2 X 4

Album: Load (1996)
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  • Yeah, I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
    I'm gonna be the one who breaks you
    Put the screws to you, yeah, my way
    Yeah, come on and come on, come and make my day
    Make my day

    Yeah, got some hell to pay, I steal your thunder
    The joy of violent movement, pulls you under
    Oh, bite the bullet, well hard
    Yeah, but I die harder, so go too far, too far

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I can't hear you, talk to me
    I can't hear you, so talk to me
    I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    Can't hear you, time to meet my lord
    I can't hear you, talk to two by four, hey

    Yeah, I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you
    I'm gonna be that one who breaks you
    Put the screws to you, my way
    Hey, come on and come on, come and make my day
    Make my day

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I can't hear you, talk to me
    I can't hear you, come talk to me
    I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    Oh, I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    I can't hear you, time to meet my lord
    I can't hear you, talk to two by four, hey
    Yeah, talk to two by four

    It don't take no more
    Come on, yeah, come on
    Come on, come on
    Talk to two by four
    Talk to two by four

    Friction, fusion, retribution
    I'm gonna make you talk to me
    I'm gonna trick you, oh, so talk to me
    Hey, I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    I can't hear you, are you talking to me?
    I can't hear you, time to meet my lord
    I can't hear you, talk to, talk to two by four
    She don't take no more, yeah Writer/s: James Alan Hetfield, Kirk L. Hammett, Lars Ulrich
    Publisher: Word Collections Publishing
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  • Stewie from Turkeynewsted wasn't driven out, he left the band
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