Metallica - The Shortest Straw Lyrics






Suspicion is your name
Your honesty to blame
Put dignity to shame
Dishonor
Witchhunt, modern day
Determining decay
The blatant disarray
Disfigure
The public eye’s disgrace
Defying common place
Unending paper chase
Unending

Deafening
Painstaking
Reckoning
This vertigo it doth bring

Shortest straw
Challenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
The shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
The shortest straw has been pulled for you

The accusations fly
Discrimination, why?
Your inner self to die
Intruding
Doubt sunk itself in you
Its teeth and talons through
You’re living Catch-22
Deluding
A mass hysteria
A megalomania
Reveal dementia
Reveal

Secretly
Silently
Certainly
In vertigo you will be

Shortest straw
Challenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Shortest straw has been pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Shortest straw has been pulled for you

Behind you, hands are tied
Your being, ostracized
Your hell is multiplied
Upending
The fallout has begun
Oppressive damage done
Your many turned to none
To nothing
You’re reaching your nadir
Your will has disappeared
The lie is crystal clear
Defending

Channels red
One word said
Blacklisted
With vertigo make you dead

Shortest straw
Challenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
The shortest straw has been pulled for you
Pulled for you





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  1. R.... C....

    💀💀💀la raja!!! pasaporte al infierno... 💀💀💀💀💀🤘🤘

  2. �.... ....

    Sounds like VOLBEAT 😁🤘🏼🎸

  3. S.... M....

    It's absolutely one of my favourite Metallica tracks. Gddmn...The intro alone, the razorsharp drumming, the attack, that precise drumming, that drum fills and intelligent staggered build up of drum fills throughout the whole track (listen carefully for that) the double bass drum fills, that frantic solo and that genius second solo.... I don't listen metal anymore, but hearing this song again...I know every inch of this track. This track is like a Hun like cavalry attack, razor, no diamondsharp, ruthless, grinding but fast.
    I was a teenager in the 90s when i heard Metallica the first time around, and the particular song was the superheavy One, so a kind of fire proof in its own. I was sincerely immediality totally blowned away by the depth and heavyness of the sound, both of the genre itself and the specific track (At that time i never heard metal around).
    And for a teenager with all their ups and downs it had come on the right moment, i really could escape to this music totally, but mostly it only would be 'Tellica.

    It's sad for the bassist to be sort of mixed out of this album..But i loved these album to the core. That edgy guitar and drum sound i do find the best metal sound i've ever heard.

  4. b.... s....

    HAHAHA - God I love this !

  5. J.... B....

    All I can say is Jason Newsted got the shortest straw...everyone was jealous of the pure heaviness that he was making everybody look bad.

  6. M.... H....

    Lars kills these drums!! All you haters this is how you pound the skins!!

  7. T.... T....

    When I was a kid I thought they were saying 'go to store'.

    T.... T....

    They actually said that. So they mean "go buy this record in the store."

    T.... T....

    @Studio Margalima Jajajaja nice one

  8. J.... B....

    JUSTICE 4 ALL 🗽

  9. H.... P....

    Emang yahud metallics

  10. J.... L....

    Back in my days graduate 1990

  11. R.... P....

    Best music in metallica

  12. L.... o....

    Secretly, certainly, silently, in vertigo you will be.

  13. M.... B....

    2020 bitches

  14. B.... K....

    im 42 now my Dad took me and my friend when we were 14 to see metallica and justice tour with faith no more opening. It was pretty killer.

  15. J.... x....

    The Bass is Amazing

  16. T.... ....

    1st Four Metallica + Garage Days EP= Holy Grail of Metal

  17. V.... P....

    3:47 put 1.25 speed to hear dyers eve

  18. W.... W....

    When you and your friends whip your dicks out to compare.

  19. A.... B....

    Save the sea turtles by drinking with the shortest straws.

  20. U.... i....

    Shh, don't tell Lars, but I think I can just about hear the bass on this one!

  21. A.... L....

    Stolen joke in 3...2...1.... Dude THIS SONG HAS SO MUCH METAL YOU COULD REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!!

  22. S.... K....

    the shortest straw has been pulled for you....

  23. J.... L....

    Shortestest straw has been pulled for u

  24. M.... O....

    At certain parts, if you listen closely, you can just barely make out the bass.

  25. D.... J....

    If getting kicked square in the balls had any positive outcome, that guitar solo did it.

  26. K.... ....

    It seems that the shortest straw has been pulled for us all !

  27. L.... 6....

    James is a rap god here

  28. A.... L....

    Built my first car stereo just for this album.

  29. r.... d....

    TC 11 YILLIK YAYININ BEDELİ ANALARINIZI BACILARINIZI KIZLARINIZI 11 YIL SİKMEK...O GÜNLER BENİM..O GÜNLER BENİM KADERİM...

