Metallica - Leper Messiah Lyrics






Spineless from the start, sucked into the part
Circus comes to town, you play the lead clown
Please, please
Spreading his disease, living by his story
Knees, knees
Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory
You will

Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah

Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix
Blind devotion came, rotting your brain
Chain, chain
Join the endless chain
Taken by his glamour
Fame, Fame
Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power
We see

Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah

Witchery, weakening
Sees the sheep are gathering
Set the trap, hypnotize
Now you follow

Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat

Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie





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  1. T.... M....

    Hetfields lyrics are bang on everytime

  2. M.... T....

    Seen them in 1988. The sold out that show but the Four Horseman were able to get tickets. We had to skip school to get them through, it was worth it. Still selling out arenas 30 years later. Rock on Metal-leekah...

  3. T.... C....

    Here comes revenge: daddy?

  4. B.... J....

    How fucking good is that??

  5. T.... R....

    Old school Matalica!!! Nothing touches it!!!

  6. C.... M....

    BOW TO LEPER METALLICA!!!!

  7. A.... H....

    this song should be for every girl who cheats
    And can't keep their promises

  8. b.... f....

    Circus comes to town....you play the lead clown.. epic shit

  9. S.... J....

    Cliff & Lars on this one...fuckin love it!¡ ...of course, James & Kirk are excellent as well...people that "dis" Lars just are some jealous, envious mother fuckers...🥁🥁

  10. y.... ....

    Cliff....

  11. A.... C....

    i use to have a master of puppets shirt i fuckin lost it... then i had a black with red metallica writing on it and lost that shit too. but i got a ride the lighting shirt with the album cover on it and a and justice for all shirt i want a kill them all shirt i also have a black metallica hoody thats got white metallica writing. and just to let u kno lars i never downloaded one metallica song off of napster. only linkin park and limp bizkit i bought metallica cds

  12. I.... D....

    Not quite as powerful as Zero The Hero by Black Sabbath or Headless Cross....or especially Disturbing the Priest.

  13. J.... M....

    This song is so underrated on radio plays and Metallica should play this way way often live.

  14. F.... ....

    The most underrated song on this album, with an addictive riff.

  15. C.... L....

    445 people bow to leper messiah

  16. T.... o....

    Nothing like a classic.

  17. J.... G....

    best ever - ho! metallica.

  18. J.... H....

    Spineless from the start, sucked into the part
    Circus comes to town, you play the lead clown
    Please, please
    Spreading his disease, living by his story
    Knees, knees
    Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory
    You will
    Time for lust, time for lie
    Time to kiss your life goodbye
    Send me money, send me green
    Heaven you will meet
    Make a contribution
    And you'll get a better seat
    Bow to Leper Messiah
    Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix
    Blind devotion came, rotting your brain
    Chain, chain
    Join the endless chain, taken by his glamour
    Fame, Fame
    Infection is the game, sucking drunk with power
    We see
    Time for lust, time for lie
    Time to kiss your life goodbye
    Send me money, send me green
    Heaven you will meet
    Make a contribution
    and you'll get a better seat
    Bow to Leper Messiah
    Witchery, weakening
    Sees the sheep are gathering
    Set the trap, hypnotize
    Now you follow
    Time for lust, time for lie
    Time to kiss your life goodbye
    Send me money, send me green
    Heaven you will meet
    Make a contribution
    And you'll get a better seat
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie
    Lie

  19. J.... L....

    Best song ever

  20. S.... P....

    I hate when people say they know what this song about and say some lame shit this song is about Jim Jones when he made all them people drink that poison Kool aid it's still a great song one of their best

  21. c.... r....

    I’ll never forget back in ‘87 the first time I heard the words:

    BOW TO LEPER MESSIAH!!!

  22. A.... W....

    Hey!!!! hey!!!! hey!!! hey!!! hey!!! hey!!!!!! Metallicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊🤘👊

  23. X.... 1....

    1,2..1,2,3..4..5 excellent

  24. g.... ....

    Guaraviton tem gosto de kissuco

  25. g.... ....

    Engracado agora meu dente nao doi quandoneu coloco algo gelado nele

  26. C.... ....

    Ziggy Stardust???

  27. j.... c....

    BOW TO LEPPAR MASSIAH!!!!

  28. T.... N....

    1989 parties...😒

  29. S.... ....

    Whoever would call Larz a shitty drummer is FUCKING SMOKED

  30. Z.... Z....

    Underrated Metallica song. Not a single bad song from their first 5 albums (yep including the Black Album)

  31. U.... R....

    Favorite song

  32. E.... S....

    FELIZ PUTO AÑO NUEVO🔥🌎🐷👫🐷🌏🔥💥🔫A TODOS

  33. f.... c....

    Cliff Burton was a Saint, music world lost a true giant.

