Bleeding Me

"Bleeding Me" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album, Load. Although never commercially released as a single, a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.

"Bleeding Me" is featured on S&M (1999) along with three other songs from Load.

Lyrics
Like many songs on Load, "Bleeding Me" features some of the most personal lyrics James Hetfield has ever written about. In a 2001 interview with Playboy, he explained the meaning of the song: ""Around the time of Load, I felt I wanted to stop drinking. "Maybe I'm missing out on something. Everyone else seems so happy all the time. I want to get happy." I'd plan my life around a hangover: "The Misfits are playing in town Friday night, so Saturday is hangover day." I lost a lot of days in my life. Going to therapy for a year, I learned a lot about myself. There's a lot of things that scar you when you're growing up, you don't know why. The song Bleeding Me is about that: I was trying to bleed out all bad, get the evil out. While I was going through therapy, I discovered some ugly stuff in there. A dark spot.""

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Metallica
 * James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Kirk Hammett – lead and rhythm guitar
 * Jason Newsted – bass
 * Lars Ulrich – drums

Production


 * Bob Rock – production
 * Brian Dobbs – engineering, mixing
 * Randy Staub – engineering, mixing
 * Jason Goldstein – assistant engineering
 * Kent Matcke – assistant engineering
 * Mike Fraser – mixing
 * Matt Curry – mixing assistant
 * Mike Rew – mixing assistant
 * George Marino – mastering
 * Paul DeCarli – digital editing
 * Mike Gillies – digital editing assistant
 * Chris Vrenna – digital editing assistant
 * Satori – cover design
 * Ross Halfin – photography

Track listing

 * 1) "Bleeding Me" (Radio Edit) – 5:57
 * 2) "Bleeding Me" – 8:18