Therapist Fades to Black | Metallica
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- Therapist analyzes the lyrics to Fade To Black by Metallica to discuss suicidality and how the problem of suicidal thoughts and feelings is not the emotion itself but the ACTION the emotion points us in the direction of. If we can instead use that emotion to point us in the direction of something else we can say Goodbye to the pain and hello to something better.
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You have no idea how many people that this song has SAVED in the metal community! Such a heavy message.
People didn't talk about it back when this song came out. It saved me. Helped me know I wasn't the only one.
In most other live performances, James takes a quick interlude before the epic climax to let everyone know they're not alone. It's really powerful.
Amen.
this has saved so many people and also been the companion peace to some this world lost. But those who this world lost did not choose the end because of this song but found a last comfort in connection in their last moments. No one kills themselves over just a song
Also saved me... pretty much still saves me
This song also saved me and is one of the reasons why Metallica is my favorite metal band of all time.
Metallica is the only reason I lived through HS. I'm now 52. Thank you!
Me too!
@@KattMurr 53 here, roger that. And this was my favorite on the album it captured perfectly the emotional distress and anger I felt. Next would be Master of Puppets.
Yes yes yes!!
skill issue
May I ask HS
Hard to believe this song is now 40 years old,and still continues to help people today.
Metallica! 🤗
Heavy Metal is the Best Music on this Planet
You didn't need to come in here and make me feel old like that, but here we are 😂
👍
I remember when it came out.
Metallica saved my son’s life. He lost his best friend at age 20 and was extremely depressed and suicidal! Thank you for letting me watch my son grow into an amazing man!
Glad he's still here :)
Thank you! He is married and has three children!
Im really glad that he is still here with you! Im very sure that you are very proud of him!
I’m glad he fought through it I’m struggling with it myself but I’m not giving up
@@dustinvasey3112 Never ever give up! You are worthy and loved!
My favorite line in the song is “Yesterday seems as though it never existed”. It captures perfectly this momentary blindness people have when they’re in a suicidal mindset.
You left out the, "Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye...GOODBYE...", part.
I'm 51 this song is what saved me so many times when I started listening to them in the mid eighties. This song was there for me mental health was not very out there like today. In my darkest lowest times I would listen to Metallica and especially this song. It made me feel like I wasn't alone someone new what I was feeling mixed with the music the build up it just by the end of the song I'm feeling empowered. 💯 Thankyou for reacting to this song.
This song saved many lives. Long live the mighty metallica.
🤘🏽😎
At last you did this one... This is my song.
The lines "No one, but me...can save myself, but it's too late..." Have saved me on four occasions...
when i need to solve problems in life i sing it in my head - no one but me, can save myself and its never too late.
I laid my identical twin brother and Best friend to rest 11,17-2023 Had this song played at his Celebration of Life.. Omg,it still gets to me!!!💔
So sorry. Words seem so inadequate.
I am so sorry; I hope you find peace in your heartparts.
I can relate. 😢. Hang in there brother! Find the strength.
Its my birthday on 11.07... i will think from this year on everday for your twin and best friend mate!
I'm a identical twin. If you ever want to talk hit me up.
I've always loved how when he comes to the conclusion that his only thing left to do is say goodbye, and then the music goes nuts. it's so relatable when you're going through something dark. on the outside, you might seem quiet and peaceful... but on the inside, there's a thunderstorm going on, and the music that accompanies these lyrics captures that perfectly.
On a lot of other live performaces, James takes a quick interlude before the big clumax to say "if you struggle inside, you are not alone!" Or "if you feel like this, there is help out there" Or something along those lines. Its really beatiful.
So glad you posted this. Saw Metallica last Fall (the 2 shows) and throughout both shows there was an anti suicide message video that played before and between the opening bands. Then James said what you said after the song was over. They recognize that it is dark. It's also amazing live.
