Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

About Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is the fourth song of Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets. The song, following the control motif, discusses insanity and is narrated by someone consigned to a mental institution and the abuses suffered there by those in control. As the album Master of Puppets follows a similar track arrangement as Ride the Lightning, Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is consigned to the ballad track, as was done with Fade to Black, and follows .

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About this song

Credited to

Metallica

Album

Master Of Puppets (Remastered) · Track 4 of 8

Released

March 3, 1986

Duration

6:27

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From the album: Master Of Puppets (Remastered)