Metallica - Holier Than Thou Lyrics






No more!
The crap rolls out your mouth again
Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin
Little whispers circle around your head
Why don't you worry about yourself instead

Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from?
Gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue
You lie so much you believe yourself
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are

You know not

Before you judge me take a look at you
Can't you find something better to do
Point the finger, slow to understand
Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

It's not who you are it's who you know
Others lives are the basis of your own
Burn your bridges build them back with wealth
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are

You know not

Yeah
Who the hell are you?

Hey you

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are

You know not
Know not





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  1. f.... ....

    3:12 makes me wet

  2. T.... L....

    I thumb up on the first seven comments. They are all true. But Julie Nolan said it all. Makes you wanna kick someone's ASS!

  3. A.... M....

    You know not!

  4. I.... H....

    This how I feel about 80% of people on Facebook. lol

  5. c.... 2....

    metallica is best musico's ever

  6. A.... A....

    I love this song first time I heard this I was like 7 fell in love with Metallica.

  7. n.... 7....

    Fantastic.💛💛💛

  8. T.... J....

    best song they have is this

  9. C.... E....

    love this fucking song

  10. I.... W....

    #diehardmetallicafan

  11. �.... �....

    best song of metallica

  12. J.... C....

    Rip on the Black album all you want, but this song kicks major ass.

  13. A.... H....

    So underrated

  14. N.... P....

    This song fits right at home on Kill 'Em All (if you match the production values of that album to this song). It kind of has a "No Remorse" meets "Hit the Lights" kind of feel to it. Sigh..if TBA was full of songs like this we could have had a KEA Pt. II

  15. F.... K....

    Metallica's classics have one of the best lyrics in metal.

  16. T.... L....

    I woke up with this morning with this song in my head for some reason, was standing making my coffee while headbanging while imagining the song lol.

  17. P.... ....

    You lie so much you believe yourself
    Judge not lest ye be judged yourself

    are two lines I can connect with about someone else :)

  18. k.... v....

    I hate my roommates so the only way I stop from going full Hispanic mode is this song right herrrrreeee

  19. B.... ....

    46 Dislikes = 46 💩
    And counting

  20. T.... V....

    DAMNNN THAT SOLO IS BRAIN BLOWER!!!!!
    METALLICAAAAAA!!!!!

  21. P.... ....

    The best from Black Album !

  22. M.... P....

    One of the thrashier songs on this album :)

  23. D.... L....

    ... Instead judge yourself... Who the hell are you ?!

  24. R.... ....

    I had to learn it in guitar and bass because is waaaaaay to good

  25. M.... H....

    Black album rocks!!! 1991... 10 years old'''

  26. H.... G....

    simple but kicks a** .. so underrated

  27. S.... ....

    one of their best songs

  28. Z.... T....

    I hurt my neck banging every time I hear this song!!!!!!

  29. C.... C....

    Great song!

  30. B.... P....

    Playing this at 1.5 speed! \m/

  31. G.... 1....

    Shit if I ever get married, I'll dance to this at my wedding.

  32. F.... M....

    best song on the black album

  33. L.... E....

    Definitely in my Top 3 from Metallica with Orion and Ride the Lightning!

  34. M.... ....

    This song is so truthful i love this song so much i could never get sick of it. This song is probably the best song on this album, this could be my new theme song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  35. n.... ....

    I miss this Jaimezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the Riff Master EET FUK

  36. T.... ....

    that could be the shortest metallica song.

  37. J.... H....

    Thank you Metalicca.

  38. T.... ....

    BEST FROM BLACK!

  39. p.... ....

    Great song

  40. T.... C....

    Easily the best song on the album.

    T.... C....

    @***** hahahaa

    T.... C....

    What about enter sandman

    T.... C....

    @Kendall White
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    T.... C....

    the brand new song sounds the same

    T.... C....

    Without a doubt. Track 3 is meant to be on most classic albums. No exception here.

  41. s.... o....

    Metallica 👌

  42. g.... ....

    Godammit this songs give me a hard on.lol

  43. B.... A....

    even if wah pedals gives some headache sometimes, in this song sounds so good damn cool

    B.... A....

    Do you even know what a Wawa is??

  44. d.... g....

    my most favorite song from the album! love the groove in this song! through the never's good too!

  45. A.... J....

    love this song.

  46. f.... ....

    Giggles and Gore Inc. (a haunted maze at Halloween Horror Nights 24 in Orlando) brought me here.

    f.... ....

    Bob Rock brot me here.

  47. J.... R....

    black album's best!!!!!!
    oldschooltrashtunes

  48. L.... b....

    most favorite song on this album =)

  49. S.... ....

    Couldnt ask for a better album

    S.... ....

    +Eric Soto (ILL FM) Ask for Kill em All, Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets and ...And Justice For All please ;)

  50. D.... T....

    my favorite song 

  51. R.... P....

    hell yeah

  52. P.... H....

    My buddy made a video of his WoW paladin using this song. It went surprisingly well.

  53. d.... d....

    Bahaha Metallica fans for the win.

  54. A.... M....

    Quite underrated Metallica song :).

    A.... M....

