Until It Sleeps

Until It Sleeps is a song written by James Hetfield of Metallica. Until It Sleeps appears on the 1996 Metallica album Load. The song was an instant radio hit and marked Metallica's further departure from their previous thrash metal stylings into the realm of more alternative rock sounding music. The song itself is about cancer and how it killed both of Hetfield's parents. Being of the Christian Science faith, neither of them sought medical treatment. Believing that faith and God would heal them, both of Hetfield's parents succumbed to the disease.