Metallica: a letra que fez Hammett e Hetfield chorar

O guitarrista do METALLICA, Kirk Hammett, revelou à Mojo Magazine que ele e o vocalista James Hetfield foram levados às lágrimas durante as sessões de gravação para o álbum colaborativo da banda com Lou Reed, intitulado "Lulu". Hammett revelou a revista:

“Eu tinha perdido meu pai três ou quatro semanas antes. Tive que sair da sala de controle do estúdio e fui para a cozinha chorando. Pouco depois, James Hetfield (N.R.: que foi abandonado pelo pai aos 13 anos) entra lá, no mesmo estado. Foi algo insano”.

A letra da canção "Junior Dad" pode ser encontrada no livro de Lou Reed "Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics", que foi originalmente publicado pela Hyperion Books em 2000.

Acompanhe a letra de "Junior Dad":

"Junior Dad" lyrics:

Would you come to me
If I was half drowning
An arm above the last wave
Would you come to me
Would you pull me up

Would the effort really hurt you
Is it unfair to ask you
To help pull me up

The window broke the silence of the matches
The smoke effortlessly floating
I'm all choked up

Pull me up
Would you be my lord and savior
Pull me up by the hair
Now would you kiss me on my lips

Burning fever burning on my forehead
The brain that once was listening
Now shoots out its tiresome message

Won't you pull me up
Scalding my dead father has the motor
And he's driving towards
An island of lost souls

Sunny - a monkey then to monkey
I will teach you meanness fear and blindness
No social redeeming kindness

Oh-or-state of grace
Would you pull me up
Would you drop the mental bullet
Would you pull me by the arm up
Would you still kiss my lips
Hiccup: the dream is over
Get the coffee: turn the lights on
Say hello to junior dad
The greatest disappointment
Age withered him and changed him
Into junior dad
Psychic savagery «End of lyrics»

Um vídeo de Reed e sua mulher, Laurie Anderson, tocando "Junior Dad" em Paris, em setembro de 2009 pode ser visto abaixo: