"The Prince", sebuah lagu yang memikat dari Metallica, awalnya dibawakan oleh Diamond Head, mengisahkan tentang karakter yang ingin menjual jiwanya demi kemuliaan dan kekayaan di dunia. Dihadapkan dengan tawaran dari "Angel from below", tokoh tersebut bersedia mengabaikan keselamatan abadi demi kesenangan duniawi yang fana. Lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema kerakusan, ambisi yang merusak diri sendiri, dan konsekuensi dari pilihan yang tidak bijaksana.
The Prince Lyrics
Metallica
Originally performed by Diamond Head
Now I see his face, I see his smile
Such a lonely place, no golden mile
Eyes tell of morbid tales of his black heart
His deeds through ages past tell of his part
See his face, see his smile
Time to die
Angel from below, change my dreams
I want for glory's hour, for wealth's esteem
I wish to sell my soul, to be reborn
I wish for earthly riches, don't want no crown of thorns
See his face, see his smile
Time to die
I was born a fool, don't want to stay that way
Devil take my soul, with diamonds you repay
I don't care for heaven, so don't you look for me to cry
And I will burn in hell, from the day I die
See his face, see his smile
Time to die
Now I see his face, I see his smile
Such a lonely place, no golden mile
Eyes tell of morbid tales of his black heart
His deeds through ages past tell of his part
See his face, see his smile
Time to die
Angel from below, change my dreams
I want for glory's hour, for wealth's esteem
I wish to sell my soul, to be reborn
I wish for earthly riches, don't want no crown of thorns
See his face, see his smile
Time to die
I was born a fool, don't want to stay that way
Devil take my soul, with diamonds you repay
I don't care for heaven, so don't you look for me to cry
And I will burn in hell, from the day I die
See his face, see his smile
Time to die