I have a lot of things i dont like about James but this is something no one can take away from him, he gives hope to people with none
That was always the message I got from it (you are not alone), even without those words. That someone else has gone through that same emptiness and darkness that I was going through. It does help, even though the lyrics suggest there's nothing to be done but say goodbye, but for me, just the fact that this song was made was enough to make my emptiness feel just a bit less empty, if that makes sense. I think it is better that it doesn't end in some hopeful or uplifting message, because when you're really down there, all positive messages just ring hollow to you anyway. Like those people just don't get it or they haven't truly been as far down as you have. Or they fake their happiness. And I don't have the energy to fake it, nor do I want to.
This Metallica song has a special place in my heart. Ride The Lightning album was the first Metallica record I heard in 1986, my aunt introduced me I was 4. Now as an adult, in times that I was at my lowest, this song brought me back, learning to never quit and never give in, never say goodbye, to fight and see the light beyond the darkness…. FADE TO BLACK has saved probably millions of people… thanks Metallica and James Hetfield 🔥🤘🏻
🔥🤘🏽🔥
Same here man Ride is by far IMO the best album. And even though the band hate Escape it is my favorite song by them
My father committed suicide when i was 14. I had a lot of feelings but mostly anger. This song really served as a window into what his last days must have been like. It helped me heal and forgive because it helped me understand. This will always be my favorite song from my favorite band.
People still write Metallica telling them how this song made them not feel so alone and that's what pushed them to seek help.
This song helped push me through some really bad patches in my life.
I have heard this song a thousand times and cry every time. This song is everything to me
Like SO many others in the comments, I accredit this song for saving me! I discovered this song when I was 15 (I am 45 now) and I was struggling with SEVERE depression. As a teen, I didn't know WHAT it was. Mental Health was not a topic of conversation in those days. I was upset, painful, sad, lonely, and looking for a way out. When I heard this song, suddenly ALL the negative emotions I was feeling had WORDS. Words I could understand and express. I didn't feel alone anymore.
Over the next 10 years, I struggled, up and downs, but this song was always an anchor for me. In 2001, I was suicidal. I listened to every song I could that expressed the pain, but nothing was working. On the day I planned to do it, I instead walked into a clinic and got help. Every day since then has been a step forward. I often tell people that I'm not ashamed of that moment, but empowered by it. If I could look into the abyss and turn away from it, nothing else in this world can stop me.
Thank you for reacting to these types of songs and showing others the beauty of music therapy, while stressing that medical mental healthcare is VITAL.
Ironically, hetfield wrote this song when his amp that his mom gave him was stolen. That was his pain at the time
Yeah but it was slightly deeper than that.
It was all he had left from his deceased mother that he cherished greatly.
That amp was John Wicks dog to him in a way
They lost all their gear. A few years ago a Metallica cover band had all their gear stolen so Metallica replaced it all for them.
@chaseanheier9210 Sepultura said it's how they got their first mic. They went to some pop concert, jumped up on stage, and ran off with it. Steve Jones, Sex Pistols, stole one of his guitars from a huge artist. But he was a theif growing up. But to answer your question, I have a guilt complex so I don't steal
Maybe that was just the cherry on top of whatever else he was going through
@@heavyglassglass That’s the thing that makes me relate to this song.
Fade to Black and Dyer's Eve have been the two Metallica songs I have leaned on for my entire life. To just shout, to burn up my destructive energy, to scream with someone who gets what this feels like. I'm better than I used to be but I don't know where I'd be without finding something to cling to when I needed it. Thank god for Metallica and I know I can't be the only one who is grateful to them.
Dear Mother, dear Father, what is this Hell you have put me through?
Oof, haven't thought about that one in a while... so powerful.
I have Fade to Black tattooed on my arm and have since I was 17. There are still days I look at it and listen to this song and it outlets enough pain that I make it through another day.
Even my 82 yo father, survivor of Leyte and Lingayen Gulf (kamikaze attacks) in WW2, appreciated the symphonic elements in this (studio version) song and saw the anti-suicide message within - over a decade ago now. Still miss him.
Awesome, glad you did this one!
