"Nothing Else Matters"
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So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know

I never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters

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Written By:
Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield

Orchestral Arrangement:
Michael Kamen

Vocals:
James Hetfield

Bass Guitar:
Jason Newsted

Drums:
Lars Ulrich

Rhythm Guitar:
James Hetfield

Lead Guitar Solos:
James Hetfield

Recorded At:
One On One Studios (17 Hertz Studio) in North Hollywood, California

Release Date:
April 20, 1992

Cover By:
Nothing Else Matters by Macy Gray

Remixed By:
Nothing else matters (Electronic) by Metallica

Performed Live As Nothing Else Matters (Orchestral Version) by Metallica (Ft. San Francisco Symphony)
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On their controversial self-titled album which came to be known as the Black Album, “Nothing Else Matters” was perhaps the greatest example of the new Metallica sound that alienated core fans. Frontman James Hetfield had been taking classical guitar lessons and wanted to show off his fingerpicking skills in the introduction. The song grew out of an extension of a phone call James made with his girlfriend while on tour and he was picking his guitar while on the phone.

While the song does get heavy during the second guitar solo, it is for the most part, a ballad about expressing your feelings, like an Emerson poem:

It was a song for myself in my room on tour when I was bumming out about being away from home. It’s quite amazing, it’s a true testament to honesty and exposing yourself, putting your real self out there, and taking the risk, taking a gamble that someone’s either going to step on your heart with spikes on or they’re going to put their heart right next to it, and you never know until you try. That solidified, I think, that we were doing the right thing, writing from the heart about what we felt, and you can’t go wrong that way.

It has become a song that any complete beginner who has never picked up a guitar can feel like they are playing Metallica for a few measures.

Famed Hollywood composer Michael Kamen contributed an orchestrated part, which was mixed somewhat low in the song. To compensate, years later Metallica did the S&M concert and album with Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony, with “Nothing Else Matters” being a centerpiece.
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This song means that has other life, a real life, full of happiness, without problems and it could life with the positive ideals.love this song would like it to be a little less intense but as i am concerned it is amazing.Discovered them in Guitar Hero. Been a huge fan ever since, this song especially.he wrote it for his girlfriend.I posted the actual meaning Hetfield implied behind it on the “About”. oh u love this song because it brings so many memories!! plus I enjoy singing it too.