WELCOME HOME (SANITARIUM) "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is the fourth song from Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets. It was inspired by Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Keeping with the theme of powerlessness of "Master of Puppets", the lyrics portray one being trapped in insanity, or perhaps incarcerated in a mental asylum. However, a sanitarium is usually a facility for treating tuberculosis and other chronic disease. It begins slowly with harmonics, which in the song are meant to simulate time slowly ticking by. Eventually leading into the main riff followed by the bass guitar, drums and solo. The lyrics progress and become more harsh as time moves on, backed by harsher vocals (in comparison to the cleaner vocals of the song) and heavily distorted guitars. The song ends with several solos and a few lyrics that hint about an uprising in the asylum. Altogether, the song is guided by powerful and moving riffs that give the song a cold and gloomy atmosphere. The original demo version of this song features an extended ending which is eventually used as bass and guitar solos in the song "Orion". The section of the song that begins at 4:06 ("Fear of living on/Natives getting restless now...") bears a resemblance to a main riff in the Rush song "Tom Sawyer." Metallica thanks Rush in the liner notes for the album, so the riff may have been an intentional tribute, but it has not been confirmed by either band. The song is sometimes combined with "Master of ...
it looks like 18 people here dance around in their underpants to justi…well nevermind…
@eleventy70
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Paul McCartney played bass on the studio version of this song
@victor222444 not at all
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I hate when people try so hard to get top comment they rip on Justin Beiber….I mean really no one fucking cares,
@FizzyGumDrop i do dont i
@MrBubby27 u speak the truth
has anyone noticed that there is no 6:27? it just goes right on to 6:28 from 6:26
ist it kind of wierd that there is a megadeth song in the related sections of the videos?
@SuperNatedog67 And one of the aspects why Master of Puppets is one of the greatest Metal albums of all time if not THE greatest.
PARADISE LOST
WM3
vaginas are good
@DrBassdrop well sorry to tell you but Justin bieber was killed by ZAAK WYLDE of black label society…
@SASsoilder
What about his brother, Bustin Jieber.
@deadrisinglord LOL thats a good one
never knew the story behind this song..makes it even more wicked
@123467awesomeness Is this before or after Hitler wrestled Santa?
@SASsoilder Should take your own advice. No?
ok i was on the bus and a guy stole my wallet and it had a poem about my insane neighbor. a week later this song came out.
@Fil007kk rofl…. good god it says it’s a makeup tutorial….
17 people need to be in a sanitarium.
why the fuck is on side of the video LMFAO – Im sexy & I know it ??
@BCFSXCYYJ2010 technecly they didnt know they Just Assumed