Eye of the Beholder

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Kirk Hammett

Total Performances

First Performed Live

September 11, 1988

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        Do you see what I see?
Truth is an offense
Your silence for your confidence

Do you hear what I hear?
Doors are slamming shut
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must

Do you feel what I feel?
Bittering distress
Who decides what you express?

Do you take what I take?
Endurance is the word
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd

Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception

Do you fear what I fear?
Living properly
Truths to you are lies to me

Do you choose what I choose?
More alternatives
Energy derives from both the plus and negative

Do you need what I need?
Boundaries overthrown
Look inside, to each his own

Do you trust what I trust?
Me, myself and I
Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie

Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception

Do you know what I know?
Your money and your wealth
Your silence just to hear yourself

Do you want what I want?
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom’s ring

Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you, my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom no longer frees you

Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say

© 1988 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

July 14, 1989

Middletown, NY, United States

Orange County Fairgrounds

July 5, 1989

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Riverbend Music Center

July 4, 1989

Detroit, MI, United States

Pine Knob Music Theatre

June 8, 1989

Duluth, MN, United States

Duluth Arena Auditorium

June 6, 1989

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Winnipeg Arena

June 4, 1989

Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Saskatchewan Place

May 31, 1989

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Pacific Coliseum

May 24, 1989

Honolulu, HI, United States

Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

May 18, 1989

Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya-shi Koukaidou

May 17, 1989

Osaka, Japan

Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan

May 16, 1989

Osaka, Japan

Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan

May 14, 1989

Tokyo, Japan

Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan