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Metallica (Black Album)
don't tread on me
so don't tread on me

liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
never begins it, never, but once engaged...
never surrenders, showing the rings of rage

so don't tread on me

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore...

don't tread on me

love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
shining with brightness, always on surveillance
the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance

so don't tread on me

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore...

don't tread on me

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war

liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling on her tail

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore...

don't tread on me

"Ride The Lightning", nome de um álbum do Metallica, é uma gíria usada por condenados à cadeira elétrica.

Segundo o baterista Lars, essa é a visão política do Metallica: Lars e Kirk são de esquerda; James é de direita.

Na época de Garage Inc., o Metallica tinha fotos de mulheres nuas espalhadas por todo o estúdio. Segundo o batera Lars, isso servia de inspiração.