Metallica: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live at Sphere, October 3, 2026)
Description: Filmed live during the second night of the opening weekend of the Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere, Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 3, 2026.
Visual Effects by Treatment Studio
Audio Mixed by The Team at Factory Six
Audio Recorded by Jason Gossman
Tour Video Director: Gene McAuliffe
Edited by Jeff Yeager
Filmed by the Metallica Video Crew
Additional Footage Filmed by Jeff Yeager & Brett Murray
Full concert audio from this show is available on CD and to stream or download: https://metallica.lnk.to/LiveAtSphereNight2
“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett, and was originally released in 1986 on the album “Master of Puppets.”
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LYRICS
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
Follow Metallica:
Website & Store: https://www.metallica.com
Maximum Metallica on SiriusXM: https://metallica.lnk.to/MaximumMetallica
Official Live Recordings: https://www.nugs.net/metallica
Discord: https://discord.gg/metallicaofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metallica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metallica
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@metallica
© 2026 Blackened Recordings
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Visual Effects by Treatment Studio
Audio Mixed by The Team at Factory Six
Audio Recorded by Jason Gossman
Tour Video Director: Gene McAuliffe
Edited by Jeff Yeager
Filmed by the Metallica Video Crew
Additional Footage Filmed by Jeff Yeager & Brett Murray
Full concert audio from this show is available on CD and to stream or download: https://metallica.lnk.to/LiveAtSphereNight2
“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett, and was originally released in 1986 on the album “Master of Puppets.”
Subscribe for more videos: https://metallica.lnk.to/subscribe
Listen to Metallica: https://metallica.lnk.to/listen
LYRICS
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
Follow Metallica:
Website & Store: https://www.metallica.com
Maximum Metallica on SiriusXM: https://metallica.lnk.to/MaximumMetallica
Official Live Recordings: https://www.nugs.net/metallica
Discord: https://discord.gg/metallicaofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metallica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metallica
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@metallica
© 2026 Blackened Recordings
#Metallica #Sphere #LifeBurnsFaster #WelcomeHomeSanitarium Close description