No locked doors no windows barred

Welcome
to
where
time
stands
still

Добро
пожаловать
туда,
где
время
остановилось.

No
one
leaves
and
no
one
will

Никто
не
уйдет
и
не
уйдет.

Moon
is
full,
never
seems
to
change

Полная
луна,
кажется,
никогда
не
меняется.

Just
labelled
mentally
deranged

Просто
заклеймен
психически
ненормальным.

Dream
the
same
thing
every
night

Каждую
ночь
мне
снится
одно
и
то
же.

I
see
our
freedom
in
my
sight

Я
вижу
нашу
свободу
в
моих
глазах.

No
locked
doors,
no
windows
barred

Ни
запертых
дверей,
ни
зарешеченных
окон.

No
things
to
make
my
brain
seem
scarred

Нет
вещей,
которые
заставили
бы
мой
мозг
казаться
покрытым
шрамами.

Sleep
my
friend,
and
you
will
see

Спи,
мой
друг,
и
ты
увидишь.

The
dream
is
my
reality

Мечта-это
моя
реальность.

They
keep
me
locked
up
in
this
cage

Они
держат
меня
взаперти
в
этой
клетке.

Can’t
they
see
it’s
why
my
brain
says
rage?

Неужели
они
не
понимают,
почему
мой
мозг
говорит
«ярость»?

Leave
me
be

Оставь
меня
в
покое

Just
leave
me
alone

Просто
оставь
меня
в
покое.

Build
my
fear
of
what’s
out
there

Укрепи
мой
страх
перед
тем,
что
снаружи.

Cannot
breathe
the
open
air

Не
могу
дышать
открытым
воздухом.

Whisper
things
into
my
brain

Нашептывай
что-нибудь
в
мой
мозг,

Assuring
me
that
I’m
insane

уверяя,
что
я
сошел
с
ума.

They
think
our
heads
are
in
their
hands

Они
думают,
что
наши
головы
в
их
руках.

But
violent
use
brings
violent
plans

Но
жестокое
использование
порождает
жестокие
планы.

Keep
him
tied,
it
makes
him
well

Держи
его
связанным,
он
поправится.

He’s
getting
better,
can’t
you
tell?

Ему
становится
лучше,
разве
ты
не
видишь?

No
more
can
they
keep
us
in

Они
больше
не
смогут
держать
нас
внутри.

Listen,
damn
it,
we
will
win

Слушай,
черт
возьми,
мы
победим!

They
see
it
right,
they
see
it
well

Они
видят
это
правильно,
они
видят
это
хорошо.

But
they
think
this
saves
us
from
our
hell

Но
они
думают,
что
это
спасет
нас
от
ада.

Leave
me
be

Оставь
меня
в
покое

Just
leave
me
alone

Просто
оставь
меня
в
покое.

(Just
leave
me
alone)

(Просто
оставь
меня
в
покое)

Fear
of
living
on

Страх
жить
дальше

Natives
getting
restless
now

Туземцы
стали
беспокойными.

Mutiny
in
the
air

Бунт
в
воздухе.

Got
some
death
to
do

Мне
нужно
немного
умереть.

Mirror
stares
back
hard

Зеркало
пристально
смотрит
в
ответ

Kill,
it’s
such
a
friendly
word

Убить-это
такое
дружеское
слово.

Seems
the
only
way

Кажется,
это
единственный
выход.

For
reaching
out
again

За
то,
что
снова
протянула
руку.

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

Of reaching out again.

Welcome to where time stands still

Время замерло в пути,

No one leaves and no one will

Ему здесь некуда идти.

Moon is full, never seems to change

В любую ночь луна полна,

Just labeled mentally deranged

Безумен я, и псих — она.

Dream the same thing every night

Каждый раз я вижу сон —

I see our freedom in my sight

Я вновь рассудка не лишен.

No locked doors, no windows barred

Меня не держат взаперти,

No things to make my brain seem scarred

И я не побоюсь уйти…

Sleep, my friend, and you will see

Спи, мой друг, и ты узришь —

That dream is my reality

Лишь там я жив, где ты всё спишь.

They keep me locked up in this cage

Я взаперти, здесь жесткий пол,

Can’t they see it’s why my brain says «rage»

Им не понять, на что я зол!

Sanitarium, leave me be

В изоляторе… Здесь не жизнь!

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

В изоляторе… Отпусти меня…

Build my fear of what’s out there

Давит грудь страх диких снов,

Cannot breathe the open air

Я быть на воле не готов.

Whisper things into my brain

Слышу шепот в голове —

Assuring me that I’m insane

Ну да, я точно не в себе.