I’ve said it before, but I would really love to see your response to, ‘Dyer’s Eve’. Their angriest song and certainly one of the most personal to James. I know a lot of people resonate with Fade To Black, but growing up with Metallica, Dyer’s Eve always hit especially hard for me.
Love, when she said he feels like "Nothing Else Matters", not knowing it's already a Metallica song, and she really needs to do that one next!
Search the channel and you shall find. ❤
This song. Spent hours rewinding my tape back and forth listening to this song when I was 16. Saved me
This song really speaks its own message and thats why it's saved so many lives and will continue to do so. Metallica are brilliant song writers that have done way way more good than bad. I'm 53 now and just love watching people react to something I've known from the get go about Metallica.
Having lived in a dark place for so many years. Having been at the brink of the end several times. This is actually the song I listen to when I feel like nothing will ever get better for me. It helps give me perspective and actually pulls that anger, sorrow and emptiness from my body!! I cry like a waterfall. I think of my kids. And even if I know I’ll never get above the pain from the heartbreak and losing my family. I will never put my kids and family through any pain. Their happiness trumps my pain and emptiness.
This song resonates with so many people because it represents the way that it feels so accurately. One thing that she didn't really touch on is that the line "I was me but now he's gone" also represents how people feel like their experiences have already killed them, that if they go through with it, that they are just confirming what they already know, in a way. Death doesn't feel like much of a threshold for people who already feel dead.
I'm 50, and I can't believe how much this song Still jams. This was the depressed teen Anthem in the mid-to-late 80s, early 90s.
I do have to say the dancing, the faces were cracking me up. At the first part you look like you're almost going to a hoedown, and the rest you have that metal rage face LOL
I've been a Metallica fan since 1984, I'm 55 now, this song helped me after my dad passed away. Thanks to Papa Het!
Wait until you discover the band Suicidal Tendencies, if you haven't already. Their ex-bassist is currently in Metallica. Suicidal Tendencies songs like How Will I Laugh Tomorrow, Alone, and Nobody Hears were my depression songs as a teenager.
Can I thumbs up "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" like a thousand more times.
Suicidal For Life..... I'm 46 and grew up on them.. they helped me alot...
@@williamdrake6711 Mate!! I'm 46 too, and I also grew up with Tendencies :)
"I'm not crazy, You're the one that's crazy"
All he wanted was a PEPSI..... somebody get him a freaking PEPSI.!!!!!!!!
You wouldnt know crazy if Charles Manson was eating fruit loops on your front porch... @@Tommy-he7dx
One of my favorite songs from Metallica...you're such a breath of fresh air to watch when you're rocking. Beautiful inside and out.
In highschool my English teacher said write about two songs that mean a lot to you and give me the lyrics. This was one of them and she talked one on one to me about what it meant to me and it made me feel seen and help me along moving from my past into something better
Pain and Joy will always exist but there will ever only be one you.
Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me but now he’s gone .
That line has never failed to give me immense chills and this song has gotten me through some hard times over the years.
You have the facial expressions of a guitarist who is actually playing the music. Love it.
This song is my favorite song of all time for a reason. I’ve been through a hard and troubling time for the last year or so with anxiety and depression, and this song will always make me cry with how much I’ve been able to vent my pain through it. The “I was me but now he’s gone.” Line will always hit hard for me.
I’m still on the road of self healing and it’ll take a while before I feel like I’ve been able to recover enough but I always like to look back and make myself feel better by comparing how much I’ve accomplished and how much I’ve grown in a year’s time.
All I’m here to say is never give up and always fight for your own self preservation even when it feels hopeless ❤
I feel the most powerful line is the last - "Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye." The fact that he embraces death and feels welcomed by it that I think drives home this song.
This song is so important. It speaks the feelings that those of us who have been on that edge before have had. Lost my dad and several friends to suicide, I wish more than anything else that they could have known they weren’t alone in how they felt. James is a hell of a songwriter
49, This has been one of the most important songs in my life. Music saves.
Two things: 1) Kirk's guitar lines have gotten so much better since this track was recorded 2) You may have saved a life today.
bro this is one of kirk’s best songs what do you mean this is peak metallica
@@LNRECORDS224 I mean the lines he plays on the song now compared to the ones he recorded. Yes, it was great then but they've gotten better.
@@JeffreyTheTaylor oh word yeah i agree i thought you meant the album version
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@@LNRECORDS224 All good.
Kirk. Saved today.
This song is the only reason why I’m here. Will forever be my favorite song, ever.
This is the song that actually taught me that what I was going through when I first heard it was not at all unique, and that it was survivable. At the time, I had decided as a teen that living was not worth the effort, and became dangerously reckless. Did not care if I saw tomorrow or not.This one song somehow taught me I was wrong. It saved me again post divorce, only a handful of years later when I was far more depressed and angry than I could ever understand at the time. I quite literally owe James my life, and I wish I could but shake his hand and say thank you. He might understand.
This song has brought people back from the edge. And the band is well aware of that. Metallica isnt just a metal band. Most of us consider these guys family.
Considering how young they were when they wrote this song, it's a testament to their writing skills overall. One of the best they ever did!
My favorite Metallica song! This was my jam in high school and beyond!
mine was Welcome Home Sanitarium...guess that's what school felt like at the time. lol but yeah, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice for all, and Black albums were ' golden age ' of Metallica ( i know, I know most don't like Black, but it had great songs and came out right before I left for Marine bootcamp so was my metal link back home)
This song helped me carry through my teenage years. I had lost my father at 11 and became an active addict when I was 12. This aong came into my life when everything was swirling around at the age of 15 and gave words to what I felt. It helped by letting me know I was not the only person who thought or felt like this. Now I am 52 and still use music to carry me through many aspects of music. It started with this song.
The choas at the end of this song is how loud the voices get, when I get deep into my own ideation.
This was always my number one metallica song that i could listen to whenever i felt down, and it would bring me back up.
Such a relatable song. One of my favourites.
this song is on repeat more times than not. I have listened to it millions of times to keep my from removing myself from this earth. I'm 52 years old and still think about it all the time.
I just found this channel and really enjoy it! Listening to all the music brings a man to tears
Songs like this have gotten me through a lot in my life. The way that I looked at it was, if he is singing what I feel, but is still here to sing about it, then there is light at the end of the dark dark tunnel.
I love and appreciate that there are people like you, who care about, have experienced, and want to help the people like you and me, who have the darkest of thoughts about their plight in this life. It's so selfless and noble. There's not too many people around anymore that care about others, especially those of us who our desperately sad and alone, like you do. Thanks!
I've explained that sometimes people may talk about suicide not because they actually want to die but they are going through such emotional and mental pain that they feel death would be the only way to get away from the overwhelmingly awful feelings they are experiencing. Living hurts but dying is really too scary to want to achieve, if that makes any sense. I usually word that thought better, but today it ain't happening...sorry...
Thank you. Now can you explain that to my sister who thinks I'm just looking for attention when I talk about suicide
i feel like, as brilliant as the song choices are, you should listen to the original audio for Metallica. James' voice isn't the same as it used to be; you feel SO much more from the tone of his voice when he recorded the song.
I tried and failed at taking my life. I woke up in the hospital. My thoughts really hit hard. I was upset I failed, but my life did a 360. All of my kids helped me through the worst time in my life, and helped me realize I had a meaning. This song made me push harder in life to be a better person to myself, and to be a better parent. I know now, suicide is the worst ever decision. Please reach out. Express your feelings and pain. It only takes one person to change your perspective of life. 🤘
Music in general has gotten me through some of the worst pain in my life.
Metal is my go to because it gives me an outlet for my more aggressive emotions and impulses.
In 1992 I was so young and stupid. I joined the army, got engaged to my highschool sweetheart. And then she cheated.
That broke me. With access to all the hardware available to me in the military, it would have been so easy.
Then Alice Cooper released a new album right before all this happened. "Hey Stoopid" (no that's not a spelling error, that's the spelling of the album title.)
That entire album got me through the absolute worst time of my life.
