Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Studio Version)

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is the fourth song on the thrash metal band Metallicas 3rd studio album. Keeping with the theme of powerlessness of Master of Puppets, the lyrics portray one being trapped in insanity, or perhaps incarcerated in a mental asylum. However, a sanitarium is usually a facility for treating tuberculosis and other chronic disease. It begins slowly with harmonics, which in the song are meant to simulate time slowly ticking by. This eventually leads into the main riff followed by the bass guitar, drums and solo. The lyrics progress and become more harsh as time moves on, backed by harsher vocals (in comparison to the cleaner vocals of the song) and heavily distorted guitars. The song ends with several solos and a few lyrics that hint about an uprising in the asylum. Altogether, the song is guided by powerful and moving riffs that give the song a cold and gloomy atmosphere.
The original demo version of this song features an extended ending which is eventually used as bass and guitar solos in the song Orion.
This song is also featured as background music for the film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, which details the controversial West Memphis Three murder case, as the three boys listened to heavy metal.

Welcome to where time stands still
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, no windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred

Sleep my friend and you will see
That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this cage
Can't they see it's why my brain says rage

Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Build my fear of what's out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that i'm insane
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him tied, it makes him well
He's getting better, can't you tell?

No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from our hell

Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone
Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some death to do
Mirror stares back hard
Kill, it's such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again

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• cliff
• burton

[Chessad]

God damn.. This is seriously so freakin awesome.. Love this song!!!

[Crazy4LifeFreak13]

FINALLY,I have found this song:)

love metallic<3

[2PuffTheOneAndOnly]

people post a lot of crap on here... thanks for putting this song up on here

[blackbenjamin20000]

Good for you, you got what was deserved by the Judge, judgement was passed but it is strange you seem to be deaf!?!

You call me stupid and yet the sheep hear their master's voice.

[PonySlaystationTV]

paradise lost

[killemall771]

@MrZerostr Well, it is, only the way Metallica would do it. Clean lyrics, then distorted chorus, followed by a god-like solo.

[screamin2231]

this is a very deep song 

[MrZerostr]

@Christhjian Not really a ballad...

[Christhjian]

@furrysoccerball If u meant that Master of Puppets doesn't contain shits and fucks, then actually there are some on Damage Inc. :)

Sanitarium is my favorite ballad by Metallica. True epic

[fforced]

the only reason i don't get this album, this song, too many memories,too much pain from the past

[rebecca1257]

So creepy this song love it ....