Way back in ’91, James told Guitar World about “Fade to Black”: You know, just give her a wink or like, ‘It’s gonna be okay.'”
“I was attached to the acoustic but I wanted to go over there and, I don’t know, mentally give her a hug or something. This was a younger girl, had long dark hair, she was in tears. “When I look at the crowd … I saw somebody just sobbing. Or like Chris Cornell, Dio… Someone’s passing gives that song new life for me. “And then, obviously, when Cliff or somebody important in our lives passes, that song pops up. Our gear just got stolen, we can’t live our dream, we’re not gonna make it to Europe,’ all these things. “When ‘Fade to Black’ was originally written, this was real. Songs like ‘Fade to Black’ or ‘The Unforgiven’ – those are songs that morph.
James Hetfield discussed the first ballad Metallica ever recorded – “Fade to Black” off 1984’s “Ride the Lightning” – telling So What when asked whether the tune’s lyrics are “deeper and richer” almost 35 years later:
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