{"id":6,"date":"2012-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/metallica-disposable-heros\/"},"modified":"2012-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"metallica-disposable-heros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/metallica-disposable-heros\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica \u2013 Disposable Heros"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDisposable Heroes\u201d is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the fifth track on their 1986 album Master of Puppets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With \u201cDisposable Heroes\u201d, Metallica continued their tradition of having a war-themed song on every album. Previously such tracks were \u201cNo Remorse\u201d on Kill \u2018Em All and \u201cFor Whom the Bell Tolls<\/a>\u201d on Ride the Lightning<\/a>. This \u201ctradition\u201d would carry itself over in the band\u2019s next cd, \u2026 And Justice for All as well, with the tune \u201cOne\u201d.<\/p>\n

The lyrics work with a soldier\u2019s ideas, actions and experiences at the war front and are sung in the first person, except for the chorus, which reflects the words of the soldier\u2019s commanding officers, and is in the 2nd person. The soldier briefly describes the dehumanizing conditions of war, the death of those around him and the helplessness that includes the understanding of his life\u2019s shortage of meaning, but he additionally questions the madness of which he is part.<\/p>\n

During the chorus, we hear the domineering and abusive words of the individual at the top of the military command, the perceived \u201cpuppet master\u201d: \u201cYou will do what I say \/ when I say \u2018Back to the front!\u2019\u201d At the end, the soldier has actually given up, emotionlessly accepting his fate and soon-to-come death.<\/p>\n

The lyrics fit well with the recording\u2019s basic theme of feeling helpless and imprisoned, and shortage of control over one\u2019s very own actions. In fact, the album cover, illustrating an apparently endless war cemetery, with each gravestone attached to the hands of the puppet master using a string (reference to title track), relates more closely to this tune than to any other song from the album.\n<\/p>\n

Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end
\nNo one to play soldier now, no one to pretend
\nRunning blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all
\nVictim of what said should be
\nA servant `til I fall<\/p>\n

Soldier boy, made of clay
\nNow an empty shell
\nTwenty one, only son
\nBut he served us well
\nBred to kill, not to care
\nJust do as we say
\nFinished here, Greeting Death
\nHe\u2019s yours to take away<\/p>\n

Back to the front
\nYou will do what I say, when I say
\nBack to the front
\nYou will die when I say, you must die
\nBack to the front
\nYou coward
\nYou servant
\nYou blindman<\/p>\n

Barking of machinegun fire, does nothing to me now
\nSounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
\nMore a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends
\nBodies fill the fields I see
\nThe slaughter never ends<\/p>\n

Soldier boy, made of clay
\nNow an empty shell
\nTwenty one, only son
\nBut he served us well
\nBred to kill, not to care
\nJust do as we say
\nFinished here, Greeting Death
\nHe\u2019s yours to take away<\/p>\n

Back to the front
\nYou will do what I say, when I say
\nBack to the front
\nYou will die when I say, you must die
\nBack to the front
\nYou coward
\nYou servant
\nYou blindman<\/p>\n

Why, Am I dying?
\nKill, have no fear
\nLie, live off lying
\nHell, Hell is here<\/p>\n

I was born for dying<\/p>\n

Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
\nHad no chance to see myself, molded day by day
\nLooking back I realize, nothing have I done
\nLeft to die with only friend
\nAlone I clench my gun<\/p>\n

Soldier boy, made of clay
\nNow an empty shell
\nTwenty one, only son
\nBut he served us well
\nBred to kill, not to care
\nJust do as we say
\nFinished here, Greeting Death
\nHe\u2019s yours to take away<\/p>\n

Back to the front
\nYou will do what I say, when I say
\nBack to the front
\nYou will die when I say, you must die
\nBack to the front
\nYou coward
\nYou servant
\nYou blindman<\/p>\n

Back to the front.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Live in Switzerland, 1993\n<\/p>\n

From the album Master Of Puppets<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leave comments below<\/em> \":)\" <\/p>\n

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\u201cDisposable Heroes\u201d is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the fifth track on their 1986 album Master of Puppets. With \u201cDisposable Heroes\u201d, Metallica continued their tradition of having a war-themed song on every album. Previously such tracks were \u201cNo Remorse\u201d on Kill \u2018Em All and \u201cFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2724,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,22,23],"tags":[24,25,26,27,28,29],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empower-network","category-heavy-music","category-music","tag-cliff-burton","tag-james-hetfield","tag-kirk-hammett","tag-lars-ulrich","tag-master-of-puppets","tag-metallica-disposable-heros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/gregonischuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}