4:35
Lulu, 2011
Written by Lou Reed, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield
The album this song is on was panned on its release and time has not softened the reception, although it's obviously perfectly of a piece with previous Lou Reed experiments like "The Murder Mystery," "White Light/White Heat," "The Gift," and "Like a Possum." I think people who reviled this album were more Metallica fans than Lou Reed junkies. The lyrics are, as is often the case for Lou, somewhat abstract: "No matter what you say, no matter what you do / A butterfly heart flies right past you / There's nothing to say, nothing to do / See if the ice will melt for you." But Reed's guttersnipe sneering vocal delivery and the pounding, ferocious music give this project a real punch. I love to hear Reed and Hetfield's voices blending on the last lines.
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