    Wish it was played more live

    A.... M....

    @Ari Mehven u know it...rocks:)

    A.... M....

    @sparkshadowtiger I saw death magnetic tour in '09 in Montreal...rare yes, they played it 

    A.... M....

    it's probably because some people don't know the expression holier than thou. so thay skip and listen to the unforgiven lol

  55. J.... N....

    I feel like kickin' somebody's ass when I hear this song!

    J.... N....

    +Julie Parton exactly as you should feel

    J.... N....

    +Julie Parton I feel like that anyways, but the song helps

    J.... N....

    +Julie Parton yeah go nuts with your hairdryer

    J.... N....

    +Julie Parton what did they say?

    J.... N....

    me tooo!!!!

  56. M.... P....

    Good good

  57. S.... T....

    Influence of Aerosmith! MY FAV!!!!!

  58. M.... E....

    Such an underrated song, it really is a shame. I made a guitar cover if anyone's interrested. Metallica - Holier Than Thou (cover)

  59. N.... 1....

    @Bedo Calaway I think it took them 5 hours to mix it lol and enetersandman 12 days to mix!  @,@\m,/

  60. R.... Q....

    I grew up with this album just like Star Trek fans grew up with The Next Generation,  the point being is that both were great in their own right aside from the products that preceded them,  die hard fans need to get over themselves and quit hating on them for going mainstream with the Black Album  

  61. R.... E....

    This is the song that made me love metallica. I asked everyone of my family for a metallica album as a kid (because my friends liked them of course) and the only one I got was from my great-grandmother (mothers mothers mother). It was the black album.. As I listened through it I really loved this song.. and for about a year afterwards I listened to this song and this song only as I fell asleep (CD-Player set on repeat once and wearing headphones).

    R.... E....

    Doubt you remember typing that, but good to know I'm not the only person that falls asleep to metal.

    R.... E....

    Awesome comment.

    R.... E....

    It/s about dheir producer, Bob Rock.

    R.... E....

    Holy shit, she must've been the best great grandmother ever.

  62. D.... W....


    When I see or hear someone dis this album, this is always the song I think of. Just because it was different than what they did before and (mainly) because it was massively successful, "metal fans" like to talk shit about it. Maybe they should think about how many people that this brought into metal. People who had never heard it before because it never got played on the radio finally got the chance to experience it, which allowed for other bands to eventually start getting air time.

  63. B.... C....

    Bob Rock said that it took them about 5 hours to make this song!!! O.O \m/

  64. i.... ....

    See, and all the hardcore fans hate on this album for some reason.

  65. C.... A....

    This song speaks the truth about the matter in society. Stigmatize "NOT". Live and learn!!!

  66. S.... o....

    One of my all time favourites from Metallica

  67. D.... A....

    My eyes cumes when they see you're comments.

  68. D.... S....

    just try to understand what he said before saying any shit ...

  69. M.... T....

    You'd like that wouldn't you?

  70. M.... S....

    0:32 and over

  71. H.... C....

    Whose Life it anyways do Megadeth aborda um tema parecido... e a do megadeth é melhor! ....QUE COMECE A TRETA....XD

  72. R.... ....

    The Metallica Album was good one of best songs on this album the first has to be struggle within though

  73. B.... T....

    3:48 is pretty good

  74. C.... C....

    Definitivamente debo decir que en Rock in Rio con su afinación extraña se tiraron esta canción... Así que mejor vine a escucharla por acá!

  75. c.... ....

    I agree. "Judge not, 'less ye be judged yourself!"

  76. l.... g....

    666 likes \m/

  77. i.... d....

    Stop insulting this band by using a word like "haters". Go listen to nicky minaj or something.

  78. B.... �....

    I'm here for 3:12

  79. M.... ....

    Lol, you don't dance to metal, you headbang to it! \m/

  80. S.... o....

    Yeah it is!!!

  81. J.... ....

    I remember Lars saying that everyone else wanted this to be the first single from the black album, thinking it would be big. He fought for Sandman. He was obviously right in the end but there really wasn't a wrong answer. This is great.

  82. M.... M....

    Best song of black album,in my opinion.

  83. m.... ....

    Stop acting like you have "haters", dude.

  84. j.... c....

    bla bla bla bla shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  85. D.... F....

    Thanks God... wait, no. Thanks Bob Rock for this!

  86. l.... ....

    they never came lmao

  87. S.... ....

    dont leave us hanging man...

  88. l.... ....

    haha thanks :))

  89. p.... ....

    WHY OH WHY the cd of this TT^TT!!!!!!!!! i wanna shoot myself.

  90. S.... V....

    Amazing lyrics.

  91. E.... ....

    The song I would play in my head every time somebody would mess with me!

  92. S.... ....

    God that riff

  93. l.... ....

    this brings back so many memories of being 13 blasting this in my garage with my bat waiting for these kids who wanted to beat me up to show at my house hahahaha wow!

  94. S.... ....

    3:10 made my life

  95. A.... ....

    I can't be the only one that thinks that this riff is fucking tasty

  96. G.... R....

    this remembers me of animal mother from Full Metal Jacket.