  34. B.... R....

    Lepper misiah is one of my favorite song of my idol band.. Metallica.. Rock on🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

  35. P.... S....

    Opened for ozzy on ultimate sin tour

  36. J.... P....

    Dedicated to my Gangstalkers .😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  37. P.... E....

    Time for lust...time for lies...time too kiss your ass your ass good bye...

  38. K.... G....

    Still great

  39. K.... G....

    Still great

  40. K.... G....

    Still great

  41. L.... H....

    I dedicate this song to Joel Osteen...

  42. e.... t....

    Things are so weird but Metallica gets how weird everything is

  43. S.... S....

    Listen, Metallica, I appreciate everything you’ve done. You’ve got no clue. But, if I could have got one more BOW TO LEPER MESSIAH!! at the end, my life would be complete....😪

  44. J.... L....

    Good song

  45. J.... L....

    METALLICA MY DAY THE EIGHTIES

  46. H.... M....

    I wonder where the words Leper Messiah come from or what are they really getting at? to me this song is about dodgy preachers who prey on those who follow mindless religion. the lyrics speak about the preachers having glamour and lust and asking for Green and giving false promises of a better seat in Heaven etc.


    I remember hearing a Christian minister warning about tv preachers like Benny Hinn who had a personal Jet etc and apparently had made false prophesies that didn't come true. But from my understanding the Jewish Messiah wasn't like that at all. He wasn't a showoff and didn't go around getting money and power and willingly suffered on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of all people. He was angry at false religion as well like when he flipped the tables of the money changers at he Temple because they were making a scam of people coming to seek God. https://biblehub.com/nlt/matthew/21.htm


    The reason why the Jewish Authorities wanted to kill Jesus was because he criticized mindless religion and political power over the masses from 'Religion'. In Matthew 23 he calls the Leaders snakes and hypocrites. He taught that if you want to be a teacher like him you should be selfless and serve others with your life. (John 13:14)


    There's a story somewhere about Jesus healing Lepers who were untouchable and unclean. Jesus embraced them but instead of him becoming unclean, he made the Lepers clean. He also healed the demon possessed who lived in graveyards by touching them. (to the Jewish religion graveyards were also unclean and how much more untouchable can you get than demon possessed.) So this is an example where Jesus was totally different from the hypocrites who only cared about outward appearances.


    I grew up listening to Metallica and when I was a teenager Metal was a kind of religion to me that I followed blindly. Anything that you give your mind over to without actually knowing what it means to you and others is mindless and false. Some Metallica songs would indicate they arent' necessarily anti- Jesus like Creeping Death for eg. but one that possibly is would be The god that failed which says stuff like 'The healing hand held back by the deepened nail' the song implies God the Father shouldn't have let Jesus die on the cross and that maybe Hetfield or someone thinks that Jesus didn't rise again. that the Cross was the defeat of Jesus.


    Well, this isn't really what the old Bible is saying. Which begs the question, 'If you're going to take some the Bible for face value, (ie there is a guy called Jesus the son of God) then why skip over or leave out all the other parts? Matthew 28:1–10. is saying Jesus rose from the dead and there was many other references leading upto the crucifixion many saying he was going to be put to death and rise from the dead. his followers didn't understand because they wanted him to become a political ruler but apparently this was all part of the plan written down hundreds of years ago in the Jewish Bible which predicted Jesus. (Psalm 22:16, Isaiah 25:8 for eg)


    Regardless of what view people come from Metallicas contribution to music is undeniable. The first 3 albums had a distinct edgy vibe that are pretty historic. Metal was a foundation of learning about guitar and music for me (and my whole generation). It's a crazy contrast when I pull apart some modern songs how shallow they are both in lyrics and depth of music writing - like 99.9% are 3 or 4 chords the whole song. These guys put so much heart, so much care and devotion into this artform and it's awesome that people are still discovering how these albums are masterpieces. And the way they wrote about topics that are relevant to the deepest parts of our souls has influenced me to try write songs like that (in all different styles).


    i guess musiic had to change, Heavy music reached it's pinncle back here and whether it was the guys getting a bit older or just that they had done everything they could ever do in this kind of expression they had to drastically change.

  47. J.... L....

    Leper messiah

  48. A.... B....

    This song makes me want to go anakin on some younglings

  49. J.... L....

    Best metallica

  50. L.... ....

    For some reason I really like those "Please! Please! Knees! Knees! Chain! Chain! Fame! Fame!" chants.

  51. R.... R....

    This kicks ass,end of story

  52. S.... A....

    https://youtu.be/U2dZZ252n_c

  53. J.... L....

    Best alblum ever

  54. J.... M....

    Tree tree joint the infantry

  55. S.... ....

    "You are not a clown. You are the entire circus."

  56. B.... I....

    5:35 Cliff: "That was sick."

  57. J.... T....

    Good old days... no pussies

  58. M.... S....

    wonder how many drug dealers that ruined lives they knew at the time of writing this song.

  59. J.... L....

    MASTER OF PUPPETS

  60. C.... M....

    My desert island album. No question. In fact, screw the desert island!!!

  61. O.... ....

    for anyone who has the impression that these guys are christian.

    O.... ....

    Definitely not at the time this song was composed, but maybe they are now... I don't know

    O.... ....

    @Christian Martins
    James,the lead vocalist,is a Catholic. The message of the song is to worship Jesus directly instead of worshipping televangelists,which were a big deal in the 80's when this song was made. They would scam thousands and use the money to further their own wealth instead of actually using it to support the Christian faith,while also making it so viewers would believe anything they say even though a lot of them weren't even real ministers or priests. So basically the message of the song is faith vs religion. Religion is going to church while thinking of fishing. Faith is going fishing while thinking of God.

  62. J.... L....

    Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet......ORGANIZED RELIGION IN A NUTSHELL....Only Suicidal's "Send me your money" states it better

  63. J.... W....

    Add damaged Inc to the best ever too

  64. J.... W....

    Can a song b more true religion is very twisted spreading lies

  65. S.... ....

    I learned how to play guitar on this album. 7th grade me and my best friend shared the official tab book and began our cruel tutelage of MOP. My down picking game has always been topnotch thanks to that summer.

  66. 8.... ....

    Chicky Starr's Sport Shop!

  67. N.... 1....

    One of the many songs that prove you don't need to down tune your guitar or use 7 string to be heavy.

  68. M.... ....

    cool for doing my math homework

  69. w.... s....

    man this song brings back memories.my grandma (85) got clocked going 135 in a 25mph speed zone.i left this this cd in the car full blast she never maid it too LL.Beans that day miss you Gram

  70. L.... N....

    lmao hes got 66.6k subs

  71. D.... R....

    "SUFFER FOR HIS GLORY.....YOU WILL!!"

  72. W.... W....

    RIP CLIFF

  73. W.... W....

    I have always listened to Metallica still love the old ones

  74. d.... g....

    Man, I wish I could recapture those chills I got when i heard Master of Puppets for the first time.

  75. F.... 4....

    Used to love loading up me and my boys 450 and 250 and 125 (backwards) on the trailer and going riding on Saturday at 6 am. Come home sunday and be sore as heck on Monday am!

  76. S.... R....

    I hope the hell they paid at least a fiver to Bowie for the title to this tune...

  77. M.... F....

    0:54 Dave Mustaine joined the game

  78. i.... ....

    I came here to remember how badass this song! Its still mindblowing me after the years

  79. D.... R....

    How the strings survived these riffs is beyond me

  80. M.... T....

    One of their best and heavier songs. It deserves to be played live, a lot more than Sad But True does.

  81. T.... K....

    I don't know what it is with this song but this is the only song on MoP that I just can't like no matter how many times I listen to it

    T.... K....

    Nevermind I'm addicted to it rn

  82. F.... o....

    The Gods of Metal!!!

  83. R.... F....

    This is wiggin house im at 314 elatia circle concord nc 28025 IE

  84. R.... B....

    Metallica es mucho Chile. Para la tocada

  85. T.... K....

    Kody kirksey, i love you brother.

  86. P.... G....

    Dedicated to Greg laurie and all the "Pastors" of calvary chapel aka the Macdonald's of christianity

  87. M.... G....

    Luv this song

  88. J.... L....

    Good song 1990 my days lo ng ago

  89. s.... p....

    I've been listening to these guys since my eyes first opened, metallica opened me up to heavy metal. they made me who I am. I have this album along with ...and justice for all.🎸 my grampy is the one who brought metallica in me! I love ya!!!! shout-out to Kirk and grampy!

  90. s.... p....

    yeee3eeeeeeeeeeeee3eeeeeeeeeeeeah

  91. M.... E....

    Summoning Messiah; Kurt Cobain's a liar; thinks the kids are groovin'; but his musick's movin'; we are shredding beats, nothing rhymes with that

  92. H.... I....

    Great song!just right these days!

  93. L.... s....

    The song reminds me a lot of my insecure mother. Taking in by Yahweh the Hebrew God of War because his authoritative character reminds her of the verbally abused mother before her. Familiarity breeds fear, when it comes to dealing with issues of the world, she always vows to her Yahweh Messiah. So James, you're not alone.

  94. T.... N....

    Every now and then I hear another big, and well respected metal band cover a Metallica Master of Puppets Song, and I'm immediately reminded why this band and album is who they are - Metal Gods. Don't get me wrong - the covers are always good. But the original cannot be touched.

  95. G.... G....

    This is the album's filler!

  96. J.... L....

    My days 1990

  97. J.... L....

    Living by his story..suffer all his glory

  98. J.... O....

    Before they completely turned into sellouts.