Overload (album)/The House Jack Built

These are the lyrics to The House Jack Built, a song originally released on American heavy metal band Metallica's "Load" album in 1996. The lyrics are about someone becoming addicted to something, specifically alcohol, and the very effects on that person. On the album Overload, the superstar has taken their addiction to a serious level and began drinking constantly, refusing to admit that they are becoming the person they are indeed becoming.

Lyrics
'' Open doors, so I walk inside Close my eyes, find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin

Open my eyes, just to have them close again Well on my way, but on my way to where I've been It swallows me as it takes me in its fog I twist away as I give this world a nod

Open doors, so I walk inside Close my eyes, find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin

Open my eyes, just to have them close once again Don't want control as it takes me down and down and down again Is that the moon or just a light that lights this dead end street? Is that you there or just another demon that I meet?

The higher you are, the farther you fall The longer the walk, the farther you crawl My body, my temple, this temple it tilts Step into the house that Jack built

The higher you are, the farther you fall The longer the walk, the farther you crawl My body, my temple, this temple it tilts Yes, this is the house that Jack built, yeah

Open doors, as I walk inside Swallow me so the pain subsides And I shake as I take this in Let the show begin

Let the show begin Let the show begin

The higher you are, the farther you fall The longer the walk, the farther you crawl My body, my temple, this temple it tilts Yes, this is the house that Jack built

The higher you are, the farther you fall The longer the walk, the farther you crawl My body, my temple, this temple it tilts Yes, I am, I am, I am

Open my eyes, it swallows me Is that you there? I twist away Away, away, away ''

Trivia

 * This is one of the few songs from Load to never be performed live.