And I am grateful for that. I never would have said hello to my wife. Or my nieces and nephews.
So much I would have never seen or done if I had given in all those years ago. All because of music.
Yes finally Fade to Black. I love to play this song on guitar. And what you said about a lot of musicians and fans of metal music don't go to therapy. I used to go but I eventually found that I got all of the tools to work on myself. They literally had nothing else to give. There's still one thing that bugs me at times but it seems to be one of those things that they couldn't help me with no matter how hard they tried. I just want someone to talk to sometimes. Whether it be issues or the good things of life and what I've been up to recently. My social circle has dropped to 0.
Not just themselves. Saving others. Not being a burden. You are correct. Something in self as self needs to...
this is my favorite Metallica song, it was like a security blanket that helped me when I felt so alone as a teenager and going thru some really heavy💩I'm 52 now and still listening to this when I need a musical hug 🥰
Been a die hard fan all my life and I empathize with James on so many levels sharing similar life experiences.
This song was never a pro suicide song, this is James showing his vulnerability and his ability to express his despair and sorrow so he can connect with his fans and let them know, they are not alone.
I wish I could trade my therapist for you. Thank you for this! Big virtual hug. 🙏🏻❤
Fade To Black is one of my favorite Metallica songs along with One....and next up we need Sanitarium. 3 songs that got me through my teen years.
Thank you so much for your feedback. I am a 38 year old cancer survivor but did have several suicidal moments when i was a teenager, i grew up poor, starving and had 6 siblings to look after. The thing that helped me fight is knowing that i was the oldest and if i can do it, they can do it. Im proud to say that i have all my siblings alive today and they thank me for my choices.
The wife walked down the aisle to the opening of this song.
The entire thing will play at my funeral.
You reacting to all this great music makes me happy 😊
Great Reaction! I watched one of Metallica's Documentaries and James said this is the song that made him realize that their songs were really impacting people. This is one of their earlier songs and James said he went to pick up a girl to go on a date and that her little sister was sitting on the living room floor, where the stereo was and listening to this song over and over again.
This song made my cry as a teenager. I felt the pain.
My fav Metallica song! Most of the more recent shows they played this song and put a little speech in the middle saying “We need you here. If you feel darkness inside you are not alone!”, sometimes more. I saw them recently in my hometown and unfortunately didn’t get to hear this one. I think maybe it was too heavy and they’ve taken a break from playing it the last few shows
I think your work on this channel phenomenal, it really is ! It's always interesting to see your emotionnal response to the songs just as much as your psychological interpretation of the lyrical content. But, I gotta say, this one, suprises me : I was really expecting you to be poignantly moved by Fade To Black, one the deepest, most personal and powerful song in metal history ! Not that it's wrong, just surprising !
This song never had much of an impact on me compared to other songs... that is until I heard it live a few weeks ago. Absolutely life changing experience.
This song has saved me soo many times over the years.
Only way I got through HS was mainly Metallica this song saved me so many times and still does after 35 years Thank you Metallica ❤
"I was me but now, he is gone" powerful........
And countless of us, since 1984, have been experiencing this song as a catharsis that helps us say goodbye to that pain. When we share these thoughts, these feelings, and let it out through, in this case, music - it releases the need for such a final act, and makes us feel relatable and inspired. I always felt like the instrumental climax and guitar solo outro was life sustaining after reaching that bottom point, and climbing back up and continuing on. We say goodbye through our music, so that we don't feel as though we have to say goodbye otherwise. ❤❤
I was at this concert, and I didn't know it then but this song would save my life a few years later. I went to this concert as a birthday gift from my dad, who shared his love for music with me as I grew up and gave me the wide variety of music taste that I have to this day. I love this song and it speaks to me on different levels depending on my mood but I was definitely spiraling in the worst way when I shared this song on social media as a subtle cry for help, lyrics included. A friend reached out and that was the first time anyone had done that so it was eye-opening to how loved I actually was despite what my thoughts told me.
