Blackened
By: Metallica

Blackened is the End
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity

Death of Mother Earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend

Never...!

FIRE
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
Blackened--is the--End!
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
Color our world Blackened!

Blistering of Earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly Nicotine
Kills what might have been

Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore

Never...!

FIRE
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
Blackened--is the--End!
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
Color our world Blackened!

BLACKENED.

Opposition (opposition)
Contradiction (contradiction)
Premonition (premonition)
Compromise
Agitation (agitation)
Violation (violation)
Mutilation (mutilation)
Planet Dies
Darkest Color
Blistered Earth
True Death of Life
(termination) Termination
(expiration) Expiration
(cancellation) Cancellation human race
(expectation) Expectation
(liberation) Liberation
(population) Population laid to waste
See our Mother
Put to death
See our Mother die

Smouldering decay
Take your breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears

Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun

Never...!

FIRE
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
Blackened
is
the
end!
To begin whipping Dance of the Dead,
FIRE
Is the outcome of hypocrisy,
Darkest
poten--
cy!
In the exit of hu-ma-ni-ty,
Color our world Blackened!

BLACKENED.




This song is protesting mistreatment of the Earth. It mentions the use of nicotine, and makes some possible references to forest fires or some type of deforestation. This song is a way of informing people that humans are ruining the Earth and that it needs to stop. It has a very pessimistic and almost demonic view of the world due to the way humans treat it. According to the artist, if we continue our ways of life and mistreatment of Mother Earth, the world will be "blackened" and stipped of life. At one point in the song, it says that the planet will die and it will be the "true death of life". This song is very powerful and is an effective way of conveying this message. It uses anger and types of scare tactics to sort of force people into understanding the severity of the Earth's condition, and to make people imagine what the world will be like if we don’t stop harming it.