

Glorious Mustard same I dedicate this to my mother who was struck by a car and killed

Glorious Mustard same here, my friend.

❤

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

Como a envejecido jetfield mirando este video viejo se nota el paso del tiempo

Thanks Mordimer.😺

Oh man what we have done together. Still unbelievable for me!

thanks boddy

As a mother to a son.. ah I won't or can't even say or have the words .. a mother loves her son unconditionally none the less. Deep lyrics .. "let this heart be still" beautifully said. I love Chance Russell.

SMPrince97 ew no this is their hot dog

Minus Human

Agreed. Shame, cause it's absolutly beautiful.

Load is underated. Period.

I’d say it’s Wasting my Hate. Such a Rockin’ Song.

во истину!

Великая группа и великий Хэтфилд!

Super kapela

❤

nutin bad bout just metal tho

+HispanicDawn don't think she meant to say anything bad about "just metal playing bands". I think what she is trying to say is that Metallica can pull off multiple genres flawlessly. Which is a rarely seen today.

Theyre the best...

I THIS. SONG. BY. METALLICA. BECAUSE. IT. IS. A. GRATE. SONG

fucking right man No matter what the world says

It's their loss some are just musically retarded

@@metallicat1973 this is beautifully put!

Lies again? Marine Soldier

If this song came out today airing on country radio it would be a No. 1

Why care if the song good for you?

Agreed

haha.. teenage time for me is ...and justice for all. it was like yesterday my brother.

hahahaha so true

Juan F My teenage time is Hardwired...not complaining at all and I listen to all of their albums. Love them.

mine too!

What a crying baby!!😭😭😭

Nancy Steinbrueck you said ALL.nothing more needs said

So dam true!

Its not all about heavy riffs and thrash. I have followed and travelled thousands and thousands of miles just to see Metallica over the years. This song is real special, video sucks but he ho its the musical content I enjoy.

@@javiergonzalez5739, wrong!!!!

I can feel your pain bro, I'm here for the very same reason

Same 1/3/20

@@davidsawyer116 😔

For me the same reason😢

Lost my mom 7 years I hate to tell u it don't get better some days better some bad days u learn and deal day by day sorry for ur loss play music u know helps her b with u

+Thoregor nice mustache brah

João Arthur Thank you :D

I agree completely. without songs like this metal wouldnt be its fullest potential because to me, metal IS a form of emotion. many metal heads im sure can agree with the fact that, anything fast, agressive, lyrically driven is more about the meaning and message then the entertainment of the song. this work is why I love metal, and music in general. It just goes to show who's in it for the message not the money. ya know? #musicislife

+Thoregor VALES VERGA

I totally agree, die hard metallica myself, I dig this and ronnie

No dude also ur not rich

@@evenstephen9337 bro stfu if you don't like the song then don't listen to it and don't comment shit on other people's comments

Load really is a work of art. I hear some people say it is underrated, but I think that any real Metallica fan knows this is one of their best albums. Outlaw torn is my personal favourite from load

2true

Yeah

That moment when a metal band can make a better country song than country singers today...

totally!!!!

Purists bash the Load/ReLoad period as a departure. So what? Metallica were artists who felt like doing something a little different for a while, to branch out from their roots while also applying what they'd done before. Take this single, for example: James felt like writing a country song, to channel his deep emotions about his mother and her death. And so he wrote one of the best damn country songs ever.

Greghson 1 if they were released by another band I guarantee they’d be praised as classics

load is ok reload is poo

My first concert was Metallica during the "Load" tour in January of 1996. I was 12, went with my older brother. Changed my life. Korn opened for the them and was "booed" throughout their whole set lol. Anyways, that was my first Metallica experience and I'm proud to say I've seen them 3 times and even flown to San Francisco from AZ to see them since. My all time favorite band and "Load" is the first album I heard from them. Good music is good music.

some of my favourite Metallica songs are on those 2 albums

A lot of metal fans are pricks who shit on anything that they don’t consider metal. Metallica could have written the most perfect song ever written but if it’s not metal they’ll get shit for it

Exactly man!! Respect your mother cause she wont live forever

Mate you wrote it as if you were married to your 8 year old daughter xD

@@mememaster4581 corrected. Thx.

@@kingagamrotek1292 You can't respect someone who doesn't respect you.

@TheLegend Not every mother has this natural instinct.

Thank you! Exactly.

Lol did u really reply to your own comment

Thanks ***** Of course I will reply when a comment as correct as yours is said. Comments are for discussion dimwit.

@@FPSKING71 probably just a hidden or deleted comment

Well we usually go with out very first memories and the first stuff we ever heard, as first impressions are usually the most important, so many of us love the old thrash Metallica. As far as what's sad, it's even sadder when you get these people who are ready to kill you for criticizing Metallica or their other fave bands..fighting over music is indeed ridiculous..

Some people can't embrace change...to them i say, too fucking bad princess, deal with it, but either way, STFU, no one wants to hear ya bitch.

Human race will never advance? It has advanced in the past. There's evidence of that everywhere. Human race has advanced and keeps advancing. However what would keep human race from advancing is fear of change and the hatred of change that always accompanies fear. Nothing progresses without change. The hatred of change is an evil thing. Evil and illogical. Why hate on Metallica for changing? Sure, they're different now but different doesn't equal bad. Metallica's Load/Re-Load period was great. Ofc not everyone likes this kind of music but to diss and artist just because it's not for your taste is simply childish and ignorant.

***** Of course the human race has advanced..Albert Einstein said that he didn't know what weapons WW3 would be fought with but WW4 would be fought with sticks and stones...progress...

Kain Nosgoth That's not a fact though. You can't take famous persons quotes as facts. For all we know WW4 will never happen. For all we know it will be fought with the same technology we currently have. Maybe with lasers or with technology we cannot even imagine right now. 100 years ago nobody could have imagined internet. You couldn't even explain it to them. The reason he said that was because nuclear warfare fantasy was a hot topic at the time. U.S.A had just nuked Japan. It only seemed like nuclear warfare is the next step in warmonger. Einstein was not a god. He was not all knowing and just like every other person his thoughts and opinions were affected by current events. He said it to make a point but if we look past that then his opinion on WW3 and WW4 are dated and irrelevant. Progress.

Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.

@@jameshetfield1 JAMES HETFIELD HOLY CRAP!!!!

@Susan Hutchinson. I agree what’s your favorite song

@@thiccboi4228 That's not James Hetfield LOL.

@@gamayun6102 really???? Dang I got trolled

How your parents raised you may be how you raise your kids

@@cryo311old Depends of how your parents raised you, obviously.

@@Arcrypt Yeah

i wish i could respect her, if she still was here

@@Arcrypt nope, you can always do better, don't be a grump, be good, it's family we're talking about If you can't be good to family, you've got no chance on becoming friends with strangers or friends

+Victor Hugo Ditto Victor. Theres something that can help release the inner demon in a peaceful way.

+Victor Hugo "Beyond Magnetic"?

+LivingAsABraker Basically the songs that didn't make it on Death Magnetic.

TheCryptCrusader Didn't know that

+LivingAsABraker its an EP listen to it its cool

Послушал и вернулся во времена детства.

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@@user-xd8pg8wk7t возможно

Just metallica can did it

you have grown up apparently

Ironically, this is one of Metallica's best. But I get what you mean.

Lies again? Marine Soldier

Load & Reload are a hidden treasure

It comes with time yes. Was still stuck in the Iron Maiden, megadeath, Metallica, when reload, and load was produced.

Lukas Graham copied Metallica

mama says alligators are always so angry cause they got all them teeth and no toothbrush

dont know this girl... who cares

It always used to be. Till very recently. Google fucked with their algorithm again.

Very enlightening i am a mother kee0 telling my son we have to have the cut the apro, strings cetemony. mama moore

Exactly. Load and ReLoad are one of my favourite albums from Metallica. They are just so pure and genuine.

Oh, thanks man.

Obey your remaster, master.....

@@mariorivera3312 )

Boeingfan727 it’s really good I don’t mind that it’s like country and metal or rock I think this song is more hard rock

James has played it 2 times solo so it wasn't exactly never played live

Ultra Guitarist yeah it hasn’t been played with the full band but those performances aren’t bad

Awesome. Yeah I don't understand all the hate Metallica get for post justice or black album stuff. They evolved, their sound changed, but it's still as good as anything else they've ever done. As a musician I think the guitar tones on black, load, reload, etc are awesome. They are such well written, mixed and produced albums. And I have a respect that they did their own thing without caring what everyone else expected or wanted. Rock on!

As much as I do agree with everything said - on the more relieved not: You're kinda asking for it when you name your band "Metal"-lica, aren't you?

u are right dude, i think if Load, Reload or St, Anger werent metallicas albums theyd be considered master pieces

@@woodenhouse8531 I don't know about St.Anger, but I can agree on Load and Reload

Same here, this is one of the only songs I listen to that ends up getting me too

Fuerzas

Fuerza💕

Un abrazo.

MUCHA FUERZA, YO PERDÍ A MI MADRE HACE UNA SEMANA Y EL DOLOR ES INAGOTABLE...MUCHA FUERZA

@@fabianmerlo9340 fuerza para ti también 🌹

God bless Her

KEEP Safe in Venezuela

God bless her I be been through the same

I wouldn’t be here if my mom didn’t survive

Long and healthy life for your family. Stay safe and strong.