[James Hetfield]
Recording

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity
Death of Mother Earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend
Oh Never
No Never

[Chorus]
Fire, to begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color my world blackened

[Verse 2]
Blistering of Earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might have been
Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore
Oh Never
No Never
[Chorus]
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color my world blackened

[Bridge]
Opposition
Contradiction
Premonition
Compromise
Agitation
Violation
Mutilation
Planet dies
Darkest color
Blistered Earth
True death of life
Termination
Expiration
Cancellation human race
Expectation
Liberation
Population laid to waste
See our mother
Put to death
See our mother die
[Guitar Solo]

Ohhh yeah

[Verse 3]
Smoldering decay
Take her breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears
Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun
Oh Never
No no Never

[Chorus]
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color my world blackened
Color my world blackened
Color my world blackened
Color my world blackened
Color my world