  30. E.... J....

    By far Metallicas best song except maybe And Justice

    E.... J....

    Both are so underrated!!!

  31. z.... b....

    metallica my good drugar

  32. M.... ....

    I wish Elle Fanning would rub me raw!!!! True Story !!!!!

  33. B.... C....

    One of the best!

  34. r.... ....

    Vlejjj ni tan mal L bdrdad

  35. M.... 4....

    Sorry for the dislikes they are My neighbours ;_;

  36. I.... o....

    4:24 is the greatest note of Metallica's career.


    *pew*

    I.... o....

    Fawnnnn

  37. w.... b....

    One of my favorite, most excellent, put together Metallica tracks ever written, but this whole albums incredible and its a shame this album came out during the hair metal age. Cuz like every song on this album was MTV worthy. Not just One.

  38. M.... V....

    great song!!!!

  39. M.... S....

    The riffs the drums and James voice of war was beautiful on this album

    M.... S....

    He was pissed about Cliff.

  40. M.... S....

    And back then in Sacramento that was 93 Rock LOL

  41. M.... S....

    The first five albums were not allowed to be played on the radio because they were too hard the radio station said an MTV wouldn't touch him I think that's when they were at their best this is one of my favorite f****** songs off this album

  42. X.... N....

    Got drunk one night and danced my happy little ass of to this song. Yes Danced lol. My wife recorded it and I put it on facebook. Was fucking great. Love this song.

  43. C.... M....

    Prefer Megadeth but this is the last of the best of Metallica

  44. N.... G....

    last comment 1 year ago???? This is great music!

  45. S.... C....

    Terribly produced album, sound wise, way too much reverb.

  46. s.... ....

    My neighbors know all the words

  47. d.... h....

    facebook had a thing, which metal song has the best intro, I says its this song

  48. U.... W....

    The shortest straw has been burned into NOTHING 4 that BULLSHIT monster. Nuff said.

  49. O.... ....

    That solo!!!!

    Kirk is God!!!

  50. O.... ....

    JASON NEWSTED \m/

  51. F.... 4....

    Soda straw shortest straw tomato tomattoe

  52. S.... R....

    Who needs a calendar when you have a comment section

  53. S.... R....

    Pikatus a virgin ...... wait wrong song

  54. r.... r....

    Under played at first,but reckognized later. Great song!!!!

  55. m.... ....

    I fucking crashed my car for speeding in a turn that i would do everyday at 80km/h but was 135km/h listening to this maxed out volume when i downshifted lost rear traction and hit after spinning 180º a steel pole, but the song still going too loud that i never heard tires scrething or the hit, but felt it really hard, turned it off and stared to the totalled vehicle proceded to call emergency services but then they told me they're on my way, it was 2 to 3 minutes later and i heard the sirens. Now everyday i hear metal songs i love at max volume i aways watch the speedometer!!!

    m.... ....

    🤣🤣 I'm glad you're ok man

  56. E.... T....

    I'm 41 got it cranked kind of forgot it was 6 in morning tho

  57. i.... ....

    CHANNELS RED
    ONE WORD SAID
    BLACKLISTED
    WITH VERTIGO MAKE YOU DEAD

  58. K.... C....

    My son is in the process of learning this song and he sounds awsome

  59. J.... P....

    0:46 when everyone circles and waits for the moshing

    0:52 when the moshing starts

  60. d.... m....

    UNA CHIMBA ,NADA MAS QUE DECIR

  61. J.... P....

    0:46 best part

  62. R.... B....

    My favorite album!! Shit goes hard!! Grew up jamming this material..1988 was the era..Metallica runs through the bloodline!!

  63. F.... ....

    I used this song [and the album] to test a new set of speakers with 15" woofers a few decades back... and the neighbors approved. Today, I sat down and read the lyrics just by themselves, and what was crafted was a perfect prognostication of todays congress - amazing.

  64. M.... E....

    Suspicion is your name
    Your honesty to blame
    Put dignity to shame dishonor
    Witch hunt modern day
    Determining decay
    The blatter and disarray disfigure
    The public eyes' disgrace
    Defying common place
    Unending paper chase unending
    Deafening
    Painstaking
    Reckoning
    This vertigo it doth bring
    Shortest straw challenge liberty
    Downed by law
    Live in infamy
    Rub you raw
    Witch hunt riding through shortest straw
    This shortest straw has been pulled for you
    Pulled for you (shortest straw)
    Shortest straw has been pulled for you
    The accusations fly discrimination, why?
    Your inner self to die intruding
    Doubt sunk itself in you
    It's teeth and talons through
    Your living catch twenty two deluding ?
    A mass hysteria a megalomania
    Reveal dementia, reveal
    Secretly, silently, certainly
    In vertigo you will be
    Shortest straw
    Challenge liberty
    Downed by law
    Live in infamy
    Rub you raw
    Witch hunt riding through shortest straw
    This shortest straw has been pulled for you
    Pulled for you (shortest straw)
    Shortest straw has been pulled for you
    Pulled for you (shortest straw)
    Shortest straw has been pulled for you
    Behind you, hands are tied
    Your being, ostracized
    Your hell is multiplied upending
    The fallout has begun
    Oppressive damage done
    Your many turned to none to nothing
    You're reaching your nadir
    Your will has disappeared
    The lie is crystal clear defending
    Channels red
    One word said
    Blacklisted with vertigo make you dead
    Shortest straw
    Challenge liberty
    Downed by law
    Live in infamy
    Rub you raw
    Witch hunt riding through
    Shortest straw
    This shortest straw has been pulled for you
    Pulled for you