Having just very recently been diagnosed with cancer, I've been revisiting some of these golden oldies, as music like nothing else has the ability to positively manipulate your mood and mindset just when you really, really need it. Things can seem quite dark at times, but ironically as dark as things may seem, a good flashback tune can snap you out of the blackest mood. Sometimes that's all you need to reset enough to be able to look at the other bright things in your life.
This is my favorite Metallica song. It got me through some serious dark times earlier in my life. Thank you for taking metal music seriously and the positive effect it can have on its fans.
I had always dedicated this song to a dear friend that died in a car accident where he was thrown from his car at 120 mph and we were told he didn’t die right away but lingered and passed away alone. The Fade to Black reminded me of movies and like his life he faded out alone.
You should react to/analyze their new song "Screaming Suicide". It's about how suicide has become a taboo word that we're no longer allowed to talk about publicly, instead we have to use code words like "unaliving" just to have a conversation online. The song basically says all the things you say in this video, it's a very positive song.
I know that so many other Metallica fans have said this before but this song saved my life several times. I suffer from Bipolar disorder and anxiety with heavy fights with depression. I am just always taken away at the end with the guitar solo that just brings me back to life.I had a 3 day manic episode when i became obbessed with a song by Faith No More called "The Real Thing" it felt like they were talking about me directly to me. It was like the whole answers to the question about life and what it means to be alive were just given to me and I litsned to that song non stop for those 3 days with no sleep.If you ever get a chance to listen to Faith No More than I suggest that song and I wonder if you see what I felt. Thank you for helping all of us that are suffering from so many different mental illness.
Just love Metallica. You are beautiful and smart in every way. God bless you. ❤
i recommend Low Man's Lyric by Metallica, its a great one
Great song.
I used metal music as therapy after my parents passed away when I was 13 with my Dad and 19 with my Mom. I was mentally in a very very dark place and Metal was my only escape. This song especially but the whole genre was my therapist so to speak. Back in the 80’s therapists were only seen by the rich. There is absolutely not one shred of doubt in my mind that Metal saved my life.
This song got me through 1 of the toughest periods of my life
I have listened to this hours at a time to help release those feelings within
Another heavy metal song that helped me along my own mental health journey is Dream Theater's "Surrounded." Particularly the intro and outro sections. "Emerging slowly into light/as I awaken from my longest night" and "I have given all that I can take, and now I've only habits left to break" were both very powerful once I was under care and getting my depression under control.
Feels weird to be here first but here i am. I love your reactions. You should try listening to Second and Sebring by Of Mice and Men. Super emotional song. Or even some old Asking Alexandria for straight heavy screams and beautiful cleans
I was just jamming to Second and Sebring on my way home haha
One of the best things about metal music is that it never hesitates to delve into deep topics, especially painful ones. It lets us FEEL these things without succumbing to them. Think about this video...there are probably at least 15,000 people singing about the loneliness of feeling LIKE THIS, and for at least a few minutes, they all KNOW that they aren't really as alone as they may have felt before the concert.
It is exactly these kinds of experiences that drew me to metal in the first place...it's also why I will ALWAYS be a metalhead!!
James is a beast! He not only sings for the best metal band of all time, he does it with 2 guitars strapped around him sometimes. Who else does that?
this song got me past a very dark period time in my life. it was able to give words to how i felt
There instrumental were stolen years back leading to the making of this song.
I felt like everything was taken, and that’s the back story. You are so cool by the way, and I love your words
this song has actually saved alot of lives. Made people realize they are not alone
You have brilliant insight, saw yore nutshell, black now fade ta black reactions , all songs are based on pain, I feel all those emotions due ta my past and depression, thanks for your inspiration ❤
"The Unforgiven" saga next!
This song has saved more people than you ever will. It's kept me going for over 30 years.
Only seen Metallica live once and was super excited that they played this legendary song.
Been a favorite of mine forever.
One of the best melody composition of metallica
This song is so good and has such a strong message
This song helped saved my life when I was 16, I'm now 37 - love Metallica so much.
Thankyou. I needed that.