They think our heads are in their hands

Здоровье наше в их руках,

But violent use brings violent plans

Но методы вселяют страх:

Keep him tied, it makes him well

«Привязать — и нету бед,

He’s getting better, can’t yo u tell?

Ведь им так лучше, разве нет?»

No more can they keep us in

Не могу здесь больше быть,

Listen, damn it, we will win

Вместе сможем победить!

They see it right, they see it well

Они твердят — нам не уйти,

But they think this saves us from our hell

И наивно верят нас спасти…

Sanitarium, leave me be

В изоляторе… Здесь не жизнь!

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

В изоляторе… Отпусти меня…

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

В изоляторе… Отпусти меня!

Fear of living on

Так бояться жить —

Natives getting restless now

Больше покоя не найти.

Mutiny in the air

Желание убить —

Got some death to do

Лишь вешка на пути.

Mirror stares back hard

Взгляды в зеркалах,

Kill, it’s such a friendly word

Смерть — отличный легкий путь

Seems the only way

Снова во всех мирах

For reaching out again

Свободу мне вернуть…

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
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

Добро пожаловать туда, где время остановилось,

Никто не уходит, и никто не будет

Полон Луны, никогда, кажется, не изменится,

Просто помеченный психически ненормальным.

Мечтай об одном и том же каждую ночь,

Я вижу нашу свободу в своих глазах.

Нет запертых дверей, нет запертых окон,

Нет ничего, что могло бы сделать мой мозг похожим на шрам.

Спи, мой друг, и ты увидишь,

Что сон-моя реальность.

Они держат меня взаперти в этой клетке,

Разве они не видят, почему мой мозг говорит: «ярость»?

Здравствуй, оставь меня в покое.

Здравница, просто оставь меня в покое.

Построй мой страх перед тем, что там,

Не может дышать открытым воздухом,

Шепни вещи в мой мозг,

Уверяя меня, что я сумасшедший.

Они думают, что наши головы в их руках,

Но жестокое использование приносит жестокие планы.

Держи его на привязи, ему становится

Лучше, разве ты не понимаешь?

Они больше не смогут нас

Слушать, черт возьми, мы победим.

Они видят это правильно, они видят это хорошо,

Но они думают, что это спасает нас от нашего ада.

Здравствуй, оставь меня в покое.

Здравница, просто оставь меня в покое.

Здравница, просто оставь меня в покое.

Страх жить на

Туземцах становится беспокойным, теперь

Мятеж в воздухе

Должен привести к смерти.

Зеркало смотрит назад, тяжело

Убить, это такое дружелюбное слово,

Кажется, единственный способ

Снова протянуть руку.

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   This song is about a recipricol cycle. a Sanitarium is a place of recooperation, the person who is the subject of this song is recovering from a disease or mental illness (judging from being in a sanitarium).

   however it is a misinformed opinion that mental illnesses cannot be cured, and because he was once sick, he cannot recover and people refuse to believe that he is cured — «Just labeled mentally deranged»

   «No locked doors, no windows barred» and «They keep me locked up in this cage» are contradictory statements, but make sense if they are put in the context of the later revelations in this statement — «Build my fear of what’s out there
   Cannot breathe the open air
   Whisper things into my brain
   Assuring me that I’m insane»
   This passage suggests to me that this person is cured, but people believe that he is sick, and are insisting to him that he is sick; so he believes that he is sick too.

   This relates to «No locked doors, no windows barred» and «They keep me locked up in this cage» in the way that he has built a dependence on the institution, he does not believe that he can cope with the outside world because he is being forced to believe that he is sick.

   The later parts of the song demonstrate the strength of the human mind, dispite his metaphorical prison and he belief that he cannot survive outside, he still wants to escape. The efforts to escape end up turning against him.
   The speed of the song picks up, suggesting a frenzied attempt, but the attempt manifests itself in a violent way:
   «kill is such a friendly word
   seems the only way
   for reaching out again»
   The violence of the escape would confirm the belief that he is crazy, and hence strengthen the institutions’ efforts to assure him that he is insane.

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   My interpretation comes with a story so it’s kinda long
   Oncw I was driving with my uncle and we were blasting Metallica, when this song came up he got real quiet, I asked him what was wrong and he told me this song reminds him of prision, he said when he was locked up (unfairly btw) and his life collapsed he felt everyone judged him as if he was crazy and no one would believe him (until they caught the real murderer), so he connected a lot to this song in that sense since he also thaught he was never getting out of jail.
   That made me understand the listener is the one that actually gives the song it’s meaning.
   Rock on fellow metalheads!m/

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   the mental institution interpretation is much too literal for me. personally i see it as fitting in with society as a whole. how there are so many people telling you what to do, how to act, and what to think about yourself on a constant basis. despite this, you still know who you are and what to do with yourself, but not really taking your own advice and conforming anyways.

   almost as if this was the bands interpretation of most people.