  65. �.... t....

    still here!

  66. I.... T....

    \m/
    \(° °)
    ) )Z
    / \

  67. M.... S....

    Oh my god 2008

    M.... S....

    The song is older than that 1988

  68. M.... S....

    I saw them for the first time in 86 when I was 14 ,they opened for Ozzy ... fuckin cliff man I was heartbroken then this record holy fuck ... still no master of puppets but I still love this record

  69. C.... P....

    best shit in 8th grade!

  70. N.... A....

    A Master Piece !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  71. A.... D....

    Shortest Straw... In Vertigo you will be... Purgatory. You're reaching your Nadir, victim of your own fear, catch 2 2, Can see right through you... The music is almost prophetic of universal divinity, accepting terrestrial finity.

  72. U.... W....

    Bigger than wrong evil.

  73. M.... S....

    Lets measure straws.

  74. M.... R....

    Legend has it if Kirk's divebomb is played at full volume the universe will blow into pieces.

    M.... R....

    There is no such thing as full volume, volume can always be turned up more.

  75. S.... M....

    Best album name ever.

  76. P.... G....

    Can anyone explain whats the meaning of this song?
    I mean literally.

    P.... G....

    Basically that you got the short end of life. doubt, misery and failure. Ahh the sweet encouraging lyrics of yamez 🤘

    P.... G....

    Meaning of the song is simple payback's a bitch those that give you shit you give them shit they try to keep you down you rise up and you kick them in the fucking teeth plain and simple

    P.... G....

    Seriously? WTF? Can someone explain the meaning of this song? Yes. Meet with me and we'll draw straws. When you draw the shortest straw I'll invite everyone in an earshot to come kick you in the dick.

    P.... G....

    It was first inspired by the McCarthy hearings when people were in fear of Communism . It was also inspired by The PMRC and how they ruined some musician 's lives in the early 80's. peAce

  77. J.... D....

    Slipknot - stamina 😂😂😂😅😅🤣🤣

  78. T.... B....

    2:40 gIMMIe lemoNAID

  79. k.... ....

    Outrage culture described in one song.

  80. D.... B....

    Shortest plastic straw?

  81. S.... T....

    "Lars cant play drums "that's all TF I hear apparently you need to put the straw down because your high

  82. C.... 1....

    I love how the solo is just Kirk fucking with his guitar

  83. F.... S....

    When you want to convince a non metalhead that they're being subjected to the epitome of musical badassery, you go And Justice. You dont have to say a word. Just hit play, and watch their face change.

    F.... S....

    In comparison that would be like introducing a nun dropout to hardcore porn

  84. B.... F....

    Most powerful piece of poetry ever

  85. U.... W....

    In the REAL WORLD, drawing the SHORTEST STRAW, out of the dealer's hand really meant losing to the destiny OF THE MISSION THAT MUST BE DONE, or taking a dirtknap.

  86. J.... M....

    The lyrics of this song (shortest straw) inspired my uncle Ricky grider for his song (last straw)

  87. R.... I....

    This song is referred to the death of cliff burton, the bassist who died because he pulled the shortest straw in a game to decide who sleeps in the worst bed in the bus. Later the bus crashed and cliff got trapped under it.

  88. E.... W....

    JAMONIT

  89. D.... S....

    Sickness

  90. J.... J....

    Pull for you!!! Shortest Straw. Has been pulled for you!!!!!

  91. M.... L....

    This song is so metal it made me rust

  92. i.... ....

    Lol man i already knew of this song since a kid, but now i cant help but associate this song with hesher. Such a badass movie if you havent seen it!

  93. R.... L....

    L'indifferenza delle masse non ha coscienza a tutto crede e a niente pensa

  94. R.... L....

    Come ci si puo' aspettare un futuro migliore con tutto il disordine mondiale e' tanto d'illegale ???

  95. S.... P....

    Una delle più belle della storia della musica.....

  96. U.... R....

    Cubans Love Metallica.

  97. B.... V....

    4:27 the power rangers theme