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   About the point of view of a patient at a mental asylum

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   In this song,routines of life are mentioned and people are not aware of this system.Life assimilates to like «Sanitarium».They say people are labelled and their behaviors are deranged in this life system.We always live according to someones’life rules.Because of this forces,they want to «live alone».They want to live with their own way.A group of people decide how the others will live. Even more, the rulers hope they will be obeyed.

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   The sanitarium describes to the world. Because the world has lots of bad and evil thing. Even though writer wants to escape the world he cannot. The writer said ‘’just labeled mentally deranged’’. He said that because he has lots of different thoughts against the system. According to system his brain is damaged. For example, “sanitarium, just leave me alone.” He want to share his opinions and feelings against the system for this reason he wrote this song.

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   This song is they “Metelaka” trying to describe the whole society prejudice about the Regular live by the mad rules and punishing creativity the song showed the by saying “they keep me locked up on this cage”. For instant, also it demonstrate some situations, which are happening now around the world such Syria; and how its regime build fear to people by killing thousand. In brief, people’s brains are not control so who suppose to control people’s brain, he is wrong . However people’s emotions are affected overly.

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   this song describes that throught history , the system has not changed and in this system people have looked like they’re free but they were not. Actually, they have been controlled by system.They have had only one dream that is understanding reality.
   breefly the people from the earlier time try to get freedom their hands until now.

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    WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP TELLING METALLICA’S SONG IS ABOUT WAR? THEY DO HAVE VIDEOS THAT SHOW IT BUT DOESN’T MEAN THAT’S WHAT THE SONG MEANS
    I do know a bit about those mental institutions (never been a patient but had doctors in the familly so i went to the places and even talked to people). Really they hardly restrain patients (only in the dangerous cases either to himself or others. i.e. suicidal or violent tendencies)
    The thing is: I see some abuse of power (even if the locks were not real is like he’s made to believe he’s locked) and influence (he comes to believe from the «whispers» that he’s insane)
    Also the patient is clearly depressive: he doesn’t say the killing is towards another but towards himself («Mirror stares back hard Kill, it’s such a friendly word»)

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    This song is about a person who is not sick,but the doctors want to control thatperson,and are telling him that he IS sick,andthus,they do manage to make him think that he is sick,even though after that the hero still wants to get out,and he tries to,eventually — by dying.

    ps-the he dies could be either suicide,either being killed in combat.

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    Guessing it’s about a soldier that’s come home and can’t forget what he saw and it’s driving him crazy?

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    To me, the song is about depression, and Sanitarium being a metaphor. He wants to leave his mind and thoughts away, but he feels he is trapped in his mind. And he dreams of being free of depression.

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    this song is heavily inspired by the movie »flying over the chukoo’s nest» the ending lyrics tell that their last solution is death or killing each other.(fear of living of, got some death to do, kill is such a friendly word).

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    K I’m back and continuing…

    They keep me locked up in this cage, can’t they see this is why my brain says rage- they’re stuck in the factories all day and it’s driving them NUTS!!!

    Build my fear of what’s out there cannot breathe the open air- Stuck there all day and won’t be let out.

    Whisper things into my brain insuring me that I’m insane- Of course you have no life you’re just a worthless rotten kid, you’re insane.

    They think our heads are in their heads are in their hands, but violent use brings violent plans- They think they’re in control but their abuse makes it worse in their case.

    The kids are stuck but laborers don’t care they’d make excuses to keep their slaves.

    no more can they keep us in, listen damn it we will win- they can’t keep the kids there forever and soon they will rebel.

    They see it right, they see it well, but they think this saves us from our Hell- They think it’s necessary, but they think it’ll save them from the constant pain of labor conditions.

    The end part tells the opinions of what the children need or need to do.

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    I thought that Sanitarium was about Some sort of labour. Maybe i am wrong but it sorta fits y’know:
    Welcome to where time stands still- Nothing goes on and nothing happens.

    Moon is full, never seems to change, just labeled mentally deranged- not sure?

    Dream the same thing every night, see my freedom in my sight- Wishing always to get freed yet it doesnt happen

    No locked doors, no windows barred, no things to make my brain seem scarred- No physical restriction of escape but death threats and pain.

    Look my friend and you will see thatdream is my reality- All they have is dreams and that is what keeps them constantly… Outta time! I will contnue soon!…….

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    Your life is a prison, no one can leave till they die. You’re always caged and people laugh at your pain.

18. Our life is a great sanitarium no one leaves no one will and sleep my friend you will see dream is my reality thank you Metallica for your